Accessibility library
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Setting the Stage for Improving Accessibility of Online Courses
By Barry Dahl – October 3, 2016 First post in a month-long series around accessibility of online courses. This is the first blog post in a series of posts intended to help you improve the accessibility of your online courses. In this context, the word accessibility relates to making your online courses better for students…
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Six More Tips for Making Online Courses Accessible
By Barry Dahl – November 15, 2016 The final post of 12 in the series of posts about improving the accessibility of online courses. In previous posts we examined many of the accessibility tips for making online course content using HTML pages, Microsoft® Word documents, and Microsoft® PowerPoint® documents. In this final…
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Taking steps toward more usable and accessible math online
This topic contains information previously published by Andy Freed of Portland Community College in 2012. It has been updated and combined with other sources. D2L has come a long way since math equations relied on with a Java-based equation editor – those applets presented difficulties for overall usability, and they were…
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Three More Ways to Improve Accessibility in your Brightspace Courses
By Barry Dahl – October 26, 2016 Post #9 in Accessibility series. Improving the accessibility of D2L Content pages. #A11Y Features built into the Brightspace platform can be used to enhance the accessibility of your online courses. In this post, we’ll look at three of those features. Color Contrast Checker There is a…
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What is a VPAT and Where Can You Find Them?
By Barry Dahl – October 5, 2016 Second post in month-long series on improving accessibility of online courses. This is the second blog post in a series of posts intended to help you improve the accessibility of your online courses. In this installment, we’ll take a look at a somewhat technical, and often over-looked aspect…
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What Value Can You Find in a VPAT?
By Barry Dahl – October 7, 2016 Third post in a series of #a11y for online educators. This is the third blog post in a series of posts intended to help online educators improve the accessibility of their online courses. In this installment, we’ll continue to look at the Voluntary Product Accessibility Template (VPAT) that…