Accessibility Resources

General

Screen reader demo – This helps to illuminate the experience a person with a visual impairment has browsing a website
Screen Reading Software from @ Pitt
Office for Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion (OEDI) Digital Accessibility Overview – There’s a lot of content on our site, but this particular page gives a good high-level overview of best practices as well as links to other resources.
Microsoft Inclusive Design - A lot of this applies beyond the work designers do and can be more theoretical, but it can be a really important resource in expanding your own thinking and understanding.
Make PDFs ADA Compliant
Creating Readable PDFs
Making Your Digital Materials Accessible and Inclusive Webinar
Making Word, PowerPoint, & Excel Documents Accessible from @ PSU
Instructional Accessibility Resources @ Pitt
Universal Design Center
Creating Accessible Content

Child Welfare Resource Center Lectora Style Guide and ADA Updates-Guide including Lectora how to's as well as related ADA information for electronic information design
Creating Accessible Courses for Remote Learning Presentation – a workshop led by Angela Bedford-Jack from the Office for Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion (OEDI) and Tinukwa Boulder from the School of Education.
Coursera MOOC: Disability Awareness and Support – Coursera course taught by a faculty member from Human Engineering Research Laboratories (HERL).
Canvas Accessibility – Canvas documentation and community focused on accessibility. It’s not incredibly robust, but it’s the official Canvas source on accessibility.
- Canvas Accessibility Design Guidelines
- Canvas Accessibility Checker Rich Content Editor
A Complete Guide to Creating An Accessible elearning Course- A talk about the benefits of creating accessible eLearning, and the standards of accessible eLearning. Including, how go over how to make your Adobe Captivate files 508 compliant and then how to test them using a screen reader.
Present with real-time, automatic captions or subtitles in PowerPoint
Course Accessibility Checklist
Accessible Infographics

Child Welfare Resource Center Lectora Style Guide and ADA Updates-Guide including Lectora how to's as well as related ADA information for electronic information design.
LinkedIn Learning – Anything by Derek Featherstone
WebAIM – This is an excellent primer/starting point for self-directed exploration. Their articles, in particular, give a strong overview.
- Review the recordings of the “Introduction to Digital Accessibility” and “Advanced Topics in Web Accessibility.”  Slides and other resources from the training are posted on WebAIM’s site. 
Siteimprove Academy – There are a variety of courses available. Reach out to accessibility@pitt.edu to get set up
ADA Testing Checklist hhs-508-webapps-checklist-Itemized checklist for website compliance testing
A four minute video intro to web accessibility and W3C standards
EdX course on Digital Accessibility Foundations