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The University of Edinburgh provide some detailed and useful guidance on creating accessible digital and printed materials, with a focus on the context of teaching. Their guidance, amongst other things, covers:
Click here to access the University of Edinburgh guidance on creating accessible materials.
Microsoft Office products, including Word, Powerpoint and Excel, have extremely useful in-built accessibility checking functionality. This will check to see whether alt-text has been added to images, whether the structure of a document is accessible and headers are in place, as well as more specific aspects of accessibility in, for example, presentation slides and spreadsheets.
Click here to find out more about the Microsoft Office Accessibility Checker
The Disability Resource Centre offer general advice on teaching disabled students, as well as specific guidelines related to creating and providing accessible teaching resources.
Click here to access the Disability Resource Centre pages on teaching disabled students.
The University of Kent provided extensive and detailed information on providing accessible formats. This includes specific guidance on:
We would highly recommend the pages from the University of Kent when considering the accessibility of specific documents, as well as specific content such as graphs and media content.
Click here to access the University of Kent pages on accessible resources.
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