Web Accessibility: Resources
Purdue University Resources
- Purdue University: Electronic Information, Communication and Technology Accessibility Policy
- Purdue University: Office of Civil Rights Accessibility Resources
- Purdue University: Innovative Learning: Web and Content Accessibility
- Purdue University: Innovative Learning: Instructional Material ADA Readiness
Tools
Siteimprove is an automated web accessibility testing tool maintained by Purdue Brand Studio and Purdue IT. The tool scans your website for web accessibility errors, misspellings and broken links. It also offers suggestions on how to make your website more searchable.
The College of Science and its department websites are currently in Siteimprove. To get access to the tool, please contact Purdue Brand Studio.
Learning about web accessibility
Websites
About accessibility:
- The Accessibility Project (A11Y)
- Web Accessibility in Mind (Web AIM)
- Web Accessibility Tutorials (W3C)
- Better Design 4 All YouTube channel
Other University Guidelines:
- Kent State University: Accessibility Examples
- NC State University: Accessibility
- Penn State: Accessibility and Usability
More about accessibility:
- A List Apart: Accessibility Topic
- Smashing Magazine: Category: Accessibility
- Axess Lab
- Web Dev: Learn Accessibility
- The WCAG Checklist
Blog posts:
- Gov.uk: Dos and don'ts on designing for accessibility
- Smashing Magazine: Designing for Accessibility and Inclusion
- Marco's Accessibility Blog: The Web Accessibility Basics
Books:
- Don’t Make Me Think, by Steve Krug (2014, 3rd edition)
- 100 Things Every Designer Needs to Know About People, by Susan M. Weinschenk, Ph.D. (2011)
- Accessibility for Everyone, by Laura Kalbag (2017)
Topic: Text
Articles
- Penn State: Accessibility: Tables
- Web Accessibility Initiative: Content structure
- Web Accessibility Initiative: Headings
- Web Accessibility Initiative: Tables Tutorial
Topic: Controls
Articles
- Kent State University: Web accessibility examples: Links
- No Style Design System: Component Examples: this is a captured page from the Internet Archive.
- Penn State: Accessibility: Link Text
- Web Accessibility Initiative: Form Instructions
Resources
- A11Y Nutrition Cards for Accessible Components: accordion, button, show/hide links, menu & menu button, tabs & tooltips.
Topic: Color
Articles:
- Penn State: Accessibility: Color Deficient Vision (Color Blindness)
- Penn State: Accessibility: Vibrating Color Combinations
- Penn State: Accessibility: Textured Backgrounds
- Si digital: Designing for Color Blindness
- Purdue Brand Studio: Visual Identity
Tools:
- Contrast Ratio checker
- WebAIM: Contrast Checker
- Color Oracle: color blindness simulator
- Who can use this color combination?
Topic: Images
Articles:
- Kent State University: Web Accessibility examples: Images
- Penn State: Accessibility: Image ALT Text
- Web Accessibility Initiative: An alt Decision Tree
- Web Accessibility Initiative: Complex Images
Topic: Documents
Microsoft Word:
- Purdue University: Innovative Learning: Web and Content Accessibility
- Purdue University: Creating accessible Word documents (video playlist)
- Microsoft Word: Customize or create new styles
- Microsoft Word: Improve accessibility with the Accessibility Checker
Microsoft PowerPoint:
- Microsoft PowerPoint: Make your PowerPoint presentations accessible
- Penn State: Accessibility: PowerPoint Tips
Adobe PDF:
- Purdue University: Creating accessible PDFs (video playlist)
- Penn State: Accessibility: PDF issues and recommendations
- WebAIM: PDF Accessibility
- Adobe: Create and verify PDF accessibility
Paid PDF Remediation Tools:
Topic: Videos
Purdue resources:
- Purdue University: Innovative Learning: Kaltura
- Kaltura Video on Mediaspace
- Purdue’s closed captioning vendor cielo24
- For more information about captioning services, contact Purdue Innovative Learning.
Articles:
- Penn State: Accessibility: Caption guidelines and policy
- Smashing Magazine: Designing for Accessibility and Inclusion: Lens of Audio & Video
- YouTube Help: Add your own subtitles & closed captions
Other resources
- Accessibility Insights: a browser extension for Chrome and Microsoft Edge
- WAVE: web accessibility evaluation tool
- Bureau of Internet Accessibility: Free Scan: Get a free WCAG 2.0 A/AA compliance summary of your website
- Pa11y: a range of free and open-source tools