This page lists all the Open Educational Resources (OERs) that were created for the further course Accessible Documents, which was created by the Technische Universität Dresden.
These OERs are 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 (Technische Universität Dresden). If you are not familiar with this licence, please read it before reusing these OERs.
The entire content of the course is stored as a set of OERs in a Google Drive folder, except for the videos. Below is a breakdown of all the OERs.
Week 1: Accessible Document Formats
Link to OER folder on Google Drive.
- Introduction and Goals of the Week (Word document).
- Inclusion in Higher Education (Word document).
- The role of accessible documents in higher education (Word document).
- Daisy – Digital Talking Books (Word document introducing the YouTube video), Daisy – Digital Talking Books (YouTube video).
- Accessible Music Scores (Word document introducing the YouTube video), Accessible Music Scores (YouTube video).
- Easy-to-read language (Word document introducing the video), What is “Easy-to-read language” (YouTube), video transcript.
- Easy-to-read language in research – the Leisa Project (Word document containing link to and licence for the YouTube video), Easy-to-read language in research – the Leisa Project (on YouTube), captions for the video, transcript of the video.
- Demands of a Sign Language Interpreter (Word document), image used in the Word document.
- Speech-to-text interpretation (Word document), image used in the Word document.
- Discuss Barriers of our User Stories (Word document).
Week 2: How to Create Accessible Word Documents
Link to OER folder on Google Drive.
- Goals of the Week and Theoretical Foundations (Word document).
- Useful Features in Microsoft Word (Word document), image used in the Word document.
- Guideline I – Add Document Characteristics (Word document), first image in the document, second image in the document.
- Guideline II – Formatting Text and Avoiding Common Mistakes (Word document),image used in the document.
- Guideline III – Use Hyperlinks, Cross-references, Indices (Word document), first image in the document, second image in the document.
- Guideline IV – Creating Tables (Word document), first image in the document,second image in the document.
- Guideline V – Using Images and Graphics (Word document), image used in the document.
- Creating a PDF document out of Word (Word document), first image in the document, second image in the document, third image in the document, fourth image in the document.
- Check the Accessibility of PDF with PAVE (Word document), image of properties dialog used in the document, issue details image used in the document, element type image used in the document.
- Find the Fault in a Word Document (Microsoft Word document), Example document for accessibility checking exercise (Microsoft DOCX format).
Week 3: How to Create Accessible Powerpoint Documents
Link to OER folder on Google Drive.
- Goals of the Week (Microsoft Word document).
- Useful Features in Microsoft Poewerpoint (Microsoft Word document), first image in the document, second image in the document, third image in the document,fourth image in the document.
- Add Document Characteristics (Microsoft Word document), first image in the document, second image in the document, third image in the document.
- Title Your Slide (Microsoft Word document), first image in the document, second image in the document.
- Checking the Reading Order (Microsoft Word document), image used in the document.
- Using Lists and Hyperlinks (Microsoft Word document), image used in the document.
- Creating Accessible Tables (Microsoft Word document), first image in the document, second image in the document, third image in the document, fourth image in the document.
- Using Images, Charts and Shapes (Microsoft Word document), first image in the document, second image in the document, third image in the document.
- Using Videos and Animations (Microsoft Word document), first image in the document, second image in the document.
- Create a PDF and Check Its Accessibility (Microsoft Word document).
- Test Your Knowledge (Microsoft Word document), chart that can be used in the exercise.
Week 4: Alternative Descriptions of Images and Graphics
Link to OER folder on Google Drive.
- General Rules to Write Alternative Image Descriptions (Microsoft Word document).
- General Structure of Alternative Image Descriptions (Microsoft Word document).
- Alternative Descriptions for Charts and Maths (Microsoft Word document).
- Exercise: Write an Alternative Image Description (Microsoft Word document).
- Challenges to Create Tactile Graphics (Microsoft Word document), YouTube video,transcript of the YouTube video.
- Tactile Drawing with a Geometry Tactile Graphics Kit (Microsoft Word document),YouTube video, transcript of the YouTube video.
- Creating Tactile Graphics Cooperatively (Microsoft Word document), YouTube video, transcript of the YouTube video.