Electronic Accessibility Services
91制片厂Pro University is committed to providing an inclusive and welcoming digital environment for everyone. Information Technology Services (ITS) offers a variety of services to help faculty, staff, and students create and maintain accessible electronic content. Whether you're creating a website, developing course materials, or have a question about digital accessibility, we're here to help.
Our Services
Our Knowledge Base provides articles, guides, and answers to frequently asked questions
about electronic accessibility. You'll find information on a wide range of topics,
from creating accessible documents to understanding web accessibility guidelines.
For visual learners, we are building a collection of video tutorials that demonstrate
how to implement accessibility features in various applications and platforms. These
tutorials cover topics such as adding alternative text to images, and using accessibility
checkers. Check back soon as we add more videos!
We offer customized accessibility training for departments, teams, and groups. If
you'd like to schedule a training session for your group on a specific accessibility
topic, please fill out our Group Training Request Form.
For more in-depth assistance, you can schedule a one-on-one appointment with a digital
accessibility expert