{"id":14899,"date":"2019-12-31T07:28:49","date_gmt":"2019-12-31T13:28:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cat.xula.edu\/food\/?p=14899"},"modified":"2025-12-23T12:25:05","modified_gmt":"2025-12-23T18:25:05","slug":"icymi-accessibility-is-for-everyone","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cat.xula.edu\/food\/icymi-accessibility-is-for-everyone\/","title":{"rendered":"ICYMI: Accessibility is for Everyone"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a title=\"accessibility\" href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cat.xula.edu\/food\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/keyboard-accessibility-key.png\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cat.xula.edu\/food\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/keyboard-accessibility-key.png?resize=523%2C330\" alt=\"A keyboard with an accessibility key, representing accessibility as essential for successful digital transformation.\" width=\"523\" height=\"330\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Although there are legal mandates requiring institutions of higher education to make educational materials accessible (e.g., the Americans with Disabilities Act and Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act), accessibility is fundamentally just good design. Content that is accessible is better organized and therefore more usable by all. Accessible content renders properly on a wide variety of devices, it is easier to navigate, and it conveys information in a consistent, logical manner. Moreover, changes in how we view the content are occurring. More and more content is being displayed on mobile devices. For content to appear properly on all devices, it must be well designed. <\/p>\n<p>In my recent series of accessibility tips, I identified some things you can do now to design with accessibility in mind as you are creating content and setting up your courses. Designing with accessibility in mind will save you some time in the event you do have a student with a disability. Remember accessible content is not only for the impaired. <\/p>\n<p>Just in case you missed my accessibility series of blog posts, I provided links to them here:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/cat.xula.edu\/food\/the-importance-of-accessibility-in-education\/\">Accessibility in Education<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Accessibility Tips:\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/cat.xula.edu\/food\/brightspace-accessibility-tip-headings\/\">Headings<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/cat.xula.edu\/food\/brightspace-accessibility-tip-text-formatting\/\">Text Formatting<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/cat.xula.edu\/food\/brightspace-accessibility-tip-descriptive-links\/\">Descriptive Links<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/cat.xula.edu\/food\/brightspace-accessibility-tip-alt-text\/\">Alt Text<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/cat.xula.edu\/food\/brightspace-accessibility-tip-when-alt-text-is-not-enough\/\">When \u201cAlt Text\u201d is not Enough<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/cat.xula.edu\/food\/brightspace-accessibility-tip-lists\/\">Lists<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/cat.xula.edu\/food\/brightspace-accessibility-tip-tables\/\">Tables<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><small>Image credit: \"<a href=\"http:\/\/cat.xula.edu\/food\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/keyboard-accessibility-key.png\">accessibility key<\/a>\" by jflorent is licensed under <a href=\"https:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by\/4.0\/\">CC BY 4.0<\/a> and is a derivative of \"<a href=\"https:\/\/commons.wikimedia.org\/wiki\/File:Education_key_keyboard.jpg\">Education Keyboard Button<\/a>\" by GotCredit used under <a href=\"https:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by\/2.0\/\">CC BY 2.0<\/a><\/small><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Although there are legal mandates requiring institutions of higher education to make educational materials accessible (e.g., the Americans with Disabilities Act and Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act), accessibility is fundamentally just good design. Content that is accessible is better organized and therefore more usable by all. Accessible content renders properly on a wide variety <a href=\"https:\/\/cat.xula.edu\/food\/icymi-accessibility-is-for-everyone\/\" class=\"more-link\">...continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> \"ICYMI: Accessibility is for Everyone\"<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[2,4,8],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-14899","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-accessibility-kneads","7":"category-online","8":"category-teaching","9":"h-entry","10":"hentry","11":"h-as-article"},"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p82MQk-3Sj","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":8567,"url":"https:\/\/cat.xula.edu\/food\/accessibility-is-for-everyone\/","url_meta":{"origin":14899,"position":0},"title":"Accessibility is for Everyone","author":"Janice Florent","date":"October 28, 2015","format":false,"excerpt":"by Janice Florent Although there are legal mandates requiring institutions of higher education to make educational materials accessible (e.g., the Americans with Disabilities Act and Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act), accessibility is fundamentally just good design. Content that is accessible is better organized and therefore more usable by all.\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Accessibility Kneads&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Accessibility Kneads","link":"https:\/\/cat.xula.edu\/food\/topic\/accessibility-kneads\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"mobile phone with the caption accessibility is not only for the impaired","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/frostsimula.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/accessibility-1024x535.png?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":13936,"url":"https:\/\/cat.xula.edu\/food\/the-importance-of-accessibility-in-education\/","url_meta":{"origin":14899,"position":1},"title":"The Importance of Accessibility in Education","author":"Janice Florent","date":"June 23, 2019","format":false,"excerpt":"This year marks the 29th anniversary of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). This law was enacted to make sure that people with disabilities have the same rights and opportunities as everyone else. 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