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CCC Accessibility Resources

Accessibility at CCC
Geared more toward faculty and staff. Includes information on captioning services; guidelines for PowerPoint, Word documents, Excel documents, PDF documents and the web; and training and resources
Disability and Accessibility at CCC
Includes resources and information for both current and new students on accessibility services at CCC
SUNY Electronic and information Technology Accessibility
SUNY's guidance on electronic & information technology and web accessibility

LibGuides Accessibility Resources

Springshare Accessibility Training - This page contains training session recordings. Find live Springshare training sessions on a variety of topics with their live training sessions calendar.
5 Tips to Help You Build Accessible LibGuides Content -
1. Recommended Accessibility Tools & Springy Assistance
2. How to Write Effective Alternative Text
3. Color Contrast - Setting Up an Optimal Display
4. Are Your Links Descriptive?
5. Make Your Content as Stellar as the Gallery Box!
University of Illinois Library's Libguide Accessibility Guidelines This page provides succinct guidance for ensuring accessibility

General Accessibility Resources

Best Practices for Accessibility - A great LibGuide for reviewing accessibility guidelines from the University of Illinois Library.
LibGuides Accessibility Cheatsheet - A great guide for improving accessibility of LibGuides by asset/item. From Miami University Libraries.
ADA.gov Training - ADA Best Practices Tool Kit for State and Local Governments, Website Accessibility Under Title II of the ADA.
AbilityNet - A UK site with advice on making your device easier to use if you have a disability.
DEI Best Practices

Accessibility Tools

WAVE Web Accessibility Evaluation Tool - WAVE is a suite of evaluation tools that helps authors make their web content more accessible to individuals with disabilities. Includes extensions for Chrome and Firefox.
tota11y for Chrome - A Chrome extension that seems to be very helpful in evaluating font size, color contrast, etc.

Other Tools' Accessibility Resources

EBSCO eBook Accessibility User Guide and FAQs - Accessibility guide from EBSCO.
Primo Accessibility Statement - Features and information about accessibility from ProQuest.
Accessibility Statement: Ebook Central - Ebook Central accessibility statement from ProQuest.
Accessibility features for Ebook Central (from Proquest) - Handy LibGuide from Leeds Beckett University.

Information Literacy Lessons Accessibility Guidelines

Materials for lessons should be run through ALLY in Blackboard. When Blackboard is no longer used, another accessibility program will take its place.

To ensure accessibility to Power Point Presentations, check for slide arrangement. Elements of a PPP will be read in the order in which they are added. To rearrange them, go to Home>Arrange>Selection Pane. Panes are displayed newest to oldest. To rearrange, click and drag items to a new location.