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.

Anthology Ally

• Knowledge Base article on Ally
  This YouTube video by Anthology explains how Ally works in Brightspace.

Other Campus Accessibility Resources

• Accessible Course Materials on the UVM Knowledge Base.
• UVM Student Accessibility Services

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

Cheat Sheet

A one-page Cheat Sheet PDF on creating accessible content from National Center on Disability and Access to Education (NCDAE)