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Accessibility Checklist
Accessibility Checklist for Online Courses

Adobe
Create and verify PDF accessibility (Acrobat Pro DC)

Anthology Ally
Improve Accessibility in your Canvas courses

CIOL
CIOL Accessibility Workshop

Microsoft
Office Accessibility Center - Resources for people with disabilities (NOTE: "Make your content accessible" is the first option under "What do you want to do?")
Use the Accessibility Checker on your Windows desktop
Improve Accessibility with Heading Styles in Word

National Center on Disability and Access to Education (NCDAE)
Cheatsheets to help develop accessible content and/or check for accessibility with:

  • Microsoft (Word, PowerPoint, and Excel)
  • Adobe (Acrobat and InDesign)
  • web content
  • YouTube captioning

National Center for College Students with Disabilities (NCCSD) Clearinghouse and Resource Library
Resources for Faculty and Instructors

The Paciello Group
Colour Contrast Analyser - Free downloadable easy-to-use tool to check color contrast compliance with WCAG standards.

WebAIM (Web Accessibility in Mind)
Introduction to Web Accessibility
Quick Reference Web Accessibility Principles
Accessible Images
Alternative Text
Microsoft Word: Creating Accessible Documents
PowerPoint Accessibility
PDF Accessibility
Creating Accessible Tables: Data Tables (using HTML)

World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) Web Accessibility Initiative
How to Meet WCAG 2.0 (Web Content Accessibility Guidelines 2.0)