Tools and Resources A collection of links to external evaluation tools, tutorials, and other useful resources.

The following are various websites or documents giving helpful information. These are a wide variety of various authors' information. Selecting some of these links, you will be leaving Accessibility Center, A&M-Commerce website. You must verify that each resource, tutorial, or library is fully accessible. These resources are not endorsed as fully accessible.

Accessibility Testing

Accessibility Testing 101

Accessible Forms

Accessible Form Builder

Creating Accessible Forms

Checklists

Cheatsheets - free, one-page resources for anyone who is creating accessible content, such as faculty and staff. Catered to those who are less technical. Hosted by the National Center on Disability and Access to Education (NCDAE).

Document Creator - checklist for accessible documents from the Texas Health and Human Services Accessibility Center.

How to meet WCAG 2.0 - customizable quick reference to Web Content Accessibility Guidelines 2.0 by W3C Web Accessibility Initiative

Tools - evaluation tools used by Usability / Accessibility Research and Consulting (UARC) at Michigan State University.

CSS

Creating Accessible CSS

CSS Accessibility

Accessibility Features of CSS

Center for Faculty Excellence and Innovation 

Instructors and Faculty

General Accessibility Information

Section 508 Amendment to the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 - Wikipedia Entry

Adobe Accessibility Resource Center

JavaScript

Creating Accessible JavaScript

Accessible JavaScript Examples

Microsoft Accessibility Tips

Windows and Microsoft Office Accessibility

Word

Microsoft Word - WebAIM

Microsoft's Create an Accessible Office Training (Video)

PowerPoint

PowerPoint Accessibility - WebAIM

PowerPoint Magic

Excel

Creating Accessible Excel Documents

Accessible Excel Documents

Outlook

Outlook Accessibility Tutorial

Accessibility Features in Outlook

PDF

How to Make Adobe PDFs Accessible

Section 508 and Web Accessibility

Designing Accessible Applications

Application Software Design Guidelines

Tables

Accessible Tables

Usability, Ergonomics, and Universal Design

Usability Guidelines

Universal Usability

National Center on Universal Design for Learning

Universal Design for Instruction Module

Tool Kit on Universal Design for Learning

Universal Design in Education

Video and other Multimedia

Accessibility by the Numbers, produced by Texas Commission on Environmental Quality 

Creating Video and Multimedia Products that are Accessible to People with Sensory Impairments

Guidelines for the Description of Educational Media

Audio Description

Purchasing

Procurement

Trainers /eLearning Specialists

Accessibility Training

FAQS