Accessibility & Section 508
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What is Web Accessibility? Web accessibility refers to the inclusive practice of making websites usable by people of all abilities and disabilities. When web pages are correctly designed, all users can have equal access to the information on them.
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View our list of 2024 web content management trainings. Self-paced courses and online sessions will be available to CAES and UGA Extension web content managers.
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Closed captioning is an important tool in meeting accessibility requirements and increasing our programming reach. For many, it has been an intimidating process full of timing blocks and formatting that we don’t often use. Enter WeVideo. This program has simplified adding and editing closed captioning, and this demonstration video walks you through the process with…
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Well-chosen images can enhance your web pages and reinforce your message, but search engines cannot interpret images. The image alt text provides text for search engines to crawl and improves the accessibility of your website.
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New for 2024 is the Web Accessibility for Website Content Managers self-paced course using the Canvas Learning Management System. This course is required for all new website content managers.
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Want to learn how to create universally accessible PDFs, making your online content inclusive for all? We go over how in our “Digital and Web Accessibility: PDF Accessibility” training. If you’ve missed the training, check out the webinar recording, presentation slides, and additional resources below. Contact the CAES Web Team at caesweb@uga.edu for further assistance with your…
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Are you ready to learn how to make your CAES or UGA Extension website accessible to all? Our Web Accessibility Compliance presentation from February 2022 has everything you need to know as a web content manager. We’ve got you covered with the webinar recording, presentation slides, and additional resources.
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Attention CAES content managers: It’s important to stay up-to-date on web accessibility best practices! In this article, we’ll provide additional tips specific to WordPress that will help you ensure your website is accessible to all users.
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In part three of this guide on PDF accessibility, we will go over how to make PDFs accessible to people with disabilities using Foxit PDF Editor Pro. Table of contents Introduction to remediation and tagging Remediating PDF Accessibility in Foxit Checking PDF tags Introduction to remediation and tagging What does “PDF remediation” and “tagging” mean?…
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When we talk about PDF accessibility, the source document is the original file that the PDF is created from. This can be a Word document, InDesign, or a Canva template, to name a few. If the source document is created with accessibility in mind, then it can be exported to a more accessible PDF. Starting…