We are providing training links for Microsoft Word & PowerPoint 365. Below you will find resources to both WebAIM and Microsoft training links as you may find one or the other more helpful to you.
About WebAIM Resources
WebAIM (Web Accessibility In Mind) has provided comprehensive web accessibility solutions since 1999. These years of experience have made WebAIM one of the leading providers of web accessibility expertise internationally. WebAIM is a non-profit organization based at the Institute for Disability Research, Policy, and Practice at Utah State University.
Microsoft Accessibility Resources
Promoting Disability Inclusion
This resource provides a variety of information on accessibility and inclusion. You will learn better how you can support your students and your colleagues with disabilities.
Microsoft Word
Accessibility Checker
- Resource: WebAIM – 365– Accessibility Checker
- Resource: MSOffice Support – Accessibility Checker
Heading styles
- Resource: WebAIM – 365 – Headings
- Resource: MSOffice Support-Headings
Alternative Text for Images
- Resource: WebAIM – 365 -Alternative Text Images
- Resource: MSOffice Support – Alternative Text Images
Lists
- Resource: WebAIM – Lists
- Resource: MSOffice Support-Lists
Lists
- Resource: WebAIM – Lists
- Resource: MSOffice Support-Lists
Tables
Color Contrast
- Resource: MSOffice Support – Color Contrast
File Names
- Resource: It’s necessary to consider how a file is named when it is saved. Files using meaningful names are easier to find than those using complicated names.
- For example, a syllabus for College 101 during the Fall semester is better named as
- “College 101 Syllabus – Fall 2017.docx”
- rather than “C101sylf17.docx”.
- Microsoft – Create accessible file names (Video, Transcript, Try it!)
- For example, a syllabus for College 101 during the Fall semester is better named as
PowerPoint
Accessibility Checker:
- Resource: WEBAIM – PowerPoint Check Accessibility
- Resource: MS Office – Accessibility Checker
Title & Headers
- Resource: MSOffice – Title a Slide (Accessibility)
Font Size and Selection
- Resource: Microsoft – Design slides for people with dyslexia (Video, Transcript, Try it!) (same as above, links to 365)
- Resource: MS Office Support – Change the Size of Selected Text
Slide Layout
Reading order
- Resource: MSOffice Support – Make your PowerPoint presentations accessible (same as above, links to 365)
- Resource: WEBAIM – Slide Reading Order
Images and charts
- Resource: MSOffice Support – Make your PowerPoint presentations accessible
- Resource: WEBAIM – Alternative Text for Images
Lists
Links
- Resource: MSOffice Support – Make your PowerPoint Presentations accessible (hyperlinks)
- Resource: MSOffice Support – Add a hyperlink to a slide (Video, Try it!)
- Resource: WEBAIM – Links
Tables
- Resource: MSOffice Support – Tables
Color Contrast
- Resource: Microsoft – Use more accessible colors and styles in slides (Video, Transcript, Try it!) (same as above, links to 365)
- Resource: Microsoft – Make your PowerPoint presentations accessible (same as above, links to 365)
- Resources: WEBAIM – Color Contrast
Additional Powerpoint Resources
- Microsoft – Accessibility support for PowerPoint (same as above, links to 365)
- Microsoft – Create more accessible slides in PowerPoint (Video training) (same as above, links to 365)
- WebAIM – Microsoft PowerPoint – PowerPoint Accessibility
- Tech Community – Create Accessible Content in PowerPoint and across Microsoft 365 (Video, Try it!)
Additional Resources