This page lists all the Open Educational Resources (OERs) that were created for the introductory course Digital Accessibility: Enabling Participation in the Information Society, which ran on FutureLearn from 17 October till 20 November 2016 and a second time from 6 February till 12 March 2017.
These OERsare made available under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International licence (CC-BY 4.0). Simply put, this licence allows you to share, adapt and redistribute the content of the OERs, provided that you correctly attribute the original creators of these resources (see the copyright information for each resource). If you are not familiar with this licence, please read it before reusing these OERs.
Glossary
ICT Accessibility Glossary (Microsoft Word document). There is also a PDF version of the glossary. (Google Drive folder with the glossary files.)
© Copyright: University of Southampton, Πανεπιστήμιο Αιγαίου (University of the Aegean), Hochschule der Medien (HdM), 2016 licence: Creative Commons by Attribution (CC-BY 4.0).
Day-in-the-life Stories
The day-in-the-life stories are available under the following licence:
Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International Licence (CC BY 4.0).
Below are the links to the individual files.
You can also go directly to the
Google Drive folder that contains these files.
- Alexander (colour vision deficiency) (HTML version)
Text: © Copyright: Technische Universität Dresden (Technical University Dresden), 2015.
Image: © Copyright: The University of Southampton, 2016. - Anna (dyslexia) (HTML version)
Text: © Copyright: University of York, 2015.
Image: © Copyright: The University of Southampton, 2016. - Carole (blind) (HTML version)
Text: © Copyright: Université Paris 8, 2015.
Image: © Copyright: The University of Southampton, 2016. - Lars (deaf) (HTML version)
Text: © Copyright: Høgskolen i Oslo og Akershus (Oslo and Akershus University College of Applied Sciences), 2015.
Image: © Copyright: The University of Southampton, 2016. - Maria (partially sighted) (HTML version)
Text: © Copyright: Johannes Kepler Universität Linz and Université Paris 8, 2015.
Image: © Copyright: The University of Southampton, 2016. - Mary (mobility and dexterity problems) (HTML version)
Text: © Copyright: Dublin Institute of Technology & Πανεπιστήμιο Αιγαίου (University of the Aegean), 2015.
Image: © Copyright: The University of Southampton, 2016. - Monika (elderly) (HTML version)
Text: © Copyright: Hochschule der Medien (Stuttgart Media University), 2015.
Image: © Copyright: The University of Southampton, 2016. - Susan (hard of hearing) (HTML version)
Text: © Copyright: The University of Southampton, 2015.
Image: © Copyright: The University of Southampton, 2016. - Tom (speech impairment) (HTML version)
Text: © Copyright: Dublin Institute of Technology and The University of Southampton, 2016.
Image: © Copyright: The University of Southampton, 2016.
Introduction
- Welcome to the course
© Copyright: The University of Southampton, 2016. - Getting to Know You:
Getting to know you (Microsoft Word document): document that invites learners to describe how they relate to MOOCAP‘s day-in-the-life stories.
© Copyright: Hochschule der Medien (Stuttgart Media University), 2015-2016. - Life Is Full of Challenges: Interview with Neal Ewers (Google Drive folder).
© Copyright Neal Ewers, 2015; licence: CC-BY 4.0:- Video of interview without audio description (on Vimeo) (and on YouTube);
Video of interview with audio description (on Vimeo). - Captions for the video in SRT format; captions for the video in WebVTT format.
- Introduction to the video.
© Copyright Neal Ewers, 2015; Creative Commons by Attribution (CC-BY 4.0) licence.
- Video of interview without audio description (on Vimeo) (and on YouTube);
- What Is Digital Accessibility? (Google Drive folder)
© Copyright Hochschule der Medien (Stuttgart Media University), 2015-2016. - Why Care About Digital Accessibility?
© Copyright University of Southampton, 2016.
(Google Drive folder):- Interview with David Caldwell: video on Vimeo (no captions available).
- Interview with Neil Milliken: video on Vimeo (no captions available).
- Accessibility and Usability (Google Drive folder):
- Video on Vimeo.
© Copyright University of Southampton, 2015. - Accessibility and Usability (Microsoft Word document).
Venn Diagram used in the video and the above document.
© Copyright Mike Wald, University of Southampton, 2015.
- Video on Vimeo.
