Accessibility Best Practices for Digital Content
Note: If your document contains mathematical expressions or equations, please refer to our Making Math Accessible page for guidance on creating math content that can be read by screen readers.
Next Module: Create an Accessible syllabus
Common Forms for ODS Students Already Registered
ASL/CART for Events
It is important that all events are accessible to individuals with disabilities. To learn more about best practices, please see our page on creating accessible events.
Letter of Accommodation and Faculty Portal FAQ
What is ASL/CART/FM and Captioning?
American Sign Language (ASL)
ASL Interpretation is the most prominent type of interpreting used today.
Types of Captioning services
Automated Captions
Suitable for open access, where there isn't an individual with a disability participating. Automated captions average only about 50-90% accuracy. To enable automated Zoom captions:
Merging video and caption files
To begin you will need to have a video file (i.e .mp4) and a caption file (i.e .vtt, .srt). There are several programs you can do this with, below are the 2 that we would recommend