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Register for Web Accessibility Training

All current and future web editors are required to complete our new accessibility training courses. If you have not attended a training, you can register using the link below.

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  • What is Alt Text?

    What is Alt Text?

    Sighted users are most familiar with alt text as what appears in its place when images fail to load​ but for those with vision impairments​, it is the text read aloud by screen readers. Without alt text, the user could be missing important information from your page. It's ​crucial that all images used on your pages include this information. Provide clear, detailed descriptions – one succinct sentence illustrating what you want your audience to get from the image will help all page visitors [...]

  • The Importance of Being Accessible

    The Importance of Being Accessible

    Since the start of COVID-19, more people have gone virtual. Digital accessibility is more important than ever. Litigation rates on accessibility issues increased 23 percent in 2020. Learn more about this critical issue and resources to prevent lawsuits at NKU.

  • The Great PDF Purge

    The Great PDF Purge

    Last October, NKU IT and Marketing & Communications initiated the ​inaugural "Great PDF Purge​." We appreciate your work during the event and want to remind you of the ever-growing importance that should be placed on these files. PDFs are often the hardest file type to remediate; please consider deleting outdated files. Our PDF Purge decision tree is a strong starting point your deletion efforts [...]

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Who is responsible for ensuring web content is accessible?

Learn the various duties related to accessible web content each major group (Content Owners / Web Editors, Marketing & Communication, and IT) is responsible for.

Web Accessibility Responsibilities

Resources

Other aspects of web accessibility can be found on the following pages:

Our Web Accessibility Content Creator Guide is a quick reference to help keep your sites accessible.

Content Creator Guide

In-Depth Content Creator Guide

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Contrast Ratio 4.5 to 1.

Contrast Checker for Text and Icons

WCAG 2.0 level AA requires a contrast ratio of at least 4.5:1 for normal text and 3:1 for large text.  This means that light text can not be used on a white background.

Large text is defined as 14 point (typically 18.66px) and bold or larger, or 18 point (typically 24px) or larger.

WebAIM, a web accessibility solutions company, has a free online contrast checker.  Simply set the foreground and background colors, and the checker will automatically provide a pass/fail grade.

WebAIM Contrast Checker

Adding Captions to Videos

Add Captions to YouTube Videos

Add Captions to Vimeo Videos

 

Always caption and/or transcribe prerecorded video to the highest quality possible.  Automated programs typically do not punctuate and articulate what is spoken with 100% accuracy.  Most often, the computer generated captions will require edits.  We ask that you pay close attention to the following:

  • Accuracy - Correctly identify who is speaking; match the dialogue verbatim; convey background sounds to the fullest extent with the captions remaining on screen long enough to be read in full.
  • Readability - Utilize proper spelling, punctuation, grammar and use of capitals in proper nouns and specialized terms.
  • Placement - Captions must be positioned so as not to block other visual content; no overlap, or run-off.  In general, captions are often best suited to run along the bottom of the video.

 

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