[Athen] accessibility resource for students?

[Joshua Hori via athen-list]

Hello Tess,

The BBC recently made this page available for different types of alt text needs: https://www.bbc.com/gel/how-to-write-text-descriptions-alt-text

And then there’s the dyslexic demo to demonstrate how text may be seen in posters. This also works great for instructors who ask “Why do I need to provide extra time for a 2 minute quiz?”: https://geon.github.io/programming/2016/03/03/dsxyliea

Best,


Joshua Hori

Accessible Technology Coordinator

Information Educational Technology

Academic Technology Services

50 Hutchison Dr.

Davis, CA 95616

530-752-2439

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Date: Tuesday, December 3, 2024 at 11:52 AM
To: 'Tess McMillan' <tess.mcmillan at bellevuecollege.edu>, 'Access Technology Higher Education Network' <athen-list at u.washington.edu>
Subject: Re: [Athen] accessibility resource for students?

Hello Tess,

It's great that you're aiming to improve accessibility in student-designed posters and social media graphics. A single, user-friendly resource that might be exactly what you're looking for is the "Dos and Don'ts on Designing for Accessibility" by the UK Government Digital Service. This resource offers simple, illustrated guidelines covering key accessibility principles like color contrast, typography, and layout. The visual format makes it quick and easy for busy students to grasp and implement the best practices. Link below.

Additionally, since many students use Canva, they have an Accessibility Design Guide as well that provides tips on creating accessible designs using their platform. It covers aspects like text readability, color choices, and image descriptions. Link below.

Finally, there's WebAIM's Principles of Accessible Design, which, while a bit more involved, may provide benefit as well.

Accessibility Posters by UK Government Digital Service
https://accessibility.blog.gov.uk/2016/09/02/dos-and-donts-on-designing-for-accessibility/

Direct download from GitHub: Accessibility Posters on GitHub
https://github.com/UKHomeOffice/posters

Canva's Design Accessibility Basics
https://www.canva.com/learn/design-accessibility-basics/

WebAIM's Principles of Accessible Design
https://webaim.org/intro/

I hope these resources help your student leaders to create more accessible and inclusive designs. 😊

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From: athen-list <athen-list-bounces at mailman12.u.washington.edu> On Behalf Of Tess McMillan via athen-list
Sent: Tuesday, December 3, 2024 1:37 PM
To: athen-list at u.washington.edu
Subject: [Athen] accessibility resource for students?

Hi all,

At our institution, student organization leaders are busy creating posters for their events and messaging their designs on social media.

One thing I’ve noticed – and I’m pretty sure this has happened in sync with increased use of templated design-your-own tools like Canva and Adobe Express – is that accessibility is becoming a bigger issue with these posters and designs.

It seems like the templates are co-opted in ways that weren’t intended -- so for example, instead of  using all caps just for the title or italics just for the byline, all caps or italics are used for the entire poster because it looks cool. Lack of contrast due to fancy backgrounds or a cutesy background/foreground interaction is another issue I am seeing with almost every design.

Do any of you have a good SINGLE SOURCE for accessibility tips that I could pass along to our student leaders?

I don’t feel like I have one good resource I can point students to and I also don’t feel like I’m an expert and can write something up for them. In students’ busy lives, though, they like to have one resource to go (usually ChatGPT…).

Thank you for any tips or thoughts!

Tess

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Tess McMillan
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