Unit 3 Summary: Accessible Document Design

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Final Thoughts

Whether you are creating a document or a web page, you should be designing with accessibility in mind. Keep these final elements in mind:

Color Contrast

As in Content Pages, any color used in documents needs to be perceivable to those with low vision or color blindness. To meet the needs of these students, the contrast between the background and the text needs to meet the contrast ratios set by WCAG 2.0. In addition, color should not be the only method for conveying information. 

Clicks to Access

If your students have to download, save, and open a document before they have access to the material, they may lose interest, skip the resource, or even misplace it. The fewer clicks needed to access the material, the more likely your students will actually access it. Think about clicks when deciding how best to present the material. 

In this unit you learned how to:

  • determine when documents can and should be used in an online course;
  • create accessible Word, Google, PowerPoint, and pdf documents;
  • determine the accessibility of existing documents.

To demonstrate your learning you completed the following activities and assessments:

  1. Reviewed the information presented throughout the unit
  2. Participated in the "Focus on Documents" discussion
  3. Completed the "Accessible Documents" quiz
  4. Completed the "Create an Accessible document" assignment

Additional Resources:

@ONE Webinar: Creating Accessible PDFs with MS Word and Acrobat Pro

@ONE Webinar: Creating Accessible PDFs with MS Word and Acrobat Pro Links to an external site.@ONE Webinar: Creating Accessible PDFs with MS Word and Acrobat Pro

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