Conclusion

Module summary

What is accessibility?

• Accessibility is making sure that content is equitably available to everyone.
• Accessibility isn’t just about disability – it benefits everyone.
• People’s reasons for requiring accessible content are many and varied.

Being accessible

• Universal design is the idea of designing with everyone in mind – creating new solutions without barriers to certain groups of people.
• There are tools to allow us to simulate different accessibility problems to better understand how to solve them.
• Making sure content is accessible is a legal requirement in many sectors.

Create accessible web content

• All users should be able to access, use and understand your web content.
• You can use techniques to make your content accessible, such as alternative text for images and correctly formatted tables.

Create accessible social media, documents and presentations

• Many fundamental ways of improving accessibility are the same across different platforms.
• Social media isn’t always accessible and is an easy place to start creating accessible content.

Study hacks

• The use of accessibility features isn’t restricted to people with disabilities – you can use assistive technology to help hack your studies.
• Operating systems have built in accessibility features that can be used as productivity tools.

You have completed the Accessibility module.

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