Web accessibility has always been a requirement for UMaine websites, and has been a regular feature in our monthly newsletter — and ensuring your content is accessible is part of an inclusive communication strategy. In late January the Maine State Government updated their Web Accessibility and Usability Policy. It is worth reviewing this ten page […]
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Web accessibility has always been a requirement for UMaine websites, and has been a regular feature in our monthly newsletter — and ensuring your content is accessible is part of an inclusive communication strategy.April 2 was World Autism Awareness Day, and this reminded us that there are design considerations for reducing the cognitive load of our […]
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(Portions of this item originally appeared in our November 2018 newsletter) Web accessibility has always been a requirement for UMaine websites, and has been a regular feature in our monthly newsletter — and ensuring your content is accessible is part of an inclusive communication strategy.This month, we focus on email, and pitfalls to avoid when […]
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Web accessibility has always been a requirement for UMaine websites, and has been a regular feature in our monthly newsletter — and ensuring your content is accessible is part of an inclusive communication strategy. This month, we focus on tools that create graphics for social media, such as Canva. Creating graphics with text embedded Social […]
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Web accessibility has always been a requirement for UMaine websites, and has been a regular feature in our monthly newsletter— and ensuring your content is accessible is part of an inclusive communication strategy. This month, we focus on how different website features should be used for their intended purpose Heading tags A well structured page […]
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Web accessibility has always been a requirement for UMaine websites, and has been a regular feature in our monthly newsletter— and ensuring your content is accessible is part of an inclusive communication strategy. This month, we focus on how screen readers work with social media communication tactics such as “hash tags.” What is a hashtag? […]
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Pin multiple videos Previously only one video could be “pinned” at a time in the Zoom interface. A new accessibility feature allows for pinning multiple videos in the interface, which is helpful to keep a sign language interpreter on screen throughout a video. More information is available on Zoom’s website. Re-arrange videos in gallery view Gallery […]
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In our January newsletter, we shared guidance for accessibility and inclusion concerns when writing for the web. In this month’s newsletter we focus on improving content by removing gendered language. In order to effectively reach the widest audience, gender-inclusive language is recommended when writing for the web. Words such as “mankind” may be intended to refer […]
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As the new semester begins on our changed campus, we must all have consideration for one another. As just one example, face masks are a requirement on campus, and this can pose a challenge to the deaf and hard of hearing who rely on lip reading to understand a speaker. Face masks with clear shields […]
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Web accessibility has always been a requirement for UMaine websites, and has been a regular feature in our monthly newsletter. For 2020, Digital Communications will be sharing information about both accessibility and inclusion. The term “accessibility” refers to our efforts to remove barriers that prevent access to websites by people who have a disability. Inclusion […]
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