Zoom and accessibility of synchronous sessions

Marisha Marks

CODL

Outline for Session

• Slides
• Live lectures
• Captions

ACCESSIBLE SLIDES

Images

• Add alternative (Alt) text to all:
• Graphics
• Images
• Tables

Describe graphics and visual elements

• Base Alt text on context
• Short phrase or sentence for simple images

Complex images

• Convert image data to table
• Use slide notes for additional information

Use color with care

Include slide notes

Font

• 28-40 Points
• Sans Serif (Verdana, Arial, Calibri)
• High contrast
• Use color with care
• Avoid:
• Watermarks
• Background images

Create hierarchy

• Apply slide layouts
• Title all slides

Check reading order

Use true lists

Review

• Accessibility checker
• Outline view

Review: Google Slides

• Grackle

Slide Improvement?

• Slide layouts
• Slide titles and notes
• True:
• Bullets
• Numbering
• Careful use of backgrounds, color
• Alt text for graphics and tables

ACCESSIBLE LIVE LECTURES

Before you begin

• Turn on transcription for cloud recordings
• Enable captioning & transcription
• Share slides with students
• Use Blackboard integration
• Enable “mute participants upon entry”

Prepare students

• How to ask questions
• Non-verbal feedback
• Keyboard shortcuts
• View captions and transcripts

Live captioning

• Coordinate with ODS
• Assign captioner or Enable Auto-Transcription
• Remind students how to view captions and transcripts

While presenting

• Record session
• Verbally describe all visual elements
• Images
• Annotations
• White board
• Repeat chat posts
• Share resource links

After recording

• Edit transcript
• “Publish” cloud recording

CAPTIONING

Accurate

• Language
• Punctuation

Identify

• Changing speakers
• Spelling out words or stuttering
• Non-verbal sounds
• Long quotations

Thank you

mfmarks2001@stcc.edu