- Dyslexia and Visual Stress:
(Google Drive folder):- Dyslexia and Visual Stress (Microsoft Word document) (and as Dyslexia and Visual Stress (Google Docs document)).
Both documents: © Copyright University of Southampton, 2015. - Visual Stress Strategies: Figure with Alternative Text (as Google Docs document, and the image).
© Copyright E.A. Draffan, University of Southampton, 2015. - Video on Vimeo and Video transcript (Microsoft Word document) of a video that shows different types of visual stress.
- Dyslexia and Visual Stress (Microsoft Word document) (and as Dyslexia and Visual Stress (Google Docs document)).
- Accessible Audiovisual Media (Video and Audio Barriers) (Google Drive folder):
- Caption it (Google Drive folder)
© Copyright: Gottfried Zimmermann, 2015-2017.- Caption it (video on Vimeo) how to add subtitles to a YouTube video. (The video is also available on YouTube.)
Note that the webcam capture feature shown in the video is no longer available. - Captions in SRT format; captions in WebVTT format.
- My experiences with captions: video on YouTube,
video on Vimeo (downloadable): video that course participants can use in a captioning exercise if they have no other video readily available. Because it is meant for a captioning exercise, the video has no captions.
- Caption it (video on Vimeo) how to add subtitles to a YouTube video. (The video is also available on YouTube.)
- Barriers to Communication.© Copyright E.A. Draffan, University of Southampton, 2015.
- Barriers to Communication (Microsoft Word document).
- Images used in the Word document: friends planning secret part.png, Japanese fire extinguisher.jpg, Tobys communication aid.jpg.
- Communication Aids in Practice.
© Copyright E.A. Draffan, University of Southampton, 2015.- Short interview with Toby Hewson about AAC devices: video on Vimeo, captions, transcript.
- Video transcript “Communication aids in practice”.
© Copyright University of Southampton.
- Multiple Ways to Represent Images:
© Copyright: Gottfried Zimmermann, 2015.- Quiz: Can you represent these images in a non-visual way? (Microsoft Word document): quiz with 18 questions about text alternatives for images.
- Example images: art-745938_640.png, BarChart.png, cyprus.jpg, fabric-703447_640.jpg, Gardening.png, gear-471988_640.jpg, GroupPhoto.jpg, Live_from_the_Moon_-_Impact!.gif, mortarboard.450×150.png.
Enabling People to Work on Computers
- Typical Desktop Usage (Microsoft Word document) (Google Drive folder).
© Copyright Dominique Archambault, Université Paris 8 & John Gilligan, Dublin Institute of Technology, 2015. - Different Ways to Access the Desktop: video on Vimeo and Different ways to access the Desktop (Google Doc). (Google Drive folder):
© Copyright Dominique Archambault, Université Paris 8 & John Gilligan, Dublin Institute of Technology. - Different Ways to Access the Desktop.
© Copyright Dominique Archambault, Université Paris 8.- Images: braille-display-detail.jpg, switch-picture.jpg, typical-desktop.jpg.
- Video (English): video on Vimeo, subtitles in SRT format.
- Understanding (the Principles of) Software Accessibility
(Google Drive folder).
© Copyright Dominique Archambault, Université Paris 8. - Exploring Screen Readers (Google Drive folder).
© Copyright John Gilligan, Dublin Institute of Technology, 2015 & Dominique Archambault, Université Paris 8.- Exploring Screen Readers (Microsoft Word document): lists screen readers for Microsoft Windows and GNU/Linux.
- General Document Accessibility Guidelines (Google Drive folder).
© Copyright Dominique Archambault, Université Paris 8 & John Gilligan, Dublin Institute of Technology, 2015. - Document Accessibility Auditing (Google Drive folder).
© Copyright Dominique Archambault, Université Paris 8 & John Gilligan, Dublin Institute of Technology, 2015. - Alternative text (Google Drive folder).
© Copyright John Gilligan, Dublin Institute of Technology, 2015 & Dominique Archambault, Université Paris 8.- Alternative text (Microsoft Word document): How to insert alternative text for different types of images in LibreOffice Writer.
- Quiz for alternative text (Microsoft Word document)
- How to Add Headings to a Document Using LibreOffice Writer,
© Copyright Dublin Institute of Technology, 2016: - Headings,
© Copyright John Gilligan, Dublin Institute of Technology, 2015 & Dominique Archambault, Université Paris 8:- Headings (Google Doc): about headings in word processing documents.
