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,...
This tech tip comes from Academic and Student Affairs at Minnesota State. This tip is part of digital accessibility. To view this tech tip, please click on the following link Use unique slide titles Please also note the Digital Accessibility Tips section on the page.
This tech tip comes from Academic and Student Affairs at Minnesota State. The tech tip focuses on how to create tables that are digitally accessible To view this tech tip, please click on the following link: Using tables for presenting data, not for layout or formatting Please also focus on...
This tech tip comes from Academic and Student Affairs at Minnesota State. The Tech Tip focuses on organizing content using headings and why this is important for digital accessibility. To view this tech tip, please click on the following link: Use Headings to Organize Content Please also focus on the...
This Tech Tip features a very concise newsletter by Academic and Student Affairs at Minnesota State. This newsletter provides valuable information on how to use ALT text in MS Word. To view the newsletter, please click on the following link: Provide meaningful alt text to images Also, please scroll down...
This tech tip features an article put out by Academic and Student Affairs at Minnesota State. This article explains how to use short descriptive file names and document titles. This is part of Universal Design for Learning (UDL). In this article you will find information following: • Why is using...
This tech tip demonstrates how to make sure the color of your text is accessible for all who use D2L Brightspace including those have vision issues. This is a part of Universal Design for Learning (UDL). 1. Click the accessibility checker icon on the HTML toolbar: 2. You will see...
This tech tip focuses on how and why you should use the list tool when creating a list of items in D2L or Word. For users using screen readers, the screen reader will tell the user how many items are in the list. This gives the user the opportunity to...
QR codes may present a challenge for those who have coordination issues. This tech tip will focus on how to create a clickable QR Code so all the user needs to do is click on the QR Code or an alternative hyperlink next to the image. To make a QR...
The following link provides information on how to write descriptive links. Write descriptive links This link will provide the following information: Example of how to write links Why this is important to make your course accessible for all users How to write accessible links This link is provided from the...
