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The digital accessibility office recently created and published a series of comprehensive guides for content creators on how to create accessible documents in a variety of formats. New guides are also available to support you in hosting accessible events and giving accessible presentations. New content: Understanding Word Accessibility Understanding PowerPoint...

The most recent version of Web Content Accessibility Group (WCAG) criteria for accessibility is 2.1 . Version 2.1 mostly adds new criteria to fill in gaps, especially related to mobile devices, low vision users, and people with cognitive and learning disabilities. Below is a list of the new WCAG criteria...

In the Accessibility and Usability Lab , when we test digital content for accessibility, we want to make sure our work has integrity and quality. As a result, we reflectively examine our process by considering what makes measurement strong in the realm of research. It is easy to make decisions...

As you start the new semester, keep accessibility in mind! Creating course materials that are accessible helps all students in your classes, including students with disabilities. Use this checklist to help you get started, and feel free to reach out to OIT for more details at 303-735-4357 (5-HELP from a...

A message from Dan Jones: I have been asked to be the Associate Vice Chancellor for Integrity, Safety, and Compliance. We are also moving the information security and digital accessibility teams out of OIT and into this new organization. Both the security and digital accessibility teams will continue to support...

For understandable reasons, people trying to create accessible digital content who do not know much about the topic often want a checklist of exactly what they need to do. There are checklists out there to help with accessibility—any search engine will help you find many—and they cover frequent and easy-to-fix...

If you’re trying to create an innovative car that will expand for extra passengers or cargo and shrink when you want to park it between a couple of enormous SUVs, you don’t need to reinvent the wheel. You might decide to modify the frame or axles in some way, but...

Part 3 How to Help Create a Mental Map Visual features, such as color, font, and placement, can help a sighted user categorize and understand content for their mental map, but designing predominantly for visual effect can ultimately make content harder to grasp. For example, assigning graphics to every link...

Part 2 Drive File Stream Example Drive is a web based application for storing and organizing files. It includes potential actions such as reorganizing files, viewing content, and sharing materials with others. It uses a standard system of storing folders and files within higher levels of folders. The concept of...

The topic of mental maps is extensive and thus will appear over the span of three entries. Part 1 Understanding the Basic Concepts A mental map is a way of organizing and understanding information. For example, I could give you a list of 12 items: sky, tree, flower, building, seed,...