Quick tips

Creating accessible content summary

Item	Tip
Colours	Ensure sufficient contrast between background and text Avoid colours which cause difficulties for colour-blind users. Avoid busy backgrounds Do not rely on colours to relay meaning
Fonts	Use a sans serif font Use11Arial in a Word document Avoid using coloured fonts Avoid high text densities Avoid background images
HTML	Use only accessible HTML tags Set links to websites to open within the Blackboard content frame rather than to open in a new window Do not use <font> tags Don't use HTML code to set font size Avoid using colour to express a meaning
Images, graphs and charts	Images must have an alternative text equivalent
Multimedia	Provide equivalent alternatives such as transcripts, text descriptions, closed captions and audio narrations Ensure keyboard-accessible controls are available
PDFs	Ask yourself why you are using PDF Follow strictly the process to make accessible PDFs
PowerPoint	Ask yourself why you are using PowerPoint Save slides as a simple text format
Quizzes	Avoid one question per page Set the quiz to open within the Blackboard browser Make sure the quiz is given a useful name Images should be given a useful name and alternate text description
Tables	Create tables that can be read by screen readers
Word, rtf and text files	Create documents that have a defined structure Embedded images must have an alternative text equivalent Ensure the content is clear