Olympia School District

The following is a list of resources and step-by-step instructions to help employees create accessible content and documents to be posted on the Olympia School District website. We will continue to update this list as more step-by-step instructions and helpful tips become available.

Sources Include

WebAIM: Web Accessibility In Mind

NCDAE: The National Center on Disability and Access to Education

 

General Articles on Accessibility

Creating Accessible Electronic Content

 

Instructions for Creating Accessible Content in Specific Programs

 

Abbyy Finereader

• How to use Abbyy Finereader on a PC (screencast)

 

Adobe Acrobat

• Make your PDF Accessible

 

Google Docs

• Make Your Document Accessible
  

 

Google Slides

• Make Your Presentation Accessible
  

 

Microsoft Word

• Creating Accessible Documents in Microsoft Word
  

 

Microsoft PowerPoint

• Make Your Presentation Accessible

 

Excel

• Excel 2010/2013 (Windows) and 2011 (Mac)

 

YouTube

• Increasing the Accuracy of Automatically Generated Captions
• How to Use YouTube's Captioning Tool (screencast)

Publishing to the Web

• Export to PDF
• SchoolMessenger Teacher Page Accessibility
• Schoology Page Accessibility

Alternative Text for Images (Alt Text)

Alternative text presents the "content and function" of an image. If you had to remove the image, what text would you put its place?

• Alternative Text Basics

Questions about making accessible documents may be directed to the Communications and Community Relations Department at Ext. 6103. For specific questions about how to use a software program such as the Google Suite, contact the Technology Help Desk at Ext. 6172.