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This article provides faculty instructions for reviewing and understanding reports, making changes, and creating new formats using YuJa Panorama in D2L.

When PDFs aren’t formatted correctly, they prevent screen readers from properly navigating them. Follow this comprehensive guide for creating and verifying accessible PDFs to ensure compliance with digital accessibility standards. It covers best practices for structuring documents, using alt text, ensuring proper reading order, and utilizing tools like Adobe Acrobat Pro and Microsoft Word’s Accessibility Checker.

This article provides best practices for creating accessible web content, including guidance on layout structure, readable text, and descriptive alt text for images. It also covers accessible multimedia, tables, and links to ensure inclusive digital experiences for all users.

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.

Captions display dialogue, music, and sound effects in written format on videos. Transcripts provide a text version of audio-only or video-only content, such as podcasts and animations. Captions and transcripts make audio and video content accessible to people who are deaf or hard of hearing and benefit anyone who cannot listen to audio.

Alternative text (alt text) describes the meaning or function of an image so people using assistive technologies, like screen readers, can understand its purpose. Alt text also benefits users with slow internet connections and supports SEO and other technical uses.

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.

The hot desking feature allows phone users to use their extension number and PIN to temporarily sign in to a provisioned desk phone.

The Minnesota State system and the State of Minnesota require that software, online tools, and certain technology purchases be reviewed before they are purchased, subscribed to, or used for university work. This article outlines key information about requesting a review.

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.

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.

Overview of the Transfer of Credit Appeal options for students that have already completed the Transfer of Credit Review Process.

Learn how to change or reset your StarID password quickly and securely.

Headings provide a structural hierarchy in documents and websites. Properly structured headings help all readers navigate documents efficiently. Visual readers rely on heading appearance to scan content, while screen reader users depend on programmatic heading structure to jump between sections.

FAQ for Zoom Phone SMS