Accessibility Makeover in E-Learning #353: Challenge | Recap
Challenge of the Week
This week, your challenge is to rework one or more slides to make them more accessible. To help others ...
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Humbling challenge. I am short on time this week, so I haven't done more than two slides, but there are a TON of changes and I'm grateful for the opportunity to do this makeover challenge. These two files are very different "under the hood".
New: https://360.articulate.com/review/content/0d48ff28-3869-467e-bd2e-7a6686052b18/review
Old: https://360.articulate.com/review/content/7f6400de-28a8-4768-8ce6-b76a2d6be97d/review
- Removed buttons and enabled Modern player with CC, etc.
- Closed captions are enabled to match voiceover.
- Bison sounds are included in closed captions - style guide:
https://mediaarts.humber.ca/assets/files/Captioning_Guide.pdf
- Bison images are changed from background (non-ALT text) to "snapshots" with ALT text
- Overall design is simplified to focus on content
- Decorative icons are removed from accessibility (nice to have, not essential)
- Orange font colours removed, simplified to green forest scheme (logo matching)
- French language signs include French translation in both a bubble and ALT text
- More detailed ALT text (Example: A large, adult bison is standing in the tall, dry grass. It has two horns and a thick brown fur coat)
- Removed unnecessary animations
New: https://360.articulate.com/review/content/0d48ff28-3869-467e-bd2e-7a6686052b18/review
Old: https://360.articulate.com/review/content/7f6400de-28a8-4768-8ce6-b76a2d6be97d/review
- Removed buttons and enabled Modern player with CC, etc.
- Closed captions are enabled to match voiceover.
- Bison sounds are included in closed captions - style guide:
https://mediaarts.humber.ca/assets/files/Captioning_Guide.pdf
- Bison images are changed from background (non-ALT text) to "snapshots" with ALT text
- Overall design is simplified to focus on content
- Decorative icons are removed from accessibility (nice to have, not essential)
- Orange font colours removed, simplified to green forest scheme (logo matching)
- French language signs include French translation in both a bubble and ALT text
- More detailed ALT text (Example: A large, adult bison is standing in the tall, dry grass. It has two horns and a thick brown fur coat)
- Removed unnecessary animations