OCALI continues to work toward promoting full participation by all participants at OCALICONLINE and all of our conferences, events, and professional development offerings. You can help these ongoing efforts by designing your presentation with accessibility in mind.
What does this mean? It means if someone has low vision, he/she can still clearly see the text because you've used appropriate contrasting colors and large enough fonts. It means if someone is completely blind and uses a screenreader, they are able to know what graphics and images you used because you included the appropriate alt-text for images or because you are audio describing what's on your screen. These are only a of couple of examples, but the ultimate idea is that we want everyone to be able to see, hear, understand and experience the content in a way that is accessible and appropriate for them.
We've provided both a video of a general overview and then a list of resources on how you can design your presentation and slide show so that they can be experienced by all.
Download Presenter Audio Description Tips (PDF)
Looking for some more resources and tips? Check out these great resources:
How to Make Presentations Accessible to All (From W3C)
This page helps you make your presentations, talks, meetings, and training accessible to all of your potential audience, including people with disabilities and others.
Make Your PowerPoint Presentations Accessible (MAC) (From Microsoft)
Step-by-step instructions to make your PowerPoint presentations accessible to people with disabilities.
Make Your PowerPoint Presentations Accessible (WIN) (From Microsoft)
Step-by-step instructions to make your PowerPoint presentations accessible to people with disabilities.
How can you make your presentation accessible? (From Disabilities, Opportunities, Internetworking, and Technology (DO-IT))
You can employ presentation practices that ensure that everyone, even those with sensory impairments, can access the content of your presentation.
Amara: Caption, Subtitle, and Translate Video (From the Participatory Culture Foundation)
Showing a video(s) in your session? Be sure it includes captions! If your video does not include captions, Amara provides a FREE, easy-to-use online editor that allows you to add captions to your video(s).
Cheatsheets (From The National Center on Disability and Access to Education)
One-page resources to help you create accessible versions of Microsoft Word, Microsoft Excel, PDF Files, and more.