Content creators and editors are those involved in created websites that can control what’s inside individual pages, but not template level items such as menus, widgets, header and footer, etc.
- Course on accessibility on LinkedIn Learning which contains many web accessibility fundamentals: Accessibility in Web Design by Derek Featherstone
- An Introduction by WebAim
- 7 Core Skills of Digital Accessibility, Kate Brown and Jessica Blackwood
- Tips for Getting Started, WAI / W3C
- Tutorials by WAI
Resource Hubs
Many organizations have created collections of resource materials to support accessibility:
- Niagara College Canada – Accessibility Hub
- WebAIM – Creator of WAVE Accessibility Scanning Tool
- McMaster’s Accessibility Hub
Accessibility of Content
Checklists for Accessible Web Content
- A11y Project – For content creators, see sections: Content, Images, Headings, Lists, Tables, Video, Audio, Colour Contrast
- Northwestern University
- Deque
- WebAIM’s WCAG 2 – (comprehensive)
- University of Washington
Page Structure and Layout
Images and Graphics
- Alternative text – WebAIM, PopeTech
- AccessAbility 2: A Practical Handbook on Accessible Graphic Design
- Accessible Graphics
Video Captioning
- McMaster Accessibility Hub
- For McMaster Course Content (Accommodating a Student)
- McMaster Libraries
- Rev.com for Video Captioning
Audio – Automatic Transcripts of Recordings
Documents
- Linkedin Learning:
- Word:
- WebAIM: Accessible Word Documents – A succinct primer, with links to version specific resources.
- Accessible Documents (focus on Word) by Nick Marquis, Faculty of Social Sciences
- McMaster Office 365 Hub
- PowerPoint