Ivy Bridge College Curriculum Design Accessibility Guidelines

Hyperlinks - Do not refer to links with phrases such as the following: o Click here for more info o more o go now Do use descriptive phrases for links or use link text that names the place to which the link takes them. Examples: o Course Outline o City of Denver: Community Corrections Division Offset hyperlinks with introductory statements and bulleted hyperlinks as in the following example: For this discussion you will need to access the City of Denvers community corrections site by clicking on the following link: City of Denver: Community Corrections Division

Note: Try to avoid hyperlinks within a paragraph. Tweak and offset.

Non-HTML Pages (e.g. PDF, Word files) - Located in Doc Sharing o File type will be indicated automatically. EDU538 IL EST Ch1 and Intro.pdf o Need to indicate file size over 10MB manually in title. EDU538 IL EST Ch1 and Intro (10MB).pdf Located within activity o Need to indicate file type and file size over 10MB manually. Reflection Template (.doc) Spreadsheet Template (.xls) Spreadsheet Template (.xls, 10MB) Lecture 1 (.pdf) Do not include file types on main Moodle screen

Multimedia - Offset hyperlinks with introductory statements and bulleted hyperlinks (provide 3 spaces between media link and transcript): Example (hyperlink) For this discussion you will need to access the City of Denvers community corrections video by clicking on the following link: City of Denver: Community Corrections Division Video (Transcript) Chapter 6 Flashcards (Alternative Resource (.pdf))

For embedded players (such as Course Introduction and Narrated Syllabus) include transcript in heading above the player (provide 3 spaces between media link and transcript) Example (embedded player)

Do not use images as hyperlinks. All non-text content must have explanatory text (i.e. image descriptions) o Create a separate document for explanatory text. o Load explanatory text doc in SugarSync in Images/Multimedia folder.

Non-proprietary images must contain copyright info in the caption. o Captions can go directly into the weekly content file under the image. o Make the text smaller (size 10pt). Examples (explanatory text)
Use image description for an image like this where the description would be Desk with gavel. Use caption for copyright information.

Mikael Damkier

Use image description for an image like this where the description would be Three women hunched over working in a field. Use caption for painting identification and copyright information.

Millet, J-F. (1857). The Gleaners [Oil on canvas]. Muse d'Orsay, Paris, France. Image retrieved from Scholars Resource.

Use image description for an image like this where the description would be Braincells.jpg: Image of a brain cell, includes Dendrites, Nucleus, Axon, Cell Body, Axon Ending, Myelin Sheath. Use caption for copyright information.
The neuron. (2009). Retrieved from http://webspace.ship.edu/cgboer/theneuron.html