10 Ways We Can Make The University of Alabama More Accessible

This video was created by Honors College freshmen in Rick Dowling’s UH 155: Public Service Post-Production course in Fall 2018.
1. Convey content in multiple ways; don’t just use images, color, video, or audio.
2. Foster awareness of accessibility and accommodations. If you notice an opportunity to address accessibility, please bring it up!
3. Keep lines of communication with your users open and available.
4. Tell vendors/publishers/third parties that accessibility is important and ask how they are planning for accessibility.
5. Ask for or create a captioned or transcribed version of any media you use. Captioning grants are available to caption and/or transcribe UA-owned audio and video.
6. Avoid “click here”, “read more,” or other generic link or menu text.
7. Communicate clearly and concisely.
8. Build accessibility into your work practices for any content you create or share. Acrobat, Word, PowerPoint, Excel, and Outlook on the web have built-in accessibility checkers, as do many other authoring tools.
9. Check out the assistive tools on your Macs, PCs, and mobile devices and think about why someone would use them.
10. Learn more on the Technology Accessibility website: accessibility.ua.edu
Questions? Comments? Need accessibility help? Contact [e-mail]