Resources to help faculty and staff understand and apply key aspects of accessibility.
Accessibility Resources & Best Practices (University of Colorado Boulder)
This user-friendly site explains key concepts related to accessibility and why they are important. It is an excellent resource for identifying best practices and then putting them into action. Resource categories include:
- Content Accessibility Fundamentals: Understand the basics of accessible content design that you can apply in any content editing software.
- Document Accessibility: Learn to implement digital accessibility practices in commonly used content creation software.
- Accessible Events & Presentations: Guidance for in-person and virtual events, speakers, presentation materials, captioning, and more.
Penn State Accessibility: Accessibility Checklist
An accessibility checklist divided into the following categories: Text Elements, Multimedia Elements, Web Tools, HTML Tags, and Advanced Web Design.
Penn State Accessibility: Accessibility Handouts
Includes links to QuickStart guides for Microsoft Word, PDF, PowerPoint accessibility tools, as well as a guide for using the Paciello Color Contrast Checker.
LinkedIn Learning: PSU Accessibility 2021 Playlist
A curated set of LinkedIn Learning tutorials on different aspects of accessibility.
Accessibility Tools For Your Own Use
Read & Write
Read & Write provides text-to-speech (read aloud) access within documents and on the web. It also includes a speech-to-text (dictation) function, along with a range of range of tools to help students. All Penn State community members who have an active psu.edu email can access Read & Write.
Equatio
Equatio allows you to create equations and formulas digitally, and also helps users read STEM content aloud. All Penn State community members who have an active psu.edu email can access Equatio.