1. ADA COMPLIANCE –
BEST PRACTICES

2. ACCESSIBILITY MEANS…
 Students with disabilities can use the Web.
 People with disabilities can perceive, understand,
navigate, interact, and contribute to the Web.
 In short: we have the responsibility to provide
resources that are accessible to everyone.
Electronic resources need to follow principles of
universal design, meaning that the creation of
websites, online materials, and online courses
have to be developed with the objective of
meeting the needs of everyone.

3. OUR BEST RECOMMENDATIONS

7. PRACTICE # 4 – WRITE FOR THE WEB
Use short sentences
Remember to check spelling
Write out acronyms (avoid special symbols)
Use numbers rather than bullets
Keep tables simple with headings
Colored, highlighted, italicized or bolded
font to denote importance of text is avoided.
Keep text size in mind!

10. PRACTICE #7 – CONTENT DESIGN
 Design for the Web
 Use consistent clear headings
 Use san serif fonts (no specialty or script
fonts)
 Use high contrast colors
 Use Word and PowerPoint templates with built-in
formatting; use styles with Word documents
 Use headings (H1, H2, H3...) to denote
importance of text.

12. PRACTICE #9 - ON BLACKBOARD
Videos and audio files are captioned and
have transcripts
Any third party software or web sites are
accessible or at least an alternative format
used (run through an ADA compliance check)
Contact information is easy to find and email
is used as a primary form of communication

13. PRACTICE #10 – USE AVAILABLE RESOURCES
Leslie Jewkes 208.562.3486
Christine Seideman 208.562.3377
Disability Services 208.562.3000 (One Stop
Student Services)
Heather Grayson 208.562.2447
heathergrayson@cwidaho.cc
Terri Scofield 208.562.3000
terriscofield@cwidaho.cc

14. CURIOUS????
Run your course through a compliance
check:
Accessibility On-Demand
https://www.ssbbartgroup.com/amp/inde
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Frey, Barbara, Edward Bowen and Christina Sax. "Ten Practices for Creating
Accessible Online Courses." 4 November 2010. 17th Annual Sloan
Consortium International Conference on Online Learning. PowerPoint. 18
February 2013. <http://sloanconsortium.org/2010aln/presentation/ten-
practices-creating- accessible-online-courses>.