- Headings (Microsoft Word document) (same content as above document).
- Switches and Computers (Microsoft Word document)
- Heading Exercise (Microsoft Word document)
- Headings.© Copyright Dominique Archambault, Université Paris 8.
- How to Insert Alternative Text Using LibreOffice Writer,
© Copyright Dublin Institute of Technology, 2016: - Images that can be used in a quiz on text alternatives:
- Example images: MOOCAP Tours logo (PNG format), fire notice (JPG format),
fire door notice (PNG format).
© Copyright Dublin Institute of Technology, 2016. - Tian An Men image used in the quiz for text alternatives
Image © Copyright Dominique Archambault, Université Paris 8; CC-BY-4.0.
- Example images: MOOCAP Tours logo (PNG format), fire notice (JPG format),
- How to Add Heading Rows in Tables,
© Copyright Dublin Institute of Technology, 2016. - Defining Heading Rows in Tables,
© Copyright John Gilligan, Dublin Institute of Technology, 2015 & Dominique Archambault, Université Paris 8: - Accessible PDF:
- How to Make an Accessible PDF Using LibreOffice Writer,
© Copyright Dublin Institute of Technology, 2016. - Creating Accessible PDFs,
© Copyright John Gilligan, Dublin Institute of Technology, 2015 & Dominique Archambault, Université Paris 8:
- How to Make an Accessible PDF Using LibreOffice Writer,
- Document Auditing Exercise (Google Drive folder)
© Copyright John Gilligan, Dublin Institute of Technology & Dominique Archambault, Université Paris 8, 2016:- Introduction Document Accessibility Audit (Microsoft Word document)
- Document Audit (Microsoft Word document)
- Audit Exercise Files (Google Drive folder):
- JPEG image (licence terms)
- document in Microsoft docx format (licence terms)
- document in Open Document Format (opens in LibreOffice and OpenOffice.org) (licence terms)
- document in Rich Text Format (RTF) (licence terms)
Mobile Accessibility
- Potential Barriers on Mobile Devices,
© Copyright Gerhard Weber, Technische Universität Dresden (TUD), 2015: - What Are You Using Your Smartphone For?
(Google Drive folder)
© Copyright Jens Voegler, Claudia Loitsch, Technische Universität Dresden (TUD), Peter Heumader, Johannes Kepler Universität Linz (JKU), 2015:- What Are You Using Your Smartphone For?
- subtitles in VTT format.
The video is available on YouTube: What are you using a smartphone for? (with captions) and on Vimeo.
- Accessibility Features on Mobile Devices (Google Drive folder)
© Copyright Peter Heumader, Johannes Kepler Universität Linz, 2015.- Accessibility Features on Mobile Devices (Microsoft Word document)
- Images used in the document: screen magnification, colour inversion, video call, switch scanning access on an iPad.
- Controlling a Device in Different Ways: (Google Drive folder).
© Copyright Johannes Kepler Universität Linz, 2015-2017.
Licence: Creative Commons by Attribution (CC-BY 4.0).- Controlling a Device in Different Ways (Microsoft Word document): text introducing the videos below.
- Using a Screen Reader on Mobile Devices (MP4 video on Vimeo), subtitles in VTT format.
- Braille Input on Mobile Devices (MP4 video on Vimeo), subtitles in VTT format.
- Switch Access Scanning on Mobile Devices (MP4 video on Vimeo), subtitles in VTT format.
- Speech Input on Mobile Devices (MP4 video on Vimeo),subtitles in VTT format.
- Special Output Methods: (Google Drive folder),
© Copyright Peter Heumader, Johannes Kepler Universität Linz, 2015. - Have You Ever Experienced Accessibility Issues on Your Mobile Device: (Google Drive folder)
© Copyright Gerhard Weber, Technische Universität Dresden (TUD), 2015.
Have You Ever Experienced Accessibility Issues on Your Mobile Device (Microsoft Word document): document that invites learners to discuss their experience with accessibility settings on a mobile device. - Everyday Activities of People with Disabilities and the App ColourVisor (Google Drive folder).
© Copyright Jens Voegler, Claudia Loitsch, Technische Universität Dresden (TUD), Peter Heumader, Johannes Kepler Universität Linz (JKU), 2015.- Everyday Activities of People with Disabilities and the App ColourVisor (Microsoft Word document).
