{"id":8653,"date":"2021-01-13T15:44:03","date_gmt":"2021-01-13T15:44:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.edgehill.ac.uk\/learningedge\/?p=8653"},"modified":"2021-01-13T15:44:04","modified_gmt":"2021-01-13T15:44:04","slug":"build-accessible-inclusive-content-by-design","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.edgehill.ac.uk\/learningedge\/2021\/01\/13\/build-accessible-inclusive-content-by-design\/","title":{"rendered":"Build Accessible &#8211; Inclusive Content by Design"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Introduction<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">From 23<sup>rd<\/sup> September 2018, it became law for public sector bodies to make the content of their websites and mobile apps more accessible to users under the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.legislation.gov.uk\/uksi\/2018\/852\/contents\/made\">Public Sector Bodies Accessibility Regulations 2018<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This government regulation<span style=\"color: #ff0505\" class=\"ugb-highlight\">*<\/span> is an extension of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.legislation.gov.uk\/ukpga\/2010\/15\/contents\">Equality Act 2010<\/a> and is benchmarked against the <strong>Web Content Accessibility Guidelines 2.1 AA (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/WCAG21\/\">WCAG 2.1 AA Standard<\/a>). <\/strong>Its purpose is to ensure that public sector websites\u2019 content is accessible for all users and can be used with the most common assistive technologies, including screen magnifiers, screen readers and speech recognition tools.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It is particularly important to be aware that content that is published after<strong> 23<sup>rd<\/sup> September 2019<\/strong> must meet these guidelines and any video or audio content published after <strong>23<sup>rd<\/sup> September 2020<\/strong> must include captions and transcripts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This short blog contains information on the resources that are available to you to enable you to make your content compliant.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><span style=\"color: #fd0404\" class=\"ugb-highlight\"><strong>*<\/strong><\/span><em>Further information can be found at the end of this blog article &#8211; See &#8216;Further Reading&#8217;.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>The Learning Design Exemplar \u2013 Quick and simple support material<\/strong> <strong>created for you<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">To enable and support staff in their use of learning technologies, the LTD Team have developed <strong>The Learning Design Exemplar<\/strong> \u2013 A quick and easy-to-use information resource located within each staff members\u2019 Learning Edge (Blackboard) course list.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">We\u2019re pleased to also announce a brand-new section &#8211; \u2018<strong>Inclusive by Design<\/strong>\u2019 &#8211; in response to working towards achieving accessibility requirements to benefit our students.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"602\" height=\"95\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.edgehill.ac.uk\/learningedge\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/130\/2021\/01\/image-5.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-8602\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.edgehill.ac.uk\/learningedge\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/130\/2021\/01\/image-5.png 602w, https:\/\/blogs.edgehill.ac.uk\/learningedge\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/130\/2021\/01\/image-5-300x47.png 300w, https:\/\/blogs.edgehill.ac.uk\/learningedge\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/130\/2021\/01\/image-5-500x79.png 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 602px) 100vw, 602px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This section has been created to serve as a quick resource to guide you through the various techniques, tools and functions that can be used to create accessible content.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\">Remember: Think &#8220;<em><strong>Build Accessible<\/strong><\/em>&#8220;.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>In less than 15 minutes of video guides<\/strong>, this section covers the following topics for making your content compliant:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-ugb-accordion ugb-accordion ugb-27f1bed ugb-accordion--v2 ugb-accordion--design-basic ugb-main-block\" aria-expanded=\"false\" id=\"\"><div class=\"ugb-inner-block\"><div class=\"ugb-block-content\"><div class=\"ugb-accordion__item\"><div class=\"ugb-accordion__heading\" role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\"><h4 class=\"ugb-accordion__title\" role=\"heading\" aria-level=\"3\"><strong>How to quickly caption your recorded content<\/strong><\/h4><svg viewbox=\"0 0 20 20\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"ugb-accordion__arrow\" width=\"20\" height=\"20\"><path d=\"M16.7 3.3L10 10 3.3 3.4 0 6.7l10 10v-.1l10-9.9z\"><\/path><\/svg><\/div><div class=\"ugb-accordion__content\" role=\"region\"><div class=\"ugb-accordion__content-inner\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Quickly add captions to your Collaborate sessions and videos through the use of Panopto and making them compliant with accessibility requirements. <\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-ugb-accordion ugb-accordion ugb-c72612e ugb-accordion--v2 ugb-accordion--design-basic ugb-main-block\" aria-expanded=\"false\" id=\"\"><div class=\"ugb-inner-block\"><div