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Why Accessibility-First Will Always Be Our Focus

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The Web Accessibility Initiative, part of the World Wide Web Consortium, establishes a set of international standards called the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) to make web content more accessible to users with disabilities. It can be confusing to the person trying to understand the actual content. .

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12 Helpful Resources for Instructional Design

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Top books, blogs, videos, and more to excel as an instructional designer. In addition to essential information on meeting Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG), the book also dives into how accessible content can ensure that all learners receive the best learning experience. Look for details about Cathy Moore’s blog below).

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Why Accessibility Matters in Online Learning

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In recent years, the Department of Education, private individuals, and advocacy organizations, such as the National Federation of the Blind and the National Association of the Deaf, have filed suit against a number of public education organizations due to a failure to provide accessible web-based learning tools for students with disabilities.

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How to Make Sure Your Online Education Materials Are Section 508 Compliant

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Here’s how he phrased it: “The Section 508 Refresh recognizes the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.0 Satisfying these success criteria will remove significant barriers to accessing web content. For even more detail about each section of the criteria, use the Web AIM WCAG 2.0

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Top Five Tips to Create Accessible Content

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Here is an example of poor color contrast for web content. . When in doubt, refer to the color contrast checker from Web Accessibility in Mind (or WebAim), among their other valuable resources. . Colors next to each other have low contrast – which means it will be difficult for the visually impaired to read. Visual Transcript.

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Text-to-Speech Basics: What Is TTS and Who Uses It?

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It’s made up of complex webs of processors, each of which performs a processing task before sending its output to another processor. Already, many forward-minded content owners and publishers offer TTS solutions to make the web a place for all. A neural network is a computational model inspired by the human brain.

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WCAG 2.1: What You Need To Know

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The Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG), internationally agreed-upon criteria from WC3 , are used to measure compliance with these accessibility laws. covers a wide range of recommendations for making Web content even more accessible, while still keeping the WCAG 2.0 Since late 2008, WCAG 2.0 In June, WCAG 2.1 was approved.