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Accessible By Design |
| March is a great time to continue improving the accessibility of documents in your course. Most courses rely on PDFs to share journals with students. You'll find helpful resources for creating and remediating these documents below and in the Accessible By Design Guided Course. |
Accessible PDFs |
Looking for a quick, practical way to increase the accessibility of your PDFs? Here are a couple of resources to get you started: |
Accessible PDFs Checklist |
- Prioritize what matters most. Focus first on PDFs students need to read closely, reference repeatedly, or use for assignments.
- Start with the source. If you or a colleague created the PDF, find the original Word or Google Doc and make it accessible there (following the Documents section above). Then export a tagged, accessible PDF.
- Avoid creating new PDFs unless necessary. Share documents in their original format (Word, Google Docs) when possible; they're easier to keep accessible and up to date.
- Don't upload scanned PDFs unless the text is selectable and readable. Scanned pages often appear as images, which screen readers can't interpret.
- Use ASU Library Course Resource Services to obtain accessible versions of published or copyrighted PDFs (e.g., journal articles, book chapters).
- Request access to Adobe Creative Cloud or Equidox to remediate complex or legacy PDFs that have no available source document.
- Check accessibility again before posting/publishing in Canvas. Try selecting text in the PDF; if you can't, it's likely inaccessible. Use Ally in Canvas, Equidox, or Adobe Acrobat's accessibility checker to identify and fix issues.
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Resources |
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