ALIGNED: All spreadsheets are formatted for accessibility: headings, links, color. Merged and split cells are not used. If the document has multiple sheets, each has a unique title.
Again, if it's in your course, it needs to be accessible. Spreadsheets are essentially large tables and so would follow the basic guidelines for making a table accessible: column headings, no merged or empty cells, color contrast, as well as giving each sheet a unique and meaningful title. Make Your Excel Documents AccessibleLinks to an external site..
All Microsoft Suite applications (Word, PowerPoint, Excel) have built-in accessibility checkers. Please see the Microsoft Accessibility Checkers page for more details.
Check at least three spreadsheets to verify if appropriate formatting is present (column headings, no empty/merged cells, color contrast, unique title for each sheet). If not, train the instructor on proper formatting techniques for spreadsheets. If just an errant issue or two are found, inform the instructor of the problems so correction can be made.
If the spreadsheet was created using MS Excel, use the built-in accessibility checker. Please see theMicrosoft Accessibility Checkers page for more details.
Grackle (Links to an external site.)is a web add-on that can be used to check accessibility of Google applications. If your college has a GSuite account, they can add on unlimited user access across your college domain for a single group license. Generally speaking, you need to have Edit rights of the instructor's Google sheets in order to run Grackle on their content.