Module 4: Overview

Text 4 Creating More Accessible Materials

Right from the Start

It's always much easier to create accessible materials to begin with rather than trying to add accessibility features after the fact. Materials remediation can be so complex, time-consuming, and costly that it's often more efficient just to re-create the materials from scratch.

In this section we'll be exploring some fairly painless ways to make various kinds of materials accessible as we create them.

We'll be using bits from the Download attached Word document

to illustrate and fix some common barriers to electronic accessibility.

Objectives

In this unit you will learn to:

  • Create original documents and multimedia files that exemplify excellent accessibility levels
  • Revise existing materials to increase accessibility