Center for Teaching & Learning

Accessible Course Materials

What are accessible course materials? This definition is from Cast.org:

Accessible educational materials are materials and technologies usable for learning across the widest range of individual variability, regardless of format or features. From National Center on Accessible Educational Materials

Resources

UVM Center on Disability and Community Inclusion
Accessibility Resources – A comprehensive resource on accessible materials and teaching.

Brightspace’s Accessibility Checker
Brightspace has a helpful, built-in Accessibility Checker in the editing window toolbar.

UVM Knowledge Base
Anthology Ally (This YouTube video by Anthology explains how Ally works in Brightspace.)
Accessible Course Materials

Cheatsheets provided by the National Center on Disability and Access to Education (NCDAE)

WebAIM
www.webaim.org: information, training, resources, guidelines and standards for Web accessibility
Creating Accessible PDFs
Creating Accessible Images
Creating Accessible PowerPoints
Creating Accessible Word Documents