Making your text accessible

Easy instructions

• Load2Learn video tutorials: creating structured documents and accessible portable document format (PDFs) in Microsoft Word

• Books4All – Accessible Text: Guidelines for Good Practice: teacher’s guide to creating accessible learning materials

• Inclusive Learning Design Handbook – Introduction: resource to assist teachers, content creators, web developers, and others in creating adaptable and personalisable educational resources

• Accessible Digital Office Document Project: accessibility in word processing, spreadsheet, presentation, PDF and e-book applications

Advanced instructions

• Understanding content structure: W3C guideline on creating content that can be presented in different ways without losing information or structure

• Use of colour: W3C guideline on making content distinguishable

• Inclusive Learning Design Handbook – Inclusive EPUB 3: resource for content creators and educators who wish to use EPUB 3

• National Center for Accessible Media: resources for creating accessible educational, TV, web and multimedia materials

• Diagram Center: creating and using accessible digital images

Professional instructions

• Creating adaptable text structure: creating content that can be presented in different ways without losing information or structure

• Separating information and structure from presentation to enable different presentations

• Aligning text to one side on web pages

• Allow navigation with keyboard shortcuts to allow content to be operated through a keyboard or keyboard interface