Find Accessibility Resources

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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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Pope Tech: Measure Website Accessibility Event on

This presentation will provide an overview of the Pope Tech web accessibility tool and demonstrate key functionality. You will...

Professional Development, Public Online Document

Practices to Support Student Mental Health and Wellbeing

Learn about  effective practices that can reduce stress, improve mental health, and reduce the need for accommodations in this online...

Accessible U Web Page

Purchase Accessible Technologies

Evaluate how well a technology meets accessibility policies and...

Event Recording

Real Time Captioning and Media Captioning Event on

This conversation is about captioning accommodations provided by the University of Minnesota's Disability Resource Center, and the difference...

Event Recording

Redesigning for Cognitive Ease Event on

Alyssa Panetta has been designing and developing websites by hand since Y2K. She has worked for educational mathematics software companies and is...

Redesigning for Cognitive Ease recording (53:51 minutes)

Public Online Document

Resources for Fundamentals of Disability Accommodations and Inclusive Course Design

Find lists of inclusive teaching strategies and examples in a series of downloadable documents developed to reinforce concepts covered in...

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...

Accessible U Web Page

Slide Presentations

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

Accessible U Web Page

Social Media

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

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...

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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.