Leah Bowers and Laura Grady, user experience architects with the Center for User Experience, joined us on June 21 to talk about the new campus digital accessibility policy and how to make digital documents accessible. They shared insights into what the policy means and what we can all do to ensure our university community can access, use and understand our digital resources. They also shared information about putting new skills into practice.
Recordings
- Session slides (in Box): June 2023 slides
- Session video (in Kaltura): June 2023 video
Resources
External guides:
- MIcrosoft Inclusive Design
- Adobe Acrobat Accessibility Checker
- WebAIM Contrast Checker
- Harvard’s guide for writing alt text
- Outlook’s guide for creating accessible emails
- Describing race in alt text
- LinkedIn Learning course on accessible web design
Policy Resources
- Digital Accessibility Policy
- Following the policy
- Community of Practice
- Digital accessibility @ UW–Madison
- Digital Accessibility Standards
- Liaison registration
- Liaison Directory
Designing accessible resources
- Accessible online course materials
- Accessible Google documents and slides
- Accessible content design
- Accessible multimedia
- Make it accessible guide
- How to write effective alt text for web images
- Create accessible documents
- Accessible complex images
- Email communications guide
- Email newsletter guidance
- Accessibility evaluations from the Center for User Experience
Connect with the UW Design Community
The UW Design Community is brought to you by the Center for User Experience and IT Connects. Together, we can realize meaningful results when it comes to our shared goals of increased engagement and efficiency, student satisfaction, employee productivity and making our digital campus easier to use.
Join the UW Design Community by emailing uw-design-community+subscribe@g-groups.wisc.edu and join our Teams group.
—Felipe Gacharná and Laura Grady, UW Design Community