Accessibility Checklist

Organizing Content

☐ Contents is organized under headings and subheadings

☐ Headings and subheadings are used sequentially (e.g. Heading 1, heading 2, etc.)

Images

☐ Images that convey information include Alternative Text (alt-text) descriptions of the image’s content or function

☐ Graphs, Charts, and Maps also include contextual or supporting details in the text surrounding the image.

☐ Images do not rely on colour to convey information.

☐ Images that are purely decorative contain empty alternative text descriptions. (Descriptive text is unnecessary if the image doesn’t convey contextual content information).

Tables

☐ Tables include row and column headers.

☐ Table includes title or caption.

☐ Table does not have merged or split cells.

☐ Table has adequate cell padding

Weblinks

☐ The weblink is meaningful in context, does not use generic text such as “click here” or “read more”.

☐ Weblinks do not open new windows or tabs.

☐ If weblink must open in a new window, a textual reference is included in the link information

Multimedia

☐ A transcript has been made available for a multimedia resource that includes audio narration or instruction.

Transcript includes:
- Speaker’s name
- All speech content
- Relevant descriptions of speech
- Descriptions of relevant non-speech audio
- Headings and subheadings

☐ Captions of all speech content and relevant non-speech content are included in the multimedia resource that includes audio synchronized with a video presentation.

☐ Audio descriptions of contextual visuals (graphs, charts, etc) are included in the multimedia resource.

Formulas

☐ Formulas have been created using MathML.

☐ Formulas are images with alternative text descriptions, if MathML is not an option.

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