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Repeated items in document header/footer
Amber Dunse would like to discuss how to handle repeated items in the header or footer of a document, for example a repeated Block I. After the first use, should it be marked as decorative on subsequent pages? Is there anything else to know about handling items in the header and footer of a document?
Meeting Notes
- Dena Strong: Keith will be talking about Title II updates at the Caffeine Break on Friday
- Amber Dunse: Question about alt text on repeated images, particularly in header/footer areas of Word documents, e.g. Block I logo. Mark as decorative after first use?
- Maybe? It depends on how relevant the information in the header/footer is to the brand of the creator. For short documents it's fine to not mark items in header/footer decorative. For longer documents, probably better to artifact them to reduce repetitive announcements
- E.g. page numbers, chapter titles, book/article titles, etc
- Keith: Visual & programmatic experiences should agree most of the time - not radically different experiences for different users
- Historically we’ve hidden too much info visually (primarily on webpages)
- Leighton: for repeated elements on Word or PowerPoint, can be helpful to use the Picture format option to Group all those repeated image elements together. After the initial description of each separate element on the first use, can then provide a brief summary or alt text of the group of images.
- Bryan Jonker:
- Course accessibility task force working to improve overall accessibility of courses
- Recommendations for how to set priorities?
- Dena: forms - quizzes, lab stuff, surveys
- Keith: go course-by-course, rather than individual component across all courses. Doesn’t matter if some items in a course are accessible if the rest is not - the course is still inaccessible. Better to prioritize high-impact courses (e.g. large enrollment) and get them fully accessible, then move on to the rest
- Resources for Canvas accessibility?
- Accessibility Training - DIY Captioning and Acessibility 101
- Marc Thompson’s CITL short how-tos
- CITL has an accessible Word template - ask Marc
- Listing of various accessibility resources - Content Creator items are relevant to course documents
- Canvas accessibility information
- Canvas Campus Accessibility Champions can provide guidance on Canvas accessibility
- Quick Tips for Instructors: Syllabus
- Getting Started with Accessibility: Accessibility in Course Design (Gies College of Business)
- UAPS: Ten Principles for Enhancing Course Accessibility and Quality for All Students
- List of IT Accessibility Liaisons (requires University login)
- Instructors should reach out to their ITALs and eLearning specialists as a first point of contact re: accessibility
- Interest Group in Educational Technology (IGET)
- Canvas accessibility checker is pretty helpful for certain content (not so much for associated documents)
- Document structure less important in typical course - associated media & documents more crucial
- Hoping to get PopeTech - automatic scanning/monitoring
- Training
- Currently on units to do training
- Keith can do group training
- ITALs can do group training
- Need to find out what professors want training to look like
- Digital Accessibility and Excellence Steering Committee
- Axe Monitor service cleared one of last hurdles to adoption on campus
- Webmasters for major colleges on campus can reach out to Keith to get sites added
- New public-facing websites will need to fill out TDX form (manual process)