Additional Accessibility Resources

Watch this video (2m 31s) to get an idea of what it's like for someone with vision limitations to use a screen reader on a document that has not been properly designed and structured for accessibility.

Watch this video (3m 43s) for a demonstration of JAWS (a screen reader) on a document.

The National Center on Accessible Educational Materials and PACER Center have developed a brief video (6:42) in easy-to-understand language that provides an overview of accessibility features to look for in digital learning materials.

A video walk-through (10:38) of how a person who is blind accesses experiences an accessible and inaccessible PowerPoint presentation.

WAVE is a suite of evaluation tools that helps authors make their web content more accessible to individuals with disabilities. WAVE can identify many accessibility and Web Content Accessibility Guideline (WCAG) errors, but also facilitates human evaluation of web content. Our philosophy is to focus on issues that we know impact end users, facilitate human evaluation, and to educate about web accessibility.

WAVE Firefox and Chrome extensions are available for testing accessibility directly within your web browser - and these work on Moodle pages! We encourage you to add one of the browser extensions and check out your Moodle courses.

Watch this video (4m 46s) for a demonstration of how to turn a scanned PDF (a PDF of an image) into a document that can be read by a screen reader.

Note: The video shows three different options for the format to save in; we suggest using "Editable text and images" for best results.