Digital Accessibility Helpful Information
Accessibility Information
Accessibility Committee
Helpful Documents
- Faculty & Staff Guidance: ADA Compliance for Web & App Accessibility
- CreativePro Magazine Accessibility SuperGuide Special Sampler
- Slides from the Foundation of Accessibility 2025 Summit, Sept. 16-19, 2025
- Building Your Accessibility Roadmap Slide Presention – A Practical Guide for Higher Ed – 1st of 3-Part Series macmillanlearning.com – July 10, 2025 (These slides accompany a video saved in the NWOSU-Accessibility Help, YouTube Playlist
- Accessibility & You – NWOSU Accessibility Committee Presentation powerpoint, Sept. 5, 2025 (used for the video that is found in the NWOSU-Accessibility Help, YouTube Playlist
- Accessibility & You – handouts for presentation, Sept. 5, 2025
- Accessibility Checklist
Helpful Links (External)
- U.S. GSA Content Creation (U.S. General Services Administration)
- WebAIM (Web Accessibility In Mind – WAVE tool) – web page accessibility evaluation tools
- WebAIM’s Roadmap to Meeting the ADA Title II Requirements
- ANDI Accessibility Testing Tool for Web Pages
- Department of Justice Fact Sheet
- ADA Title II Accessibility Roadmap
- Accessibility in Education: Practical Answers to Common Questions Ahead of Title 2 Deadlines
- Making Digital Math Accessible: Challenges and Solutions
- Microsoft Office Math
- Introduction to Math Accessibility
- How to Make Accessible Documents (Word, Google Doc, Excel, Google Sheet, PowerPoint, Google Slides, PDF Accessibility)
NWOSU YouTube Playlist – Digital Accessibility Help
Silktide Free Accessibility Checker
Silktide Source for Making Several Documents Accessible
Excel Help
Adobe InDesign Help
- Formatting Tables in Adobe InDesign
- Create PDFs using InDesign
- Creating accessible PDFs in InDesign
- InDesign: Paragraph Styles vs. Character Styles
- How to use InDesign paragraph styles
Adobe PDF Help
- Changing the title of an Adobe PDF [Document Properties]
- PDF3: Ensuring correct tab and reading order in PDF documents
- Common Adobe Accessibility Errors and How to Fix Them
- A Course to learn how to Create Accessible PDFs
- WCAG 2.1 AA Checklist for PDF Accessibility
Free Courses to learn about digital accessibility
OKLIS - Preparing for the ADA Compliance Deadline
OKLIS – Preparing for the ADA Compliance Deadline – Feb. 21, 2025 sessions for faculty and staff
- Links to ADA Resources -YouTube video links are included on this document. All videos have been saved to the Accessibility Help Playlist on the Northwestern YouTube Channel. ( NWOSU-Accessibility Help, YouTube Playlist ) The following documents are the slide presentations that were used in the videos.
- What is Accessibility Anyway? Adam Thiel, Oklahoma ABLE Tech
- OKLIS: The ADA Legislation as Applied to You, Cristina Colquhoun, Instructional Design & Online Learning Librarian, Oklahoma State University Libraries
- Retrofitting Basics with UDL (Universal Design for Learning) in Mind, Natasha Brand, Northeastern Oklahoma A&M College
- Teaching the Student to Create Accessible Content, Ally Sharp, Langston University
- OKLIS: How To Session on Accessible Media, Clarissa Anderson
- What is Accessibility Anyway? Staff Session, Adam Thiel, Oklahoma ABLE Tech
- The Legislation as Applied to You – Staff Session, Cristina Colquhoun, Instructional Design & Online Learning Librarian, Oklahoma State University Libraries
- Best Practices in Email Accessibility – Staff Session, Ally Sharp, Langston University
- How-To Session: Documents, PDF Basics Workshop, Natasha Brand, Northeastern Oklahoma A&M College
- Tips for Making Microsoft Word Documents Accessible
TechAccess Accessibility 2025 Session
TechAccess Accessibility 2025 Session Presentations, March 4, 2025
(accompanying videos are in our YouTube Playlist)
Individual slide presentations provided below:
- Building accessibility community & systems for the long haul – Devon Persing, Tech Access Oklahoma 2025
- AI and accessibility, Lucy Greco, UC Berkeley
- WCAG May Not Just be a Guideline Anymore, Judith Risch, Title IX & Equity Access Services Special Advisor (no accompanying video)
- Evaluating Web Accessibility When time is Scarce, Rob Carr, WebAIM
- Creating Accessible PDFS from Microsoft Word, Chad Chelius, ACI, ADS, CHAX Training and Consulting
- Managing up and setting priorities, Jay Wyant, Chief Information Accessibility Officer, Minnesota IT Services
- Writing in Plain Language for Digital Accessibility: Don’t Make Me Read! Glenda Sims
- The Impact of the ADA Title II Updates on Website Architecture and Content Design, Cristina Adams, Manager of Digital Accessibility at Siteimprove
OKLIS Virtual Session Countdown to Compliance
Oklahoma Learning Innovations Summit (OKLIS) – Virtual Session Countdown to Compliance: A Hands-On Workshop Sept. 12, 2025
- Accessibility in Microsoft 365 and Google Recording, Ally Sharp, Langston University
- Accessibility in Microsoft 365 and Google Resource Document
- Accessibility in Microsoft 365 and Google Q&A Document
- PDF is a Four-Letter Word Recording – Adam Thiel, Oklahoma ABLE Tech
- PDF is a Four-Letter Word Slides
- PDF is a Four-Letter Word Q&A Document
- Practical Strategies for Captions and Audio Description: Effective Methods to Ensure Accessibility Recording, Darren Denham, University of Central Oklahoma
- Practical Strategies for Captions and Audio Description: Effective Methods to Ensure Accessibility Slides
- Practical Strategies for Captions and Audio Description: Effective Methods to Ensure Accessibility Q&A Document
- Getting to Know ANDI: the Accessible Name & Description Inspector Recording, Yasminda Choate, Seminole State College
- Getting to Know ANDI: the Accessible Name & Description Inspector Slides
- Getting to Know ANDI: the Accessible Name & Description Inspector Resources
- Getting to Know ANDI: the Accessible Name & Description Inspector Q&A Document
- Screen Reader Testing Recording, Madison Saunders, Rock Valley College
- Screen Reader Testing Q&A Document
- Screen Reader Testing Resources
- Make Your Emails Work for Everyone Recording, Natasha Brand, Northeastern State University
- Make Your Emails Work for Everyone Slides
- Make Your Emails Work for Everyone Q&A Document
- Make Your Emails Work for Everyone Resources
- Practical Strategies to Advance Accessibility at Your Institution Recording, Clarissa Anderson, University of Oklahoma
- Practical Strategies to Advance Accessibility at Your Institution Slides
- Practical Strategies to Advance Accessibility at Your Institution Q&A Document
- Practical Strategies to Advance Accessibility at Your Institution Resources