This tech tip focuses on a keyboard short cut on how to quickly add a hyperlink to your text without having to go through the menu on the tool bar. 1. Highlight you’re the text you want as a hyperlink: 2. Press Ctrl K 3. The Insert Hyperlink dialog box...
This tech tip will demonstrate how you can ensure your font color is accessible when working within the D2L Brightspace content editor. 1. Select your text in the D2L content editor: 2. Click the Select Color icon on the toolbar: 3. When you click a color, you will see...
Step 1: Create a Zoom Meeting link for your class Minnesota State Zoom users must sign in to Zoom using SSO: Visit minnstate.zoom.us Select "Sign in" Authenticate with your current credentials associated with your StarID Instructions for creating a meeting link For additional meeting security, consider setting up a...
This Tech tip is to draw attention to the new Creating Accessibility Materials widget on the D2L Homepages. This widget is a collection of that tech tips that are focused on creating accessible content. This widget is searchable and scrollable for ease of use The scroll bar will appear when...
This tech tip comes from Academic and Student Affairs at Minnesota State. This tip is part of Digital accessibility that focuses on how to use slide layouts instead of text boxes when creating a PowerPoint presentation. To view this tech tip, please click on the following link: Avoid inserting text...
This week’s tech tip focuses on lists. Using the list option is more useful than manually creating a list because it lets screen readers know that there is an official list. This gives the user the opportunity to skip over the list if desired. The following from the ASA Newsletter...
This tech tip features videos by Microsoft that demonstrate how to improve accessibility in Email, Word Documents, Excel Spreadsheets, and PowerPoint Presentations. Please use the following video links. • Email o Video: Improve email accessibility 5:02 • Word Documents o Video: Check the accessibility 1:10 o Video: Improve accessibility with...
Oftentimes, when textbook images are scanned as PDFs, they are saved as “images” instead of “text,” which makes them inaccessible to students using screen-readers or text read aloud options. Follow the steps below to check your PDFs for accessibility and convert them as necessary. Check Your Document for Accessibility The...
People who use screen readers need to be sure content on slides is read in the correct order. The following demonstrates how to adjust the reading order of a particular slide. 1. Open your PowerPoint presentation in the desktop version. 2. Click the Review tab, then click the Check Accessibility:...
The purpose of this tech tip is to assist you in creating alt text for images you use in your course. Alt text cause images to be accessible to all learners. For this example, we will use an image of a horse running: 1. Open Copilot: 2. With copilot open,...