- Video on YouTube/video on Vimeo: interview with the developer of the app, followed by a demo. Subtitles in VTT format.
- Multimedia on Mobile Devices: (Google Drive folder):
Multimedia on Mobile Devices (Microsoft Word document).
© Copyright Gerhard Weber, Technische Universität Dresden (TUD), 2015. - Outdoor Navigation for People with Disabilities (Google Drive folder)
© Copyright Jens Voegler, Claudia Loitsch, Technische Universität Dresden (TUD), Peter Heumader, Johannes Kepler Universität Linz (JKU), 2015. - WalkerGuide: Outdoor Navigation App for Blind People (Google Drive folder).
© Copyright Jens Voegler, Eric Scheibler, Claudia Loitsch, Technische Universität Dresden (TUD), Peter Heumader, Johannes Kepler Universität Linz (JKU), 2015.- WalkerGuide: Outdoor Navigation App for Blind People (Microsoft Word document).
- Video on YouTube/video on Vimeo: interview with developer of WalkerGuide.
Subtitles in VTT format.
- Mobile Accessibility Quiz (Google Drive folder):
Mobile Accessibility Quiz (Microsoft Word document).
© Copyright Gerhard Weber, Technische Universität Dresden (TUD), 2015. - How Can Developers Be Made Aware of Accessibility Needs? (Google Drive folder)
How Can Developers Be Made Aware of Accessibility Needs? (Microsoft Word document).
© Copyright Gerhard Weber, Technische Universität Dresden (TUD), 2015.
Web Accessibility
- Introduction to Web Accessibility (Google Drive folder):
Introduction to web accessibility (Microsoft Word document)© Copyright Weiqin Chen, Oslo and Akershus University College of Applied Sciences, 2015. - What Is Web Accessibility and Why Is It Important? (Google Drive folder).
© Copyright Jens Voegler, Claudia Loitsch, Technische Universität Dresden (TUD), Peter Heumader, Johannes Kepler Universität Linz (JKU), 2015.- What Is Web Accessibility and Why Is It Important? (Microsoft Word document)
- YouTube video/video on Vimeo: interview with André Meixner. Subtitles in VTT format.
- Reporting Challenges Using a Screen Reader
(Google Drive folder):Reporting Challenges Using a Screen Reader (Microsoft Word document)
© Copyright Peter Heumader, Johannes Kepler Universität Linz, 2015. - Web Content Accessibility (Google Drive folder).
© Copyright Peter Heumader, Johannes Kepler Universität Linz, 2015. - Before & After Example (Google Drive folder):
© Copyright: Oslo and Akershus University College of Applied Sciences, 2015;
licence: Creative Commons by Attribution (CC-BY 4.0).- Before and After Example: Web Forms (Microsoft Word document)
- ZIP file with the example’s HTML code.
- registration-before.png: screenshot of the form before addressing the accessibility issues.
- Screen reader output before addressing the accessibility issues.
- Transcript of screen reader output before addressing the accessibility issues.
- registration-after.png: screenshot of the form after addressing the accessibility issues.
- Screen reader output after addressing the accessibility issues.
- Transcript of screen reader output after addressing the accessibility issues.
- General Discussion on Web Accessibility (Google Drive folder):
General Discussion on Web Accessibility (Microsoft Word document).
© Copyright Weiqin Chen, Oslo and Akershus University College of Applied Sciences, 2015. - Introduction to the History of WCAG (Mike Paciello) (Google Drive folder).
© Copyright Peter Heumader, Johannes Kepler Universität Linz, 2015. - WCAG 2.0 Explained (Google Drive folder).
© Copyright Peter Heumader, Johannes Kepler Universität Linz, 2015.- WCAG 2.0 Explained (Microsoft Word document).
- WCAG 2.0 Explained (HTML file, as source code).
- Images used in the above documents: Buttonimage.png, captcha.png, EramusLogo.png, error.png, MOOCAPLogo.png, UI-example.png.
- Quiz about the basics of WCAG (4 questions): (Google Drive folder):
Microsoft Word document.© Copyright Peter Heumader, Johannes Kepler Universität Linz, 2015. - Introduction to Accessibility Testing (Google Drive folder):
Microsoft Word document.
© Copyright Claudia Loitsch, Technische Universität Dresden (TUD), Peter Heumader, Johannes Kepler Universität Linz (JKU), 2015. - How Does Conformance Testing Work? (Google Drive folder)
Microsoft Word document, YouTube video, video on Vimeo, subtitles in VTT format.
© Copyright Claudia Loitsch, Technische Universität Dresden (TUD), Peter Heumader, Johannes Kepler Universität Linz (JKU), 2015. - Conformance Testing (Google Drive folder).
© Copyright Weiqin Chen, Oslo and Akershus University College of Applied Sciences, 2015. - Web Accessibility Testing Quiz (Google Drive folder):
Web Accessibility Testing Quiz (Microsoft Word document).
© Copyright Weiqin Chen, Oslo and Akershus University College of Applied Sciences, 2015. - Involving Users in Accessibility Testing (Google Drive folder):
Microsoft Word document, YouTube video, video on Vimeo,subtitles in SRT format.
© Copyright Claudia Loitsch, Technische Universität Dresden (TUD), Peter Heumader, Johannes Kepler Universität Linz (JKU), 2015. - What You Need for User Testing (Google Drive folder):
see second part of “What is Web Accessibility and Why Is It Important?” (YouTube), Microsoft Word document, image: diagram (usability testing – testng with users, image:tactile paper.
© Copyright Claudia Loitsch, Technische Universität Dresden (TUD), Peter Heumader, Johannes Kepler Universität Linz (JKU), 2015. - Strengths and Weaknesses of User Testing
(Google Drive folder):Microsoft Word document.
© Copyright Claudia Loitsch, Technische Universität Dresden (TUD), Peter Heumader, Johannes Kepler Universität Linz (JKU), 2015. - Activity: Linking Accessibility Barriers to WCAG 2.0 (Google Drive folder):
Linking Accessibility Barriers to WCAG 2.0 (Microsoft Word document)
© Copyright Weiqin Chen, Oslo and Akershus University College of Applied Sciences, 2015. - Web Form Accessibility Exercises (Google Drive folder).
© Copyright Weiqin Chen, Oslo and Akershus University College of Applied Sciences, 2015.
Enabling Everyone Everyday
- Accessible Design for Everyday Living: Outside the Home (Google Drive folder).
© Copyright Author/copyright: Jenny Darzentas, University of the Aegean 2015-2016. - Inside the Home: Domestic Appliances (Google Drive folder).
© Copyright Author/copyright: Jenny Darzentas, University of the Aegean 2015-2016. - Inside Your Home: Your Experiences of Operating Domestic Appliances (Google Drive folder).
© Copyright Author/copyright: Jenny Darzentas, University of the Aegean 2015-2016. - Problems with Self-Service Terminals (Google Drive folder).
© Copyright Author/copyright: Jenny Darzentas, University of the Aegean 2015-2016. - Classifying Problems with SSTs (Google Drive folder).
© Copyright Author/copyright: Jenny Darzentas, University of the Aegean 2015-2016. - Understanding the Impact of Inaccessibility (Google Drive folder).
© Copyright Author/copyright: Jenny Darzentas, University of the Aegean 2015-2016. - Solving Accessibility Problems (Google Drive folder).
© Copyright Author/copyright: Jenny Darzentas, University of the Aegean 2015-2016. - Avoiding to Unthinkingly Create Barriers.
© Copyright Author/copyright: Jenny Darzentas, University of the Aegean 2015-2016. - Involving Users (Google Drive folder).
© Copyright Author/copyright: Jenny Darzentas, University of the Aegean 2015-2016. - Future Technology: Take Care Not to Stigmatise Users (Google Drive folder).
© Copyright Author/copyright: Jenny Darzentas, University of the Aegean 2015-2016. - Discussion about Principles of Universal Design (Google Drive folder).
© Copyright Author/copyright: Jenny Darzentas, University of the Aegean 2015-2016. - Recommendations: Standards, Principles, Guidelines and Best Practices, ISO, W3C WAI, CEN/CENELEC (Google Drive folder).
© Copyright Author/copyright: Jenny Darzentas, University of the Aegean 2015-2016. - The Impact of Everyday Accessible Technology: Your Experiences (Google Drive folder).
© Copyright Jenny Darzentas, University of the Aegean 2015-2016. - Digital Accessibility Quiz.© Copyright E.A. Draffan, University of Southampton, 2015.