Most educators do not have a background in designing and creating educational materials with accessibility in mind. An accessibility checker will catch design mistakes and guide educators through a process of how to fix them. Consistent use of an accessibility checker consistently helps people learn how to design the next material with less errors. Educators will learn from their mistakes and begin to anticipate what is needed to mitigate errors. The following video explains how to use Grackle Docs to check files created using Google Suite for accessibility errors.
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Questions To Ask When Considering Educational Materials
The most efficient way to provide accessible educational materials to students is to find materials that are already created that way! Why create them yourself when someone has already done the work for you? LCPS works to ensure curricular materials that are provided as resources to educators are already accessible. When reviewing materials, educators can ask themselves a series of design questions to determine if the materials are accessible. These questions can include the following:
- If there is text, can it be read aloud by a text to speech application?
- Can items be magnified or enlarged?
- Can the background colors be changed to provide varied contrast?
- When audio plays, is there a corresponding text representation of that sound (ie, captions)?
- When video plays, is there a corresponding optional audio track that can be played, describing the action in the video (ie, video descriptions)?
- When images are presented, do they have corresponding text describing the image and, if so, can this text be presented in audio format (ie, ALT-Tags)?
- Does the user interface have multiple input options to allow for access by someone who uses a switch?
- Is it portable, moveable, adjustable, or mountable to allow for access by someone in a wheelchair?