..is to help you make your e-learning more accessible to your students.
Explore in many ways:
If you would like to know more, ask Anne. Your query and its response could become another blog message on this resource…
What is alt text?
It’s text that is used to describe an online image. There should be alt text to describe images that are online (WCAG 2.0, Success Criterion 1.1.1).
What are the benefits? Take a look at this article in the Tink Tank blog …”A good alt text can conjure up wonderfully stimulating mental images.” … written by someone who has lost her sight.
BS8878 … “has been designed to introduce non-technical professionals to improved accessibility, usability and user experience for disabled and older people. … it gives guidance on process, rather than on technical and design issues.
“BS 8878 is also referenced in the UK government’s e-Accessibility Action Plan”
You can check whether your text colour scheme is accessible using the Colour Checker that is presented by snook.ca
Want to use an *accessible colour scheme but don’t know where to start? Try Accessible Colour Schemes.
*“By this we mean a colour scheme that provides sufficient contrast between the foreground and background colours to ensure that the text is legible.”
Diabetes UK has announced that it has worked with RNID* and produced signed versions (BSL**) of two videos - “Understanding diabetes” and “Diabetes and the body” for people in the Deaf community.
*The Royal National Institute for Deaf People
**British Sign Language