Category: Accessibility
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Make Accessibility a Habit: PDF Files
The predominant file type on Moodle is PDF. In 2021, there we as many as 10,821 PDFs on LCC Moodle sites alone, which is roughly equivalent to 16 PDFs per site! Providing we have carried out the accessibility checks and followed good practice with Word documents and Presentation slides layout…
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Make accessibility a habit: Power Point
As with word documents you want to make your presentations accessible. If you follow a few simple guideline during the design process your presentations will be easier to read and process for everyone. In this blog post we are going to look at the following; Font Size Contrasting Colours Alternative…
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Integrated Dictation Tools
Dictation or speech to text is often a forgotten about tool. If you or your students are visually impaired or you find it useful to verbally express your thoughts or for notetaking, then it’s worth exploring dictation tools. It can also be used for giving formative feedback on word and…
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Capitalise on Captions
Captions for video content are embedded into everyday media consumption such as YouTube, Netflix and other social media platforms. As much as 92% of videos on mobile devices are viewed without sound. Therefore when students come into learning environments they have the expectation of captions on their educational media. It…
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Make accessibility a habit: Word Documents
Making your documents more accessible is not just about running them through accessibility checkers, it’s about making it a habit. If you only run your documents through an accessibility checker, then you are only doing half the job. You need to write for all in the way you layout and…
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Make text reader software your best friend
Most people associate text reading software with those with additional learning needs or visual impairments. These simple and often embedded tools can be used more widely as well as those with neurodiversity needs. We are all spending more time in front of a computer screen since the pandemic hit. According…
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