April Web Tip: Accessibility Reminders
We have had several questions over the past month with regards to a couple accessibility topics. Here are some friendly reminders and quick links for some issues that impact accessibility the most.
- Image "Alt-text" Requirements:
When using images, there must always be descriptive "alt-text" that describes the image content and/or context. If there is text on the image - ALL text must be included in the alt-text. Here is an article with more detailed information on alt-text.
- Sequential Headings:
Page titles are set to heading 1 by default. Therefore, the next heading in the sequence must be heading 2, then can proceed to heading 3. This is to conform to accessibility and legal requirements, as screen readers follow the sequential order.
- PDF Accessibility:
For documents, please ensure that the text is accessible. Screen readers will not read images of text, so please make sure the PDF is optimized and accessible for screen readers. Here is a site that covers PDF accessibility.
When submitting workflows - please keep in mind that technical review is the final step in the approval process. If there are accessibility issues found during technical review, and these topics are the most likely of culprits, the workflow will be returned to you for correction. Here is centralized documentation that we use in the formal Cascade training as well.
If you have any questions please let us know via our online web request form:
https://www.sandiego.edu/web-request/
Thank you,
University Web Services
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