A Reminder on Accessible Materials for Students
Originally published in Today @ Geneseo on October 8, 2024.
As educators, faculty and staff must create accessible documents to comply with the Americans with Disabilities Act and Section 504 laws, and improve the learning experience for all students at SUNY Geneseo. Please keep these tips in mind:
Use properly tagged PDFs with alternative text for images.
Avoid embedded text in images; use actual text within documents.
Choose easy-to-read fonts and colors with high contrast and legibility.
Add captions to videos and audio content.
Use built-in accessibility checkers in Adobe Acrobat, Word, and PowerPoint before sharing your documents to help ensure they’re accessible. As you upload documents to Brightspace, click on the green, red, or orange icon beside each document indicating its Ally accessibility score. For your course’s overall accessibility, visit the “Accessibility Report” link at the top of your Brightspace course. Check out CIT’s accessibility documents for more information.
For questions, contact Anjali Shiyamsaran, digital accessibility analyst.