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Course Accessibility Guidelines and Tutorials

Welcome to the Fundamentals of Accessibility Guide!

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Whether you are creating a course from scratch or working on an existing course, the guidelines and tutorials provided here will get your course scoring in the green for accessibility!

Use the menu to select an area of accessibility you'd like to address.  

Green high accessibility score indicator Getting to Green

For each resource type, we provide information about the basic benchmarks for accessibility. As you work, keep these general best practices in mind:

  • Make all images and videos accessible by providing alt-text and captions.
  • Make all documents screen-reader friendly. 
  • Use sufficient font size and color contrast.  
  • Ensure that color and/or font size are not the only means of conveying the importance or order of information on a page.
  • When using hyperlinks, make the link text meaningful. "Links should convey clear and accurate information about the destination. For example, avoid using link texts such as "Click here," "See this page," "Go here," or "Learn more." Instead include the full title of the destination page." - quoted from Microsoft's web page, Make your Word documents accessible to people with disabilities.

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For each topic, we tell you the easiest way to fix the major accessibility issues in your course. For some resources, getting a 100% accessibility score will never happen - and that's ok!  An item doesn't have to score 100% in order to be accessible to students. The goal is to make everything as accessible as we can - so get that score in the green.  


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St. Johns River State College, an equal access institution, prohibits discrimination in its employment, programs, activities, policies and procedures based on race, sex, gender, gender identity, age, color, religion, national origin, ethnicity, disability, pregnancy, sexual orientation, marital status, genetic information or veteran status. Questions pertaining to education equity, equal access or equal opportunity should be addressed to the College Title IX Coordinator/Equity Officer: Charles Romer, Room A0173, 5001 St. Johns Avenue, Palatka, FL 32177; (386) 312-4074; CharlesRomer@sjrstate.edu Anonymous reporting is available at SJRstate.edu/report. Inquiries/complaints can be filed with the Title IX Coordinator/Equity Officer online, in person, via mail, via email or with the US Department of Education, Office of Civil Rights, Atlanta Office, 61 Forsyth St. SW Suite 19T10, Atlanta, GA 30303-8927. | St. Johns River State College is accredited by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges (SACSCOC) to award associate and baccalaureate degrees. Questions about the accreditation of St. Johns River State College may be directed in writing to the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges at 1866 Southern Lane, Decatur, Georgia 30033-4097, by calling 404-679-4500, or by using information available on SACSCOC’s website (www.sacscoc.org).