Digital Accessibility 101: The Top 8 Essentials
Learn the top eight accessibility issues to watch for when creating online and digital content. Online.
Learn the top eight accessibility issues to watch for when creating online and digital content. Online.
The Digital Accessibility Sprints are a structured, collaborative initiative led by the Office of Digital Accessibility (ODA) to enhance digital accessibility across university departments and programs. Each sprint cycle runs for approximately eight weeks and provides a dedicated space for departments to work closely with the Digital Accessibility Remediation Team (DART).
Formed in Spring 2025, the UIS Digital Accessibility Leadership Team is a cross-functional committee providing strategic collaboration and guidance to advance digital accessibility across campus. The team operates through dedicated working groups focused on the following areas:
Discover easy ways to improve digital accessibility in your documents and presentations. Laptops encouraged for in-person participants.
Online: ODA Zoom.
On campus: BRK 416. In-person space limited to 15.
Register using the ODA Training Registration form.
Learn the top eight accessibility issues to watch for when creating online and digital content.
Online: ODA Zoom.
Register using the ODA Training Registration form.
Join us for an overview of key ADA Title II updates and digital accessibility resources at UIS.
Online: ODA Zoom.
Register using the ODA Training Registration form.
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.