Organizing content

• ☐ Content is organized under headings and subheadings.
• ☐ Headings and subheadings are used sequentially (e.g., Heading 1, Heading 2).

Images

• ☐ Images that convey information include alternative text (alt text) descriptions of the image’s content or function.
• ☐ Graphs, charts, and maps also include contextual or supporting details in the text surrounding the image.
• ☐ Images do not rely on color to convey information.
• ☐ Images that are purely decorative do not have alt text descriptions. (Descriptive text is unnecessary if the image doesn’t convey contextual content information).

Links

• ☐ The link text describes the destination of the link and does not use generic text such as “click here” or “read more.”
• ☐ If a link will open or download a file (like a PDF or Excel file), a textual reference is included in the link information (e.g., [PDF]).
• ☐ Links do not open in new windows or tabs.
• ☐ If a link must open in a new window or tab, a textual reference is included in the link information (e.g., [NewTab]).
• ☐ For citations and references, the title of the resource is hyperlinked, and the full URL is not hyperlinked.

Tables

• ☐ Tables are used to structure information and not for layout.
• ☐ Tables include row and column headers.
• ☐ Row and column headers have the correct scope assigned.
• ☐ Tables include a caption.
• ☐ Tables avoid merged or split cells.
• ☐ Tables have adequate cell padding.
  

Multimedia

• ☐ All audio content includes a transcript. The transcript includes all speech content and relevant descriptions of non-speech audio and speaker names/headings where necessary.
• ☐ Videos have captions of all speech content and relevant non-speech content that has been edited by a human for accuracy.
• ☐ All videos with contextual visuals (graphs, charts, etc.) are described audibly in the video.

Formulas

• ☐ Equations written in plain text use proper symbols (i.e., −, ×, ÷).^[1]
• ☐ For complex equations, one of the following is true:
  • They were written using LaTeX and are rendered with MathJax (Pressbooks).
  • They were written using Microsoft Word’s equation editor.
  • They are presented as images with alternative text descriptions.
• ☐ Written equations are properly interpreted by text-to-speech tools.^[2]

Font size

• ☐ Font size is 12 point or higher for body text in Word and PDF documents.
• ☐ Font size is 9 point for footnotes or endnotes in Word and PDF documents.
• ☐ Font size can be enlarged by 200 per cent in webbook or ebook formats without needing to scroll side to side.

Attributions

• Adapted from “Accessibility Toolkit—2nd Edition” by Amanda Coolidge, Sue Doner, Tara Robertson, and Josie Gray (a collaboration between BCcampus, Camosun College, and CAPER-BC) licensed under CC BY 4.0.