Create Accessible Documents

When creating accessible course readings from scanned documents, first check if an electronic or text-based version is available in the Healey Library using UMBrella. If not found, search for alternative versions on the internet.

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Earth in Balance

af Kassim Shah

Educational Technology for Teaching and Learning. "Technological tools are essential"

af Emily Dudgeon

types of music

af Fedor Castillo Rivas

Corporate social networking

af Sacha Chua

Creating Accessible Course Reading From a Scanned Document

Is an electronic, text-based version of the reading available from the Healey Library? Check UMBrella.

No

Is there an alternative version elsewhere on the internet?

Can all of the essential information on the document be conveyed in a linear format?

Send to Nick or Paula for use of Abbyy Finereader and/or Adobe Acrobat Pro DC

Download the HTML version of the reading using Blackboard ALLY's alternative "accessible" versions

Copy/Paste into MS Word

Delete all non-essential text and images

Follow the guidelines for creating accessible documents in Word 2016 from WebAim, using the Accessibility Checker, Blackboard Ally, and Access 101. Correct any errors that occurred during the OCR process.

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Create Accessible Documents