Acknowledgements
Thank you to… CAPER-BC and Tara Robertson for their continued involvement and work on ensuring educational resources are accessible to all students Sue Doner of Camosun College for her work in...
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This is one of many support guides from BCcampus Open Education. It is designed to supplement our main resource, the Self-Publishing Guide. Welcome to BCcampus Open Education’s Accessibility Toolkit –...
View ArticleUniversal Design
Universal Design is the process of creating products (devices, environments, systems, and processes) that are usable by people with the widest possible range of abilities, operating within the widest...
View ArticleAccessibility Statement
BCcampus Open Education believes that education must be available to everyone which means supporting the creation of free, open, and accessible educational resources. We are actively committed to...
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Organizing Content
Organizing content so it has a logical flow just makes sense. Using chapters, headings, and sub-headings to organize a resource allows students to clearly see how the main concepts are related. In...
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Using Personas
Designers use personas to represent the different types of people who might access a website or product. In this toolkit, we have used personas to help you keep in mind the types of students and their...
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Links
In this section, we review how to add accessible links to content. Links include weblinks, links between different chapters of a book, links within a chapter, and links to attached files. What are...
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Images
In this section, we provide recommendations to guide your inclusion of accessible, image-based content. What are images? Images are non-text elements that include photographs, illustrations, diagrams,...
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Multimedia
In this section, we provide recommendations to guide your inclusion of accessible multimedia content. What are multimedia? The term multimedia refers to a variety of ways, or media, used to communicate...
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Tables
In this section, we provide guidelines and recommendations for formatting tables. What are tables? In this context, tables refer to data tables, which include row and/or column header information to...
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Colour Contrast
In this section, we provide guidelines and recommendations about colour contrast in your textbook materials. What is colour contrast? Colour contrast refers to the hue, lightness and saturation of...
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Font Size
In this section, we review the two main concerns regarding font size on the web. What is font size? Font size is the size of text visible on the screen. Who are you doing this for? This work supports...
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Formulas
In this section, we review how to add accessible formulas to content. What are formulas? Formulas refer to math equations and science formulas. File types used: LaTex, MathType Who are you doing this...
View ArticleAccessibility Statements
Once you have created an accessible textbook, you should provide an accessibility statement. While an accessibility statement is not required, it can be an important and useful addition to a resource...
View ArticleAppendix B: Redesign or Accommodation Activity Guidelines
About the “Redesign or Accommodation” activity We have grounded the “Redesign or Accommodation?” activity in student-centred Universal Design for Learning (UDL)—a framework that recognizes that we...
View ArticleAppendix A: Checklist for Accessibility
Organizing content ☐ Content is organized under headings and subheadings. ☐ Headings and subheadings are used sequentially (e.g., Heading 1, Heading 2). Images ☐ Images that convey information include...
View ArticleBibliography
“Alt Text Blunders.” WebAIM. Accessed March 27, 2018. http://webaim.org/articles/gonewild/#alttext. “Ensure Link Text Is Meaningful within Context.” Web Accessibility. Accessed March 28, 2018....
View ArticleList of Links by Chapter for Print Users
This page contains a list of links to external resources referenced in this book for people who are using a print version. Links are listed by the chapters in which they appear and are listed...
View ArticleVersioning History
This page provides a record of changes made to this toolkit. Each set of edits is acknowledged with a 0.01 increase in the version number. The exported files for this toolkit reflect the most recent...
View ArticleIntroduction
The original Accessibility Toolkit was a collaboration between BCcampus (Amanda Coolidge), Camosun College (Sue Doner), and Tara Robertson from the Centre for Accessible Post-secondary Education...
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