External Accessibility Tutorials & Resources

External Accessibility Tutorials & Resources

Overview

There is an abundance of general how-to information on creating accessible digital assets available on the web. Rather than having to do your own web search, the resources below have been curated for you from credible sources and compiled for easy reference.

WebAIM Tutorials

Each of the text-based articles below offers detailed information and how-to instructions for formatting Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and PDF documents as well as images and tables for accessibility. 
  1. Word Accessibility 
  2. PowerPoint Accessibility 
  3. Excel Accessibility
  4. PDF Accessibility 
  5. Alternative Text
  6. Creating Accessible Tables 

Microsoft Tutorials

The following how-to resources are a mix of text-based and short videos created by Microsoft that also cover best practices. There is an abundance of information provided in these resources, be sure to check them out!
  1. Microsoft 365
    1. Accessibility tools for Microsoft 365
    2. Make your content accessible in the Microsoft 365 apps
  2. Word
    1. Make your Word documents accessible to people with disabilities
    2. Check document accessibility (1:10)
    3. Improve accessibility with alt text (2:07)
    4. Improve heading accessibility (1:25)
    5. Create accessible links (2:09)
    6. Create accessible tables (2:18)
  3. PowerPoint
    1. Make your PowerPoint presentations accessible to people with disabilities
    2. Create slides with an accessible reading order (2:04)
    3. Improve image accessibility in PowerPoint (1:38)
    4. Use more accessible colors and styles in slides (2:16)
  4. Excel:
    1. Make your Excel documents accessible to people with disabilities
    2. Create more accessible tables (4:24)
    3. Create more accessible charts (4:12)
  5. Accessibility Checker
    1. Make your content accessible to everyone with the Accessibility Checker
    2. Improve accessibility with the Accessibility Checker
    3. Everything you need to know to write effective alt text
  1. This article, from the broader Understanding WCAG 2.0 document, provides examples of text alternatives for non-text content such as charts, diagrams, audio recordings, pictures, and animations. Be sure to scroll down and review the Examples of Success Criterion 1.1.1.
    1. Non-text Content, Success Criteria Examples
  2. What's the difference between universal design for learning and accommodations? This article from the DO-IT (Disabilities, Opportunities, Internetworking, and Technology) Center at the University of Washington explains the difference.  
    1. Universal Design vs. Accommodation 

Examples of Nurses Overcoming Disabilities

  1. The following video is a short documentary about how Danielle, who was born missing a limb from her elbow, succeeded in nursing school and went on to become a pediatric nurse.
    1. Danielle, a Nurse with a Disability (9:42)
  2. The videos below are from the National Organization of Nurses with Disabilities (NOND) and demonstrate how to complete various nursing skills using one hand. 
    1. How to Insert an IV With One Hand (7:52)
    2. How to Sterile Suction With one hand (1:50)
    3. Putting on Sterile Gloves With One Hand (8:04)
    4. How to give a SubQ injection with one hand (6:55)
    5. How to give an IM injection with one hand (7:02)

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