Digital accessibility and why it's important
Understand what digital accessibility is and why you must create accessible emails, digital documents, and web content.
What digital accessibility means, why you need to create accessible content, and where to find out more about the regulations we all need to follow.
Understand what digital accessibility is and why you must create accessible emails, digital documents, and web content.
The following statement explains how bath.ac.uk meets The Public Sector Bodies (Websites and Mobile Apps) (No. 2) Accessibility Regulations.
The government regulations for website accessibility, which we're required to meet as a public sector organisation.
The internationally recognised standards, set by the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C), for making websites perceivable, operable, understandable, and robust.
The University has a legal duty to make sure our digital content meets accessibility requirements.
How to write digital content that's accessible for everyone and review your team's web pages to make sure they comply with the accessibility regulations.
How to write impactful and accessible content for the website.
How to write clear, descriptive, and accessible page titles and summaries for the University website.
Why you must review other people's changes to web pages and what to look for before you or a colleague publishes them on the University website.
How to use Markdown in Typecase (our website publishing platform) to make sure your pages are accessible for everyone.
How to use headings to structure your content and improve the accessibility of University web pages.
How to add clear, accessible, and functional links to web pages on the University website.
How to correctly write and format bulleted and numbered lists on the University website.
How to display accessible tabular data on the University website.
How to add headings, links, lists, tables, and other formatting to your content on the University website.
What you need to do to make images, videos, and audio content accessible for everyone, on the website and in other places online.
How to make different types of images accessible to everyone using the University website.
What you must do to make sure your videos and audio recordings are accessible to everyone and comply with government regulations.
How to make your embedded multimedia on Typecase more accessible.
How to make your digital documents and emails accessible so you don't exclude colleagues, students, or other people with learning difficulties and disabilities.
How to write and format your emails so they're accessible to everyone and easy to navigate.
How to make sure the documents you create are accessible and easy to navigate, whether you share them internally, to other organisations, or on the website.
Resources to help you create accessible teaching materials for all students, including the Technology Enhanced Learning Community of Practice on Teams.
How to create accessible teaching materials for students to use online. Part of the Learning and Teaching website, teachinghub.bath.ac.uk.
What you should do before and after your lectures to make sure all students can engage with the information you're teaching.
Join the TEL Community of Practice Teams group for the latest discussions and updates about making teaching materials accessible.
Guidance about creating accessible documents for the Research Portal, as well as information on the accessibility of legacy documents in the Portal.
How to make sure your documents on the Research Portal are accessible to everyone.
The web accessibility statement for the University's research repository.
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