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NDUS Digital Accessibility Task Force Resource Guide

How To Resources

Create Accessible Digital Products

Created by section508.gov, overview of accessibility based on document type

Target Audiences and their group’s disability needs

Created by Penn State, overview of needs based of disability. 

NCDAE’s Cheatsheets 

These one-page accessibility resources, or “cheatsheets,” have been developed to assist anyone who is creating accessible content

Document Type Specific

Make your Word documents accessible

Created by Microsoft, step-by-step instructions to make your Word documents accessible 

WebAIM: Microsoft Word - Creating Accessible Documents

Created by WebAIM, detailed overview of how to create accessible word documents

Accessibility Checklist: MS Word

Googledoc checklist on creating accessible Word documents

Microsoft Word: Using the Accessibility Checker

Instructions on how to use the accessibility checker in MS Word

Best Practices for PDF Accessibility

Created by Adobe, detailed overview of how to create accessible PDFs

Creating Accessible PDFs

Help page from the Adobe website on Accessibility

WebAIM: PDF Accessibility

Created by WebAIM, detailed overview of how to create accessible PDF documents

Using the Adobe Accessibility Checker

Instructions on how to use the accessibility checker in Adobe

Make your PowerPoint Presentations Accessible

By Microsoft, step-by-step instructions to make your PowerPoint presentations accessible

WebAIM: PowerPoint Accessibility

Created by WebAIM, detailed overview of how to create accessible PowerPoint Presentations

Section 508 Create Accessible Presentations

Information from Section 508 about making accessible presentations.

Creating Accessible Videos

From the University of Washington, step by step instructions on creating accessible videos

W3C Multimedia Accessibility FAQ

Provides a lot of useful information regarding creating accessible videos

508 Accessible Videos

From Digital.gov: Why and how to make them

WebAIM: Accessible Images

Created by WebAIM, detailed overview of how to create accessible images

WebAIM: Captions, Transcripts, and Audio Descriptions 

Created by WebAIM, detailed overview of how to create accessible videos