Faculty Resources
Quick Checks
- Easy Checks - A First Review of Web Accessibility
- ADA Quick Guides to Compliance: Checklist from Northeast Lakeview (used with permission)
Images
- Do all of your images provide alternative text (alt tags or alt attribute)?*
- Did you describe images succinctly without being redundant?
- Does the alt tag describe the content and purpose of the image?
- Did you avoid wording like "image of" or "graphic of"?
- Did you describe the destination as well as the image if it is also a link?
- Are your images clear?
- Is your image file optimized for loading?
- Have you avoided animated/blinking images, text, or cursors?
- Is your animated image contributing to the learning experience?
- Further check: W3C alt Decision Tree
- Further information:
* Purely decorative images should have a null alt text (alt = " "). Examples: images for non-informative purposes, images used for spacing/layout
Videos
- Did you provide captions, transcripts or audio descriptions?
- If you don't have captions, transcripts, or audio descriptions for a video, is there an alternative available that provides them?
- Is the video quality clear?
- Is the video length adequate to meet the goals without adding unnecessary information?
- Is the video player compatible with multiple operating systems and only requires a standard/free plug-in?
- Is the video short enough to download the file on computers with lower bandwidths?
- Further Information:
Text
- Did you use the default font color?
- Is it easy to read - short and sweet?
- If you utilized headers (when necessary), did you use header 3 or 4?
- When you emphasize words, did you bold or italicize them?
- Did you avoid overuse of bold, italics, and all capital letters?
- Did you avoid underlining to emphasize?
- Did you keep the font style simple (or default)?
- Did you avoid extremely bright colors as background colors?
- Did you use the same font throughout the guide?
- Did you use a dark font color on a light background?
- Further information:
Links
- Do your links and databases provide the description underneath the name?
- Does your link make sense out of context (avoids using phrases such as "click here")?
- Did you break up long lists so that screen readers can skip them?
- Further Information:
Audio
- Is the audio quality clear?
- Is there a written transcript provided?
- Is the audio file short enough to download on computers with lower bandwidths?
- Is the audio player compatible with multiple operating systems and requires only a standard/free plug-in?
- Is the audio file length adequate to meet the goals without adding unnecessary information?
Other
- Did you break content down into appropriately sized boxes?
- Did you avoid nested menus?
- Further information: