Accessible Materials Made Right (AMMR)
If you want your messages (via website, emails, presentations, etc.) to reach everyone, a proactive approach to content creation is critical. Nearly 20% of the U.S. population has some form of disability that can affect vision, hearing, dexterity, mobility and more.
AMMR is available through a series of online modules (Edupaths) designed to guide creators of digital content — including administrators, school faculty, support staff, office staff and technology specialists — on how to improve the accessibility of documents and presentations that they create. Accessible design eliminates barriers that prevent learners and consumers from receiving information.
Code and Foundations
Have you ever used the cut-outs in curbs at crosswalks? What about pushing the buttons to automatically open doors because your hands were full? These are accessibility features that have been developed for individuals needing these access features, but all benefit from the innovations. The same holds true when we make digital content available to all users. This first course addresses the code, or the law, and reasons why accessibility is important.
Structure and Appearance, Part 1
This course addresses text considerations for documents you and/or your school or organization create. In particular, the focus for this course is on fonts, font size, headers, underlined text and hyperlinks, and other layout structures added to documents to communicate information.
Structure and Appearance, Part 2
This course addresses text considerations for documents you and/or your school or organization create. The particular focus for this course is alternative text for images, tables and charts, and closed captioning for video.
Microsoft Word for Office 365
This course walks you through the basics of using Microsoft Word to create accessible documents. You will learn how to use styles to make documents searchable, place bookmarks inside of tables, use the accessibility checker, and export documents to PDF.
Microsoft Word for Office
This course walks you through the basics of using Microsoft Word to create accessible documents. You will learn how to use styles to make documents searchable, place bookmarks inside of tables, use the accessibility checker, and export documents to PDF.
Adobe Acrobat Pro
This course focuses on using Adobe Acrobat Pro to create accessible documents. Topics addressed include document set up, the importance of tags, accessible tables, bookmarks, and the accessibility checker.
Microsoft PowerPoint for Office 365
This course focuses on using Microsoft PowerPoint to create accessible presentations. Some foundational aspects of accessibility are reviewed as well as slide set up, reading order, the accessibility checker, creating handouts, and more. This course is not intended to stand alone from the first three courses in the AMMR series. Foundational and essential knowledge communicated in those courses will not be found in this course.
Microsoft PowerPoint for Office
This course focuses on using Microsoft PowerPoint to create accessible presentations. Some foundational aspects of accessibility are reviewed as well as slide set up, reading order, the accessibility checker, creating handouts, and more. This course is not intended to stand alone from the first three courses in the AMMR series. Foundational and essential knowledge communicated in those courses will not be found in this course.
Developing Your Plan
This course presents a series of questions to consider as you or your district or organization plan for digital accessibility. The approach to assembling a team, reviewing resources, revising resources, and clarifying future resource development needs to include defined goals and timelines that are reasonable to achieve and move you forward. If you work as part of a team or organization, those goals and timelines should also reflect input from the group. This increases shared ownership and accountability.
The purpose of the AMMR series is to increase awareness of what makes digital content accessible and why it really matters. The series will equip you with the knowledge and skills needed to begin creating accessible documents. This course focuses on using intentional planning and design to help people who would not otherwise be able to access electronic content.