Find Accessibility Resources

Summary

Find pages on this site plus other University resources that can help you review what you learned in DAP courses, participate in other professional development opportunities, explore additional accessibility skills, or get help from supporting units.

You may also get information and support by attending or reviewing recordings of accessibility events.

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Accessible U Web Page

Course Materials

As you create or update course materials, identify and correct any that are improperly formatted, inconsistent, or disorganized.

Related Badging Program Courses

  • Canvas Course Sites Course

Content Formats

  • Course Activities and Materials
Accessible U Web Page

Course Syllabi

Include a personalized accessibility affirmation in your syllabus and format it so it is accessible.

Related Badging Program Courses

  • Canvas Course Sites Course
  • Documents Course

Content Formats

  • Course Activities and Materials
Public Online Document

Creating Accessible & Inclusive Meetings or Events (PDF)

See a printable checklist for planning inclusive meetings and events that was created by the Disability Resource Center.

Related Badging Program Courses

  • Slide Presentations Course

Content Formats

  • Meetings and Events
  • Slide Presentations
Professional Development

Customized Training (Disability Resource Center)

The Disability Resource Center (DRC) can provide customized training for your team. Submit a request on the DRC outreach & training form.

Content Formats

  • All Digital Content
Supporting Unit

Department of Environmental Health and Safety

Ergonomic hardware (devices designed and/or arranged to promote healthy, comfortable, and efficient interactions with your technology tools) may be available to you through either the Disability Resource Center on your campus (see above) or the University systemwide Department of Environmental Health and Safety, such as:

  • Monitor and keyboard arms
  • Ergonomic sit/stand work stations
  • Natural keyboards
  • Trackballs
Accessible U Web Page

Develop Accessible Websites and Applications

Follow accessibility guidelines when producing websites and web applications and your product will more usable, by more users, on more devices.

Related Badging Program Courses

  • Web Content Course
Professional Development

Digital Accessibility Badging Program

The Digital Accessibility Badging Program teaches you how to create emails, slide decks, documents, and more in an accessible way, without using code. 

In each self-paced online workshop delivered via Training Nub and Canvas, you will learn skills and apply them to your everyday work.

Related Badging Program Courses

  • All Courses

Content Formats

  • Course Activities and Materials
  • Documents and PDFs
  • Email and Mass Email
  • Slide Presentations
  • Spreadsheets
  • Websites and Applications
Supporting Unit

Disability Resource Centers (DRCs)

The DRCs work with students, faculty/instructors, staff, and guests with disabilities to facilitate access and arrange reasonable accommodations. 

The centers also support University faculty, instructors and administrators to create more accessible and inclusive systems, processes, and learning environments.

Content Formats

  • All Digital Content
  • Course Activities and Materials
Accessible U Web Page

Documents and PDFs

Make your digital documents scannable, searchable, legible, and readable.

Related Badging Program Courses

  • Documents Course
  • PDFs Course

Content Formats

  • Documents and PDFs
Professional Development

ECHO: Equity and Diversity Certificate Hosted Online

ECHO is a program of 10 workshops. 

Participation in each workshop entails engagement in three learning activities: 

  • Reading materials 
  • Watching ​or listening to ​video​/audio​ clips
  • Group ​Discussion participation via Canvas and Zoom 

These activities represent and reflect three ways to learn and grow in equity and diversity work:

  • Intellectual learning
  • Emotional processing
  • Practicing skill 

Content Formats

  • Course Activities and Materials

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Authors, Designers, and Editors

When you think about accessibility laws and related University policies, you might think they apply only to course and website content.

But at the University of Minnesota, we create thousands of digital content products each day. These can be in a variety of formats, and should all be as accessible to the widest range of audiences as possible

Instructors

The more you make your course accessible, the fewer accommodation requests you may receive.

In addition, more students will be able to better learn from and navigate your course materials and classroom experiences, even if they have different learning styles and abilities.

Leaders and Managers

Leaders can communicate a clear and achievable vision for digital accessibility within the organization.

Managers can drive action by communicating a vision, establishing clear goals and expectations, and providing resources and training.

Check out Promote Digital Accessibility for ideas.

Presenters

You can make your presentations and events you host more inclusive.

For example:

  • Verbally describe your slides while presenting.
  • Include alternative text for images.
  • Provide captions, audio descriptions, and transcripts.

Students

When you produce digital assignments, apply the core skills and your instructors and the students you collaborate with will be better able to understand them, even if they use assistive technologies.

Technology Purchasers

Before a big purchase, the wise shopper gathers requirements, performs research, and reviews potential solutions.

At the University, your digital technology pre-purchase checklist must include an evaluation of the extent to which a product is accessible and how a vendor meets accessibility standards.

Web Developers

From a developer's perspective, the goal is to code a website or web application that, at minimum, meets Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) AA standards and follows the POUR guiding principles of accessible technology.