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Welcome! Here you can find information about online accessibility, including files for workshop activities, webinars, presentations, and other resources related to accessibility and online education.

If you have any questions, suggestions, or concerns about accessibility in the OEI, please contact the OEI Accessibility Team.

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Creating Accessible Online Materials

Quick Start!

Basic Beginnings
Simple yet important considerations for accessibility that you can do right now.

Courses

In Canvas: Creating Accessible Courses
A basic overview of the essential tools and techniques for ensuring your courses are accessible.
Microsoft Word Accessibility
Web Accessibility: Assessing the Accessibility of Online Content
An explanation of the fundamental concepts of accessibility that apply to all digital media, and the critical elements you need to ensure are in place for functional accessibility.

Under Construction

Interactive/Complex
Laws/Legal Opinions/Policy
Multimedia

@ONE Webinar Series: Taking a Closer Look at Accessibility

This five part series of webinars addresses some of the common questions and concerns with creating accessible online materials. You can watch the entire series of videos here: Taking a Closer Look at Accessibility Video Playlist on YouTube

Activity Files for the @ONE Accessibility Webinars

Find the session you are interested in from the list below:

Creating Accessible PDF Documents with MS Word and Acrobat Pro Webinar (4/21/2015)
Evaluating Web Content for Accessibility Webinar (4/28/2015)
Creating Accessible Online Presentations Webinar (4/29/2015)
Captioning Consideration Webinar (4/30/2015)

General Information About Accessibility

Please contact Jayme Johnson if you can't find an answer to your issue in the resources on this page.

The Canvas Accessibility Community is a great place to find answers to basic accessibility questions, and to find samples of accessible content. Visit the Canvas Accessibility Community and see what they have to share.

For an overview of how the Online Education Initiative is approaching accessibility, read the article "Addressing Accessibility in Online Education" by Pat James and Jayme Johnson.

Legal issues continue to surround online accessibility, learn more about the basic legal requirements and how to stay on the right side of the law.

Do you have questions about the accessibility of Canvas? Read these considerations on Canvas accessibility for some answers.

OEI Accessibility Bee

The Honey Bee was chosen as a design element for the OEI Accessibility Resources because it represents many of the same qualities as those who work to ensure accessibility for students with disabilities: industrious, community-minded, fiercely protective, engineering, and an agent of growth and sweetness for the community.