Making Instructional Materials Accessible

Microsoft Word

• Best Practices for Accessible Microsoft Word 2007 Documents
• Best Practices for Accessible Microsoft Word 2003 Documents

• Best Practices for Accessible Microsoft Word 2004 for Macs

• Syllabus Word Template

Microsoft PowerPoint

• Best Practices for Accessible Microsoft PowerPoint Documents

• Making a PPT Accessible using LecShare Pro (Contact ITSS for free LecShare Pro software)

Adobe Acrobat PDF

• Create New PDF from Microsoft Word 2007
• Create New PDF from Microsoft Word 2003
• Making Existing PDFs Accessible

• Making Scanned PDFs Accessible

Video on the web

• How to publish captioned video clips to the web with Adobe FLASH

CSULB Assistance for Faculty

• Alternative Instructional Material Request

• Instructional Technology Support Services

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Resources

CSULB

• Instructional Audio and Video Adaptation - Walter Gajewski
• High Tech Center - Disabled Student Services
• Accessible Technology Initiative

CSU Videos highlighting Disabled Students' Experiences

• NEW “Meet the Experts”:  A Monthly Series of Professional Development Webinars on Accessibility

  • First Session Recording
    

• "From Where I Sit" videos
  A powerful video seriess of eight CSU students with disabilities who share their experiences in the college classroom.

Validation Software

• A-Prompt
• WAVE Accessibility Tool
• Web Accessibility Tool Bar for Internet Explorer

Miscellaneous

• 11 Principles of Accessible Design
• Penn State's "Creating Accessible Web Pages"
• CSU Tips and Tutorials for Creating Accessible Content
• How accessible are Microsoft Word Documents?
• Creating Accessible Microsoft Word Documents
• PowerPoint Accessibility
• Making Microsoft Word Documents Accessible from WebAim

• Preparing Microsoft Word Documents to Create Accessible PDF Files

• Accessible Technology Initiative in the CSU