Appendix: Checklist for Accessibility Toolkit

Organizing Content

  • ☐ Content is organized under headings and subheadings.
  • ☐ Headings and subheadings are used sequentially (e.g., Heading 1, Heading 2).

Images

  • ☐ Images that convey information include Alternative Text (alt-text) descriptions of the image’s content or function.
  • ☐ Graphs, charts, and maps also include contextual or supporting details in the text surrounding the image.
  • ☐ Images do not rely on colour to convey information.
  • ☐ Images that are purely decorative contain do not have alt-tag descriptions. (Descriptive text is unnecessary if the image doesn’t convey contextual content information).

Links

  • ☐ The link is meaningful in context and does not use generic text such as “click here” or “read more.”
  • ☐ Links do not open new windows or tabs.
  • ☐ If s link must open in a new window, a textual reference is included in the link information.

Tables

  • ☐ Tables include row and column headers.
  • ☐ Tables include a caption.
  • ☐ Tables do not have merged or split cells.
  • ☐ Tables have adequate cell padding.

Multimedia

  • ☐ A transcript has been made available for a multimedia resource that includes audio narration or instruction.
    • Transcript includes
      • Speaker’s name
      • All speech content
      • Relevant descriptions of speech
      • Descriptions of relevant non-speech audio
      • Headings and subheadings
  • ☐ Captions of all speech content and relevant non-speech content are included in the multimedia resource that includes audio synchronized with a video presentation.
  • ☐ Audio descriptions of contextual visuals (graphs, charts, etc) are included in the multimedia resource.

Formulas

  • ☐ Formulas have been created using MathML.
  • ☐ Formulas are images with alternative text descriptions if MathML is not an option.

Font Size

  • ☐ Font size is 12 point or higher for body text.
  • ☐ Font size is 9 point for footnotes or end notes.
  • ☐ Font size can be zoomed to 200%.
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