Digital Accessibility

This guide provides practical accessibility resources for digital content creators.

Digital accessibility means the extent to which digital information is perceivable, operable, and usable for all—that is, for folks of differing abilities, ages, and backgrounds, and using a range of technologies and devices.

If you create, share, or publish digital content—including email, web pages, and digital documents—this guide will help you ensure that your content can be accessed by the diversity of people in your audience.

Sections

Accessibility and Disability

• Disability

Digital Documents

• Microsoft PowerPoint
• Microsoft Word for Dissertations

Visual Media

• All About Images
• Images
• Designing Presentation & Research Posters with Illustrator

Multimedia

• Campus Support for Faculty Creating Video Resources
• Podcasting and Audio Storytelling
• Resources for Video Creation

General Resources for Content Creators

• WCAG for Content Creators, Duke University Web Accessibility
• Content Creators, University of Minnesota Accessible U
• Introduction to Web Accessibility, W3C Web Accessibility Initiative
• A Practical Guide to Improving Web Accessibility, Cynthia Ng, in Weave: Journal of Library User Experience
• Web Accessibility Tutorials, Michigan State University

U-M Resources

• IT Accessibility at U-M
• U-M Library Accessibility