Staff Guide: Accessibility

Liverpool John Moores University is committed to making its online content and material accessible to as many people as possible.

We have attempted to follow relevant standards and good practice for accessibility and usability.

What is accessibility?

The Web is fundamentally designed to work for all people, whatever their hardware, software, language, location, or ability. When the Web meets this goal, it is accessible to people with a diverse range of hearing, movement, sight, and cognitive ability.

W3.org

Ally

Ally - a revolutionary tool designed to take accessibility to new heights in your Canvas courses. Ally goes beyond the ordinary by providing guidance on how you can fix the accessibility issues in your digital course content.

Accessibility in Digital Education Design (AiDED) Project

The Teaching and Learning Academy’s AiDED vision is to use the digital learning environment to help all our students improve their life chances.

AiDED Project Information

Accessibility in Digital Education Design Logo

Resources

ALT Text

ALT text provides a text equivalent for images. The following resources may be useful when exploring ALT text for images, shapes, charts, SmartArt graphics, graphs or other objects.

Introductory Guides

Describing Complex Images

Accessible Home Pages

Learn how to create an accessible homepage, or use our in house template.

Headings

Use headings in your content to help structure your content and allow people using screen readers to quickly browse by topic.

 

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