Creating Accessible Digital Content

Ensure that all your courses, documents, and videos are fully accessible to individuals with disabilities. Electronic documents and forms are now the most common way of sharing information and must be clear, concise, and readily accessible with or without assistive technology.

Strive for 85

To ensure that all digital course content complies with the new Title II rule, Geneseo announces the Strive for 85 campaign. All Brightspace courses must have an Ally accessibility score of 85% or above. CIT will review low-scoring courses in Brightspace for improvement.

Top 5 Things to Make Course Content Accessible

1. Use Ally in Brightspace to check your course's accessibility score and how to fix any inaccessible materials you have. To locate the Ally Course Report, navigate to "Course Tools" in the blue course navigation bar at the top of your screen and select "Ally Course Report."
2. Upload Word, PowerPoint, and Excel documents to Brightspace, instead of PDF documents. Pass the built-in Microsoft Accessibility Checker to ensure they are accessible before uploading them to Brightspace.
3. If you have scanned pages of readings, recreate these in Word or request electronic textbooks from Milne Library or reach out to the Office of Accessibility.
4. Schedule an accessibility consultation with CIT's Digital Accessibility Analyst, Anjali Shiyamsaran.
5. Join the SUNY Inclusion Quest—open to all administrators, faculty, staff, and students—for more accessibility training, resources, and support.

Tutorials

• LinkedIn Learning Accessibility Basics
• Creating Accessible PDFs in Microsoft Word
• Creating Accessible PowerPoints
• Adding Captions to Your Videos in Brightspace

More Accessibility Resources

• Visit the Milne Library's Assistive Technology and Accessibility Workstations
• Find tutorials and tips on CIT's self-help pages
• Convert documents to accessible formats using SensusAccess
• Deque University Accessibility Courses (free to SUNY students, faculty, staff)