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Do you know what properties defines an accessible document? What components to use and how to verify? This hands on course will teach you principles for creating accessible documents, how to work with complex features, how to review and correct inaccessible components.
Document Accessibility Introduction
This introduces to the basics of creating accessible documents. How to select a document type and what tools can assist when creating documents or reviewing documents and remediating for accessibility
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Course introduction Selecting an appropriate document type The 4 C's Module 1 QuizColour
This module will do a deep dive into the use of colour in your documents. How to use them affectively and not impact or limit your audience.
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Introduction to Colour Colour-blindness Colour to define meaning Accessible Colour Tools Module 2 QuizContrast
This module focuses on contrast and the impacts it can have on viewing documents especially for people with low vision.
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Introduction to document contrast The importance of contrast Tools for contrast Module 3 QuizClarity
This module discusses how to design your documents with readability in mind. How to determine the needs of your audience and how to best serve them your information.
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Introduction to document clarity Determining your audience Flesch-Kincaid Scores Designing for neurodiversity Text Alternatives Module 4 QuizConciseness
This lesson focuses on getting your document well structured and to the point, to capture your audiences attention.
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Introduction Conciseness Editor techniques StructureCreating Text Alternatives
In this module we explore the principles of creating good text alternatives. We will cover common errors, how to correct them and discuss the importance of context.
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Introduction Identifying decorative Images Creating good alternative text for images Creating text alternatives for graphs Module 6 QuizCreating Accessible Presentations
In this module we discuss how to prepare accessible content for presentations for people attending both your in-person and online presentations.
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Unclutter your slides and balance engagement methods Embedding videosThe Microsoft Accessibility Checker
This module is a deep dive on the Microsoft Accessibility Checker. It’s operations and limitations when creating accessible documents.
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Introduction The Microsoft Accessibility Checker rules What accessibility issues does the Microsoft Accessibility Checker miss? Using the Microsoft Accessibility Checker in Word documents Using the Microsoft Accessibility Checker with Excel Using the Microsoft Accessibility Checker with PowerPointActivities
This module provides activities to allow you to test your new skills on managed documents to get you used to performing the tasks prior to starting out on potentially large inaccessible documents.