Creating Accessible Digital Content

Digital accessibility is designing digital products and services so they can be used by everyone, including individuals with disabilities. By making all content accessible, you benefit all users. Below are step-by-step tutorials that will help guide you through creating accessible documents, presentations, multimedia, and other files.

Tutorials and Guides

Microsoft Word Documents

Do you use Google Docs? Download your document to Word to follow the steps in the video.

Microsoft PowerPoint Presentations

Do you use Google Slides? Download your document to PowerPoint to follow the steps in the video.

Web Accessibility
Video and Audio

YouTube captioning

will automatically be published on videos but may not be appear instantly. Review your captions to fix any errors.

Panopto

Any video or audio files you upload to Panopto will have machine-generated captioning applied. when you are done to make sure the captions are accurate and correct any mistakes.

Accessibility Tips by Role

For Faculty

To ensure that all digital course content complies with the new Title II rule, Geneseo announces the Strive for 85 campaign. All Brightspace courses must have an Ally accessibility score of 85% or above to be accessible to students.

  • to check your course's accessibility score. To locate the Ally Course Report, click "Course Tools" in the blue course navigation bar at the top of your screen and click "Ally Course Report."
  • Make documents accessible from the start using , and pass the built-in accessibility checker before uploading to Brightspace. Avoid uploading PDFs as these are more challenging to make accessible.
  • If you have scanned pages of readings, recreate these in Word or request accessible textbooks from .
  • with Digital Accessibility Analyst, Anjali Shiyamsaran, or submit documents for remediation.

For Staff

  • Avoid sharing documents in PDF format. Instead, share the original document using OneDrive.

For Students

More Accessibility Resources

  • Join the , open to everyone on campus, for more accessibility training.
  • Find tutorials and tips on
  • Visit the Milne Library's
  • (free to SUNY students, faculty, staff)
  • Convert documents to accessible formats using