JMU Resources

Guides:

• Getting Started Guide for Faculty
  Suggested methods to address common accessibility problems in formats that are widely used by faculty, including Microsoft Word, PowerPoint, PDFs, and video content.

• Creating Accessible Materials in Microsoft Office
  Step-by-step guides for creating accessible materials in Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Outlook.

• Accessible PDFs
  How-to guides for creating accessible PDFs, including considerations for PDF documents and steps for creating PDF documents from scanned materials or Word documents.

• Keep Choosing Accessible Learning Materials (Keep C.A.L.M.)
  An initiative by the Office of Disability Services, featuring guides for key components of accessible course content.

• Accessibility Practices for Teaching with Technologies
  JMU Libraries provides accessibility practices that are easy to apply.

• Captioning and Transcribing Video & Audio Recordings
  JMU Libraries highlights tools and strategies for transcribing video and audio recordings and creating subtitle files for captioned videos.

• Accessibility Vendors for Departmental Use 
  JMU has been approved to work with several vendors that can assist with remediating materials for accessibility. Consult with your leadership to determine the availability of funding for outsourcing.

Tools:

• SensusAccess Document Converter
  Convert written documents into MP3 files, DAISY audiobooks, Mobile-friendly ebooks (Mobi, EPUB and EPUB3 formats), or Digital Braille for embossed printing or reading on a Braille display. Coming Soon - SensusAccess will also be available for use in Canvas this summer.

• More Robust Canvas Accessibility Checker – Coming soon!
  The new tool will greatly support efforts to improve the usability and accessibility of learning content by scanning course materials, assigning an accessibility rating to each file, and providing instructors with feedback on the importance of addressing issues and guidance on how to fix them.

• Free Assistive Technologies
  A collection of free assistive technologies provided by the Office of Disability Services. This includes built-in accessibility tools for commonly used devices and software, as well as downloadable programs and browser extensions.

External Resources

Document Accessibility Guides by WebAIM:

• Microsoft Office
  • PowerPoint
  • Word
  • Excel
• PDF
  • Adobe Acrobat

Video/Multimedia Captioning:

• Canvas
  • Canvas studio captioning
• Microsoft Teams
  • Use live captions in Microsoft Teams meetings
• YouTube
  • Add subtitles and captions in YouTube Studio
• Zoom
  • Viewing captions in a meeting or webinar with Zoom

Evaluation and Testing Tools:

Webpages:

• WAVE Web Accessibility Evaluation Tools