Spalding University Library: Accessibility: Text

WebAIM Accessibility Tips

Creating Accessible Text Documents

Creating Accessible Text Documents
This "how-to" guide illustrates how to create a MS Word doc which is read by a screen reader. Tables and images are also addressed.

Improve Accessibility with Microsoft Accessibility Checker
Accessibility checker works in Word, Powerpoint,a nd Excel.
U.S. General Services Administration Tutorials, Guidance, Checklists
This website provides details for making online electronic content, including but not limited to websites, web applications, multimedia and office documents, including Word, PowerPoint, Excel and PDF.

Creating Accessible MS Word Documents

Accessible Syllabi

Checklist for Accessible Syllabi
A quick ready reference for faculty to verify they have created a web accessible syllabus.

Syllabus Assistant

Syllabus Assistant is a web-based syllabus building tool developed by Spalding IT. If you are teaching your class for the first time, check with your department to determine if your department has a template already created in Syllabus Assistant. Syllabus Assistant will publish your syllabus in 3 web-accessible formats which may be read by a screen reader. The following tutorials illustrate creating syllabi in Syllabus Assistant:

Creating First Syllabus- this video illustrates how to create your first syllabus in Syllabus Assistant. NOTE: your department must have a template created in SA for these instructions to be valid.
Duplicating a Syllabus- this video illustrates how to duplicate a syllabus previously created in SA so that most of its content will copy into a new syllabus for the same course.