Designing Accessibility from the Beginning
Designing with accessibility in mind as you plan your course syllabus and materials will reduce barriers to learning, benefitting all learners and resulting in the need for fewer accommodations. As you design content for your courses, consider the following questions. If you answer yes to any of these questions, your content might not be accessible.
- Do I have visual materials that present core concepts that not all students may be able to see or understand?
- Do I have multimedia materials (e.g., audio, video) that present core concepts that not all students may be able to be hear, see, or otherwise access?
- Do I have documents that present core concepts in a format that not all students may be able to access?
(National Center on Accessible Educational Materials and licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License)
Text Attribution
- This chapter was adapted from “Universal Design” in the Accessibility Toolkit by BCcampus. Licensed under a CC BY 4.0 license.
Media Attribution
- “Designing Accessibility from the Beginning” video by the National Center on Accessible Educational Materials is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License.