Accessibility and inclusion: Webinar on Creating Accessible Content August 10
Web accessibility has always been a requirement for UMaine websites, and has been a regular feature in our monthly newsletter. Ensuring your content is accessible is part of an inclusive communication strategy.
Maine CITE is offering a free webinar in August, Creating Accessible Content. Here is their description of the webinar:
Webinar: Creating Accessible Content
Date: August 10, 2022
Time: 2:00 – 3:30 p.m. ET
Program Description
While accessibility is very important and can be legally required in many situations, it is often the last thing considered when creating content, if it is considered at all. Accessibility is important for many reasons beyond legal requirements. By making your content fully accessible the information you are sharing can reach more people and it ensures critical information is not missed by readers. When content is fully accessible, it is beneficial to people with vision impairments, learning disabilities, color blindness, and many others.
This training walks participants through the steps of creating accessible content in Microsoft Word and PowerPoint. Many of these tools and techniques carry over to other platforms, such as Google Docs. The areas addressed in the training include the following: utilizing tools to increase ease of document navigation, creating accessible lists and tables, alt-text/tags for images, and visual presentation.
- Document navigation: Participants will learn how to use built-in features to create accessible headings, making the document easier to navigate for individuals using screen readers.
- Lists and tables: Participants will learn how to make lists and tables in an accessible manner, not just a visual format.
- Visual presentation: Participants will learn about font size, type, color contrast, and slide layout.
- Alt-text/tags: Participants will learn about alt-text/tags and why they are needed. They will then receive step-by-step instruction for creating alt-text/tags for presentations.