Card Blocks

Image Cards

Called the "Image Card Container" this block produces a great way to link pages of interest to your content.

Assessment is a word that is used a lot in education. A great deal of scholarship focuses on the importance of assessment in higher education. But what do we mean by assessment? Instructors sometimes conflate grading with assessment. It is more than grading. Assessment is the strategic measurement of the extent of student learning in a course. Assessments should link student performance to specific learning objectives and provide feedback to both the instructor and the student on the performance of the student and areas for improvement.

Department blocks can added to any Page by clicking the + button in the editor and clicking or searching for the block name.

Editors have the option to add content specific to their department or for some, by term. There are various types of blocks available for use:

The Web Content Accessibility Guidelines version 2.2 require four pieces for a video to be considered accessible. In brief, those guidelines are:

The Tags Panel displays the primary structure of the document. While the Order Panel provides tools to restructure what content is grouped together, how it is labeled, and when it is read, the Tags Panel gives more granular control over the latter two aspects. The order of the tags is the reading order of the document, moreso than that displayed by the Order Panel, and each tag serves a specific semantic purpose (besides grouping tags like <Part> and <Sect>).

The PDF is a curious case for accessibility. On one hand, it has the potential to be a useful standard for both accessible reading and for printing. On the other, it is rarely utilized in an accessible manner and has many obscure issues and odd behaviors that can lead to problems.

What is alt text?

Alternative text (alt text) is text that describes the content of an image that can be read by a screen reader. It's important to consider what elements of the image are important to include in context. A portrait photo of a historical figure may just need that figure's name as the alt text, while a piece of art may need its primary features denoted, and a diagram or graph may need its contents fully described.

Introduction

Microsoft Excel includes features that can assist with creating more accessible spreadsheets. This checklist provides guidance and resources to create accessible content in the Microsoft Excel desktop application.

Microsoft Word includes features that can assist with creating more accessible documents. This checklist provides guidance and resources to develop accessible content with the Microsoft Word desktop application.    

How to Submit an Article to Orbit

Now editors have the option to add articles to Orbit for their employee news and announcements.

You can do so by selecting an option the Orbit news category, and the corresponding subcategory on what type of Orbit article it is: