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Employees may request captioning and audio description services in MediaSpace at no cost on videos that are for academic use. This article covers how to request these services.

Videos and audio content rely on sound and visuals that some users cannot perceive. Include captions, transcripts, or audio descriptions to ensure all users can access the content.

If graphics and images are not made accessible, these elements create barriers to understanding and usability. Ensure there is alt text and appropriate color contrast and formatting applied to graphics and images.

Excel software is highly visual and relies on spatial relationships, like rows and columns, which aren’t always conveyed clearly through assistive technology. Issues such as merged cells, missing headers, and unlabeled charts can disrupt the logical reading order.

This article is a great starting point for creating and sharing accessible content. It helps ensure content meets accessibility requirements from the start, and includes a guide to choosing the right format and a quick checklist.

Color contrast ensures that text and images of text are visually distinguishable for users, including those with low vision. Meeting this requirement improves readability and accessibility across digital content.

Checking for accessibility is a critical step to ensure content meets the required digital accessibility standards and works for everyone. Before publishing or sharing content, always check it by using both automatic checkers and manually reviewing with human judgement and assistive technologies.

A document title is the official name of the document stored in its metadata and displayed in the title bar when the file is opened in applications like Word and Adobe Acrobat reader. It helps all users quickly understand what a document is about.

Links are clickable elements in documents or websites that lead to another resource. Screen reader users often navigate by jumping from link to link, so they may only hear the link text without surrounding context. Clear, descriptive links improve navigation for everyone.

This article introduces students to the YuJa Panorama icon in D2L and the alternative formats available using the tool.

Microsoft Word is the recommended format for internal documents shared within the university. Word has accessibility tools like heading styles, alt text, an accessibility checker, and more.

This article is for faculty and staff who need to have a required PDF remedied for accessibility compliance. Use the process outline to request services from Allyant, an approved remediation vendor through the Minnesota State System Office.

Forms can pose accessibility challenges because they often rely on visual cues, complex layouts, or unlabeled fields that screen readers cannot interpret. Making forms accessible ensures that everyone can easily read, complete, and submit them independently.

Microsoft PowerPoint is the recommended tool to create internal slide decks and presentations shared within the university. PowerPoint has accessibility tools like heading styles, alt text, an accessibility checker, and more.