Accessibility Toolkit

Welcome to the Accessibility Toolkit

Students have a range of abilities, and not everyone will disclose: there are likely students in your course with learning or sensory disabilities. They are not required to tell you, and they may not feel comfortable telling anyone Rather than asking students to identify themselves to you, employ practices (like those in the toolkits below) that reach a wide variety of learners.

Accessible content benefits everyone, it is easier to understand, more organised, and allows you to reach a wider audience with more flexible and adaptive content. The accessibility of web based content is now covered by legislation, and the toolkit below is designed to support colleagues make simple and easy adjustments to learning materials to enhance accessibility and improve engagement.

Click on the icons below to get started.

This toolkit has been built using Microsoft Sway to give you control over how you view the content. If you need to alter the view options for these pages please see the options in the top right corner of the Sway pages that allow for control over turning animation on and off, and enabling the ‘Accessibility View’.

Screenshot of Sway page - the ellipses menu has been selected to show the 'Accessibility view' option.

Introduction & Requirements

Accessible URL’s & Hyperlinks

Slide used in a presentation with a tall tower building in the background and text that says "click to add title" and "click to add sub-title".

Creating Accessible Presentations

Using Captions for Inclusive Teaching

Challenges with alt-text

Left hand edge of a computer keyboard, with white keys except for one key that is bright green with the word 'access' written in white on it.

Creating Accessible Documents

Use of Images & Non-text Content

Creating Accessible Video Content

Consideration for Website Owners

A cartoon image of various technology devices (ipad, phone, computer)

Low Bandwidth Teaching

Effective use of Colour & Contrast

Hand holding a phone so that you can see the screen which has an image of a blue, vertical bar chart with a blue pie chart above it. Below the phone is a tablet on a table showing a pictures of another pie chart with an table of data below it.

Accessible Tables & Graphs

Young female with long brown hair, wearing a black knitted hat and grey jumper, looking at a laptop screen. The background shows different sizes and shades of blue wheel cogs with decorative images in the centre of each.

Software & Further Information

Accessible Social Media

Accessibility in Blackboard Ultra

Useful documents

Accessibility Checklist