This page includes links that might be useful in building your knowledge of accessibility. If you have any resource or training/webinar recommendations, please reach out to Shireen Jahedkar and Weiqi Liu by emailing ade@ag.tamu.edu and including “accessibility” in the subject line.
Webinar Recommendations
- D2L Fusion 2020 Presentation: Don’t Fear the WCAG (17:00 minutes)
- Accessible eLearning Myths and Tips by Susi Miller (1:03:39 minutes)
- “Accessibility in Aggieland” Webinar Series
Resources
- AgriLife Digital Education Accessibility and Usability Guide
- QM White Paper: Course Design for Digital Accessibility
- D2L Google Doc: Five Free Tools to Help You Improve the Accessibility of Online Courses
- QM Accessibility and Usability Resource Site (must create an account to access)
- QM Success Stories Series: Interaction and Accessibility: Using Internal QM Reviews to Meet Federal Guidelines (must create an account to access)
- Screen readers and other assistive technologies:
- NVDA (free, lightweight, open-source for Windows)
- VoiceOver (built into Mac, iOS, and iPod/iPad),
- JAWS (cost option for Windows with demo version available)
- ZoomTexts (screen magnifier)
- Dragon NaturallySpeaking (speech recognition)
- Be My Eyes (free app that connects blind and low-vision people with sighted volunteers and company representatives for visual assistance through live video call)
Modern Marketing is Accessible Marketing (please note that marketing and promotion of Digital Education content is handled by AgriLife Marketing and Communications)