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Here is the style sheet used for this book: Accessibility Toolkit Style Sheet [Word file]
| Version |
Date |
Change |
Details |
| 1.1 |
February 2015 |
Toolkit published in the B.C. Open Textbook Collection. |
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| 1.2 |
September 19, 2017 |
Added a link to the Appendix: Checklist for Accessibility Toolkit page. |
Added a link to information describing the accessibility standards for all OpenStax books. |
| 2.1 |
June 11, 2018 |
Correcting errors and updating content. |
Book-wide changes:
- Updated screenshots of the Pressbooks editor to reflect updates
- Changed mentions of “B.C. Open Textbook Project” to BCcampus Open Education”
- Changed mentions of “British Columbia Ministry of Advanced Education” to “British Columbia Ministry of Advanced Education, Skills & Training”
- Edited heading levels so they all conform to the guidelines outlined in the “Organizing Content” chapter
- Moved image attributions from captions to the end of each chapter
- Replaced links to the Authoring Guide with links to the Self-Publishing Guide
Chapter: Organizing Content
- The word “liner” changed to “linear”
Chapter: Links (renamed from ‘Weblinks’)
- Switched the order of the Links and Tables chapters
- Expanded the definition of what links include
- “disability” was misspelled once under the “Who Are You Doing This For” heading
- Replaced a link to the Authoring Guide with a link to the Pressbooks Guide
Chapter: Images
- Added a “Quick Links” section to facilitate chapter navigation
Chapter: Multimedia
- Put examples in textboxes
Chapter: Formulas
- Put examples in textboxes
New addition – Back matter: Appendix: List of Links by Chapter for Print Users
New addition – Back matter: Bibliography
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| 2.1 |
June 11, 2018 |
Toolkit updated to include information on how to meet web accessibility guidelines when authoring books in Pressbooks. |
New addition – Front Matter: Accessibility Statement
Chapter: Organizing Content
- Broke up the “What Do You Need to Do?” section and added a “Why Is This Important” heading
Chapter: Images
- Added “Are using a print copy that is in black and white” and “Have limited Internet access and cannot download images” to the list under the “Who Are You Doing This For?” heading
- Reworked and added content under the “What Do You Need to Do?” heading
- added detailed information on alt tags, in-text descriptions, long descriptions
- replaced the Rio de Janeiro image and Two-Atom, Double Flask Diagram image examples with the Wong-Baker Faces Pain Scale example.
- added additional information under the “Decorative Images” section to account for screen readers
- reorganized and edited content under the “Using Colour” heading for increased clarity and detail
Chapter: Links
- Changed “Descriptions” heading to “Create Descriptive Link Text”
- added information about how screen readers interact with links
- Added additional information explaining why some link texts are better than others
- Added information about linking to non-HTML content
- Added information about how to edit whether a link will open in a new window with Pressbooks
- Added a recommendation to include the web addresses elsewhere for print users
Chapter: Tables
- Added a definition for “layout tables” under the “What Are Tables” heading
- Added an example textbox
- changed “title” to “caption”
- added information about how a screen reader presents a table
- Added description of how to mark cells and rows as headers using both the Pressbooks Visual editor and the Text editor
- Added a description of how to make an accessible table caption using <caption> tags in the Pressbooks text editor
- Added a description of how to give users an option to skip past large data tables
Chapter: Colour Contrast
- Added contrast requirements for large-scale text, incidental text, and logo types
New addition – Chapter: Write an Accessibility Statement
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