class=\"ugb-block-content\"><div class=\"ugb-accordion__item\"><div class=\"ugb-accordion__heading\" role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\"><h4 class=\"ugb-accordion__title\" role=\"heading\" aria-level=\"3\"><strong>Ally Scoring<\/strong><\/h4><svg viewbox=\"0 0 20 20\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"ugb-accordion__arrow\" width=\"20\" height=\"20\"><path d=\"M16.7 3.3L10 10 3.3 3.4 0 6.7l10 10v-.1l10-9.9z\"><\/path><\/svg><\/div><div class=\"ugb-accordion__content\" role=\"region\"><div class=\"ugb-accordion__content-inner\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Using the Ally tool in Blackboard, how it scores the accessibility of published content and documents and how improvements can be made quickly. <\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-ugb-accordion ugb-accordion ugb-d91b84e ugb-accordion--v2 ugb-accordion--design-basic ugb-main-block\" aria-expanded=\"false\" id=\"\"><div class=\"ugb-inner-block\"><div class=\"ugb-block-content\"><div class=\"ugb-accordion__item\"><div class=\"ugb-accordion__heading\" role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\"><h4 class=\"ugb-accordion__title\" role=\"heading\" aria-level=\"3\"><strong>Accessibility Quick Wins<\/strong><\/h4><svg viewbox=\"0 0 20 20\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"ugb-accordion__arrow\" width=\"20\" height=\"20\"><path d=\"M16.7 3.3L10 10 3.3 3.4 0 6.7l10 10v-.1l10-9.9z\"><\/path><\/svg><\/div><div class=\"ugb-accordion__content\" role=\"region\"><div class=\"ugb-accordion__content-inner\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">7 Best Practice tips to quickly make sure that your documents are accessible for all users. <\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">These techniques and tools can be used to evaluate and improve existing course material accessibility for your students and further material is included to review topics in greater detail.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>It&#8217;s quick and simple to find:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Simply search for \u201c<strong>Learning Design Exemplar<\/strong>\u201d within your course list on Learning Edge (Blackboard) and the course will display in your results:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"458\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.edgehill.ac.uk\/learningedge\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/130\/2021\/01\/image-6-1024x458.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-8629\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.edgehill.ac.uk\/learningedge\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/130\/2021\/01\/image-6-1024x458.png 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.edgehill.ac.uk\/learningedge\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/130\/2021\/01\/image-6-300x134.png 300w, https:\/\/blogs.edgehill.ac.uk\/learningedge\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/130\/2021\/01\/image-6-768x343.png 768w, https:\/\/blogs.edgehill.ac.uk\/learningedge\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/130\/2021\/01\/image-6-500x223.png 500w, https:\/\/blogs.edgehill.ac.uk\/learningedge\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/130\/2021\/01\/image-6.png 1081w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>And that&#8217;s not all<\/strong>&#8230;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left wp-block-paragraph\">Have you wondered how to go about using <strong>breakout groups<\/strong> in your <strong>Collaborate<\/strong> sessions but don\u2019t know where to start?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left wp-block-paragraph\">Are you unsure about that particular setting for your <strong>Turnitin Submission Dropbox<\/strong>?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left wp-block-paragraph\">Do you need to know how to quickly <strong>add captions<\/strong> to your <strong>Collaborate <\/strong>session recordings?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It\u2019s all in the <strong>Learning Design Exemplar<\/strong>!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Each section provides information and bite-size video guides for the most commonly used learning technologies ranging from Blackboard and Collaborate to Panopto and other tools:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.edgehill.ac.uk\/learningedge\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/130\/2021\/01\/image-4.png\" alt=\"This image has an empty alt attribute; its file name is image-4.png\" \/><figcaption>The Learning Design Exemplar &#8211; We strongly encourage you to take a look when you can!<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Further Support<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Be sure to check out the <a href=\"http:\/\/eshare.edgehill.ac.uk\/15700\/2\/story.html\">Staff Accessibility Toolkit<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/go.edgehill.ac.uk\/display\/ls\/Creating+Accessible+Content\">LTD Wiki<\/a> pages for further support and information resources around making your content accessible.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">As always, please contact the LTD Team for any further advice and guidance: <a href=\"mailto:ltdsupport@edgehill.ac.uk\">ltdsupport@edgehill.ac.uk<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Further Reading<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The accessibility of content within the government regulations is benchmarked against the <strong>Web Content Accessibility Guidelines 2.1 AA (WCAG 2.1 AA Standard)<\/strong> and the content&#8217;s ability to be used with the most common assistive technologies, including screen magnifiers, screen readers and speech recognition tools.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Published on the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.uk\/service-manual\/helping-people-to-use-your-service\/understanding-wcag\">UK Government webpages<\/a> this standard follows four design principles for published content \u2013 It must be <strong>perceivable<\/strong>, <strong>operable<\/strong>, <strong>understandable<\/strong> and <strong>robust<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-ugb-accordion ugb-accordion ugb-5979cb9 ugb-accordion--v2 ugb-accordion--design-basic ugb-main-block\" aria-expanded=\"false\" id=\"\"><div class=\"ugb-inner-block\"><div class=\"ugb-block-content\"><div class=\"ugb-accordion__item\"><div class=\"ugb-accordion__heading\" role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\"><h4 class=\"ugb-accordion__title\" role=\"heading\" aria-level=\"3\"><strong>Perceivable<\/strong><\/h4><svg viewbox=\"0 0 20 20\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"ugb-accordion__arrow\" width=\"20\" height=\"20\"><path d=\"M16.7 3.3L10 10 3.3 3.4 0 6.7l10 10v-.1l10-9.9z\"><\/path><\/svg><\/div><div class=\"ugb-accordion__content\" role=\"region\"><div class=\"ugb-accordion__content-inner\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Making sure that your content is recognisable to users by the senses that are available to them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Making content <strong>perceivable <\/strong>includes practices such as:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Providing accurate captions and transcripts for audio and video content.<\/li><li>Ensuring content uses a clear and sizeable font.<\/li><li>Making sure that content can be navigated and read by screen readers by ensuring that it is structured logically, does not use images of text and contains Alt Text to describe images and their meaning.<\/li><li>Follow best practices for use of colour contrast.<\/li><li>Does not use colour alone to convey the meaning of words.<\/li><\/ul>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-ugb-accordion ugb-accordion ugb-d36b6dd ugb-accordion--v2 ugb-accordion--design-basic ugb-main-block\" aria-expanded=\"false\" id=\"\"><div class=\"ugb-inner-block\"><div class=\"ugb-block-content\"><div class=\"ugb-accordion__item\"><div class=\"ugb-accordion__heading\" role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\"><h4 class=\"ugb-accordion__title\" role=\"heading\" aria-level=\"3\"><strong>Operable<\/strong><\/h4><svg viewbox=\"0 0 20 20\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"ugb-accordion__arrow\" width=\"20\" height=\"20\"><path d=\"M16.7 3.3L10 10 3.3 3.4 0 6.7l10 10v-.1l10-9.9z\"><\/path><\/svg><\/div><div class=\"ugb-accordion__content\" role=\"region\"><div class=\"ugb-accordion__content-inner\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Making sure that your content can be navigated by the chosen method of the user.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Making content <strong>operable <\/strong>includes practices such as:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Making sure that the content can be navigated purely by keyboard.<\/li><li>Not using blinking or flashing content, and allowing the user to play, pause or stop content containing movement.<\/li><li>Using descriptive page titles, headings and page links so that the user knows how to navigate the content and where a link will take them.<\/li><\/ul>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-ugb-accordion ugb-accordion ugb-e1e73bf ugb-accordion--v2 ugb-accordion--design-basic ugb-main-block\" aria-expanded=\"false\" id=\"\"><div class=\"ugb-inner-block\"><div class=\"ugb-block-content\"><div class=\"ugb-accordion__item\"><div class=\"ugb-accordion__heading\" role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\"><h4 class=\"ugb-accordion__title\" role=\"heading\" aria-level=\"3\"><strong>Understandable<\/strong><\/h4><svg viewbox=\"0 0 20 20\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"ugb-accordion__arrow\" width=\"20\" height=\"20\"><path d=\"M16.7 3.3L10 10 3.3 3.4 0 6.7l10 10v-.1l10-9.9z\"><\/path><\/svg><\/div><div class=\"ugb-accordion__content\" role=\"region\"><div class=\"ugb-accordion__content-inner\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Making sure that your content is easy for the user to understand.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Making content <strong>understandable <\/strong>includes practices such as:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Using plain, concise language and avoiding figurative language or phrases that the user may not recognise.<\/li><li>Making sure that the document or content is consistent and can be followed easily, allowing for it to be predictable for the user.<\/li><li>Explaining any abbreviations or acronyms that are not widely known or in common use.<\/li><li>When using a form, making sure that each field within the form is labelled visibly and meaningfully.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-ugb-accordion ugb-accordion ugb-67f70e2 ugb-accordion--v2 ugb-accordion--design-basic ugb-main-block\" aria-expanded=\"false\" id=\"\"><div class=\"ugb-inner-block\"><div class=\"ugb-block-content\"><div class=\"ugb-accordion__item\"><div class=\"ugb-accordion__heading\" role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\"><h4 class=\"ugb-accordion__title\" role=\"heading\" aria-level=\"3\"><strong>Robust<\/strong><\/h4><svg viewbox=\"0 0 20 20\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"ugb-accordion__arrow\" width=\"20\" 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