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

Scripts

Add a separate activation control to select lists, provide an alternative to pop-up menus, and include alternative text with autofill fields.

Content Formats

  • Websites and Applications
Accessible U Web Page

Slide Presentations

Use preset layouts, readable fonts, descriptive links, and alternative text in your slides.

Related Badging Program Courses

  • Slide Presentations Course

Content Formats

  • Slide Presentations
Accessible U Web Page

Social Media

Apply the 7 core skills when writing, responding to, and sharing posts, and follow hashtag good practices.

Content Formats

  • Social Media
Accessible U Web Page

Spreadsheets

Include a summary in the A1 cell, give each sheet a unique name, make row and column labels specific, and keep your software current.

Content Formats

  • Documents and PDFs
  • Spreadsheets
Accessible U Web Page

Start with the 7 Core Skills

No matter your role at the University, you can cultivate a more inclusive, accessible, and equitable community for everyone. We encourage you to start small and learn one of the 7 core skills.

Related Badging Program Courses

  • All Courses

Content Formats

  • All Digital Content
Accessible U Web Page

Table Tags and Styles

Simplify tables, include row and/or column headers and content in all cells, enable size changes, and associate cells with their headings.

Content Formats

  • Websites and Applications
Accessible U Web Page

Tables

Simplify tables and include a header row and/or column and a summary, either in a caption or alt text.

Related Badging Program Courses

  • All Courses

Content Formats

  • All Digital Content
  • Core Skills
Professional Development, Public Web Page or Site

Teaching Resources (Center for Educational Innovation)

Find lists resources, programs, and webinars, including resources that introduce skills to:

  • Design Effective Learning Experiences
  • Create Inclusive Learning Environments
  • Assess Student Learning
  • Reflect on, Evaluate, and Improve Teaching

The programs and webinars provide research-based and practical instructional support for developing accessible and inclusive courses and class sessions in face-to-face, online, and blended modalities.

Content Formats

  • Course Activities and Materials
Professional Development, Public Web Page or Site

Teaching Support

Teaching Support resources and offerings are coordinated by four teaching and learning partners: 

  • Academic Technology Support Services
  • Center for Educational Innovation
  • Disability Resource Center
  • University Libraries

Through the Teaching Support website, faculty can request assistance through college and system campus support and find a monthly events calendar offering webinars, workshops, and self-paced courses. 

Many of the Teaching Support resources and offerings address current University priorities, including creating accessible and inclusive materials and learning environments.

Content Formats

  • Course Activities and Materials
Accessible U Web Page

Text

Use font type and style, text alignment, white space, and line length to ensure the structure of your digital text matches its meaning.

Related Badging Program Courses

  • All Courses

Content Formats

  • All Digital Content
  • Documents and PDFs

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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.