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Accessible Elearning Resources

Presentation Slides

  • Accessible Elearning Overview Slides | PPT on Dropbox
    Slides for the Accessible Elearning Overview presentation.

Specific to Accessible Elearning

  • The Training Manager’s Guide to Accessible Elearning
    A discussion of factors a training manager should consider when creating accessible elearning.
  • “E-Learning for All”—A TD Magazine article | PDF
    Factors for elearning developers to consider when creating accessible elearning.
  • Sample WCAG report spreadsheet | Google Sheets view-only
    A sample checklist that adapts WCAG success criteria to an elearning quality assurance process.
  • Creating Accessible eLearning: Practitioner Perspectives : Research Library | The eLearning Guild
    eLearning Guild report on accessible elearning. Note: free membership required to access.
  • A comparison of the accessibility features of popular authoring tools
    Diane Elkins’s guide to the accessibility features of rapid elearning authoring solutions. Created in 2012, but has relevant guidance.
  • An older guide on creating accessible courses with Storyline | PDF
    A guide on how to use Articulate Storyline 2 to design accessible elearning. Has helpful hints, but some of the issues have been addressed in more recent versions of Storyline.
  • A blog post with tips on making accessible courses with Lectora
    Jillian McCarthy’s guide to creating accessible elearning with Lectora. Written in 2012, but several elements are still relevant.
  • JAWS tips for SoftChalk courses
    Luke Stollings’s guide to optimizing SoftChalk courses for the JAWS screen reader.
  • Guidelines for using Captivate to build accessible online courses | PDF
    Valerie Bergloff’s guide to using Captivate to create accessible elearning.

Elearning in General

  • Resources from Webinar, “Develop the Elearning Your Program Deserves”
    A collection of research related to elearning, learning in general, graphic design, and project management.
  • Blog post describing an interaction catalog approach that doesn’t use the catalog
    A short overview of some ways to pursue creative learning solutions while working within constraints.
  • Blog post describing the use of a catalog of elearning interactions
    A long overview of some ways to pursue creative learning solutions while working within constraints.

Accessibility in General

  • Newsletter: Accessibility in the News
    Jack McElaney’s weekly curated newsletter, collecting news items, job opportunities, and conferences relevant to accessibility.
  • Newsletter: Web Design References: Webdev Newsletter
    Laura Carlson’s weekly curated newsletter, with a strong focus on accessible web design.
  • A Book Apart, Accessibility for Everyone
    Laura Kalbag’s great (and relatively short) introduction to designing accessible content.
  • The Implementation of Web Accessibility Standards by Dutch Municipalities. Factors of Resistance and Support | PDF
    A dissertation that discusses, and draws lessons from, a survey of the accessibility of websites of Dutch municipalities (in English). When incorporating accessibility as a business practice, what works and what doesn’t?
  • How to Meet WCAG 2 (Quickref Reference)
    An easily digestible guide to the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines.
  • WebAIM: The WebAIM Million: What we learned analyzing 1,000,000 web site home pages
    The results of a survey using an automated accessibility checker to audit 1,000,000 websites. It’s not happy news.
  • Professional Web Accessibility Auditing Made Easy – Open Textbook
    A free textbook that provides an overview of auditing websites for accessibility.
  • Digital Accessibility as a Business Practice – Open Textbook
    A free textbook that describes the business case for accessibility.
  • Web Accessibility for Developers – Open Textbook
    A highly technical free textbook that discusses the coding aspects of creating an accessible website.
  • Microsoft Inclusive Design
    Microsoft’s inclusive design website, with toolkits and guides.

Experience

  • Web Accessibility Perspectives: Explore the Impact and Benefits for Everyone
    A series of videos showing the impact of accessibility.
  • Microsoft Inclusive Design
    Microsoft’s inclusive design website, with toolkits and guides.

Specific Guidance

  • Writing Great Alt Text
    Whitney Quesenbery’s guide to writing great alt text.
  • WebAIM: Color Contrast Checker
    WebAIM’s web-based color contrast checker.
  • PDF Accessibility Checker PAC
    PDF accessibility checking tool that augments Adobe Acrobat’s internal accessibility checker.
  • Web Accessibility Testing Tools: The Practical Role of Automated Checkers
    Hiram Kuykendall’s discussion about the proper use of automated website accessibility checkers.
  • Principles and Tools from “Modern Accessibility Techniques” Event
    Includes a list of tools that can be used to check the accessibility of webpages.

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