Staff Guide: Accessibility

• LJMU Digital Accessibility: Staff and Student Guide
• Learning Technology Tools - Accessibility Statement
• Learning Technologies Mobile Accessibility Statement
• Canvas Voluntary Product Accessibility Template (VPAT)
• Canvas Student App and Canvas Teacher App Voluntary Product Accessibility Template (VPAT)
• Panopto Accessibility Conformance Report
• Vevox Accessibility Statement

• Course Accessibility Auditing project
• The A11y project

• Canvas Immersive Reader
• Facilities, Software and support Available for Disabled Users
• What are the Canvas accessibility standards?

• LJMU Glossary and Online Content Style Guide
• Making your content accessible

• Making accessibility simpler in Higher Education and beyond!
• Blog post: Three teaching principles for inclusivity
• Blog Post: Changes to Accessibility Regulations
• Good Practice Series: Active Learning, Inclusive Learning Cultures and ‘in-class’ learning technologies (Staff)
• Generative AI and accessibility in education

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.

• Blog Post: Accessibility - Just do one thing [2. Alt Text]
• What is alternative text? How do I write it for images, charts, and graphs? (Youtube Video)
• Making Course Images Accessible

• Complex images - making sense for accessibility
• Diagram Center: How to describe complex images. (Youtube Video)
• POET Training Tool

Learn how to create an accessible Powerpoint.

• Blog Post: Accessibility: Just do one thing [3. Accessibility Checkers]
• How do I use the Accessibility Checker in the Rich Content Editor as an instructor? 

Learn how to create an accessible Powerpoint.

• Blog Post: Creating Accessible Powerpoints (Staff)

• Blog Post: Accessibility - Just do one thing [4. Using Audio and Video]
• Top ten tips for producing accessible, engaging video microlectures: Ellie Davidson

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

• Blog Post: What makes a good accessible home page?

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

• Blog Post: Accessibility - Just do one thing! [1. Headings]