AODA and Accessibility Basics

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OER present an opportunity to leverage technology to improve accessibility and usability of materials and resources within your course, which can benefit all users! Source: Leveraging Technology by Guilia Forsythe, CC BY-NC-SA 2.0

The first section of this resource is designed to give you a basic introduction to accessibility issues in web content and instructional materials.

While this is not a comprehensive guide to every area of accessibility in web documents, it will provide you with background knowledge and starting points that will help you get started. After reviewing this resource, you’ll be able to start making small, but meaningful changes to your course materials that will improve usability and accessibility for your students.

Before you can fully leverage open educational resources (OER) to improve access and usability in resources for your course, you need to have a basic understanding of accessibility principles and requirements, including:

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