Digital Accessibility Basics

What is Digital Accessibility?

Digital accessibility is the ability of a website, social media, mobile application or electronic document to be easily navigated and understood by a wide range of users, including those users who have visual, auditory, motor or cognitive disabilities. It is achieved by using standards and best practices and benefits everyone by making digital content easier to use and understand, more compatible with different devices, and more flexible for various needs. Learn more about accessibility basics.

Accessibility Basics

When you learn the basics of digital accessibility, it is often applied across various applications in which you create digital content. For example, a Word document that is accessible can easily become an accessible PDF. Similarly, knowing how to locate the accessibility checker in Word, PowerPoint and MyClasses Rich Content Editor will increase your awareness of checking for accessibility in other platforms.

Learn more about the concepts and principles that inform accessibility standards and best practices:

• Alt Text

• Captions for Video

• Colors

• Color Contrast

• Fonts

• Headings

• Hyperlinks

• Lists

• Tables

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