Description of Requirement 10

Course material meets ADA accessibility standards.

Basic Moodle accessibility items:

  • Font type size and color are accessible, readable and consistent throughout the course, including uploaded resources and external documents.
    • Rely on Open LMS’s built in text editor (Atto) rather than copying and pasting text. Atto defaults to acceptable fonts and formatting.
    • Use a sans-serif font (Arial, Calibri, Tahoma) of at least 12 points.
    • For screen reader accessibility of the page structure, page titles are generally <h1> and the major section headings are <h2>and then they can go down to <h4>or <h5>. Do not use font size or bold to create your headings. Instead, highlight the text for the heading and choose the heading level from the text editor menu in Moodle.
    • Limit fonts to no more than two per page.
    • Use bold or italics to emphasize – underlined text looks like a broken link online.
    • No flashing or blinking text.
    • Do not use color as the only visual means of conveying information (use bold or italics as well for colorblind students).
  • Link text should be descriptive and make sense when read out of context (avoid using “click here”).
    • What not to do – “To go to the MySCC page, click here.”
    • What to do (the hyperlink assigned directly to the words) – “Go to MySCC.”
  • If you use tables, follow the directions in the text editor when creating them so screen readers know how to read the table.
    • Caption – what is the table about – unless it is clear from the content or nearby text.
    • Headers – How the table is read – across the rows, down the columns or both.
  • Alternative text (alt-txt) for images
    • How would you describe the image to someone over the phone?
    • Why is the image included?
    • If only decorative, check that option so it is ignored by the screen reader.

Other accessibility items:

  • Required videos need to include captions and/or a transcript.
  • Publisher supplied materials required for students should be accessible as well – check with the publisher.

NOTE: These items apply to course material that you create as well as linked items in your course.

Enhancements to Requirement