{"id":713,"date":"2022-03-15T10:58:22","date_gmt":"2022-03-15T14:58:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.gcc.mass.edu\/ds\/?page_id=713"},"modified":"2024-12-02T14:02:42","modified_gmt":"2024-12-02T19:02:42","slug":"accessibility-tools","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.gcc.mass.edu\/ds\/accessibility-tools\/","title":{"rendered":"Accessibility Tools"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>NOTE:\u00a0 As we learn about tools that could be valuable to Faculty and Staff, we will add them to the bottom of this page.<\/p>\n<p>There are many websites that have checklists for evaluating the materials you have created for accessibility and step-by-step instructions for ensuring that your materials are accessible.\u00a0 We offer a couple of them here, but a search will provide many options.\u00a0 If you have resources that you use and particularly like, we would like to include them.\u00a0 Please email <a href=\"mailto:disabilityservices@gcc.mass.edu\">disabilityservices@gcc.mass.edu<\/a> with your suggestions.<\/p>\n<p>The following checklist comes from the University of Washington, a leader in accessible and universal design.\u00a0 Many of the items in the checklist apply to web pages and web-based applications as well as electronic documents in Microsoft Word, Adobe PDF, and other formats, and other products and services that are not specifically web-based: \u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.washington.edu\/accessibility\/checklist\/\">https:\/\/www.washington.edu\/accessibility\/checklist\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The right sidebar on the checklist page has links to instructions for:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washington.edu\/accessibility\/documents\/\">Creating Accessible Documents<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washington.edu\/accessibility\/videos\/\">Creating Accessible Videos<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washington.edu\/accesstech\/websites\/\">Creating Accessible Websites<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Here's another link on creating accessible documents from the University of Wisconsin-Madison: <a href=\"https:\/\/it.wisc.edu\/learn\/make-it-accessible\/documents\/\">https:\/\/it.wisc.edu\/learn\/make-it-accessible\/documents\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>This link for creating accessible documents and slides comes from Middlesex Community College and \u00a0seems pretty straight-forward and clear:\u00a0\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.middlesex.mass.edu\/accessibility\/createacdocs.aspx\">https:\/\/www.middlesex.mass.edu\/accessibility\/createacdocs.aspx<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Finally, a link to \u201ccheatsheets\u201d from the National Center on Disability and Access to Education: <a href=\"https:\/\/ncdae.org\/resources\/cheatsheets\/\">https:\/\/ncdae.org\/resources\/cheatsheets\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>These one-page accessibility resources have been developed to assist anyone who is creating accessible content, and are free resources catered to less-technical individuals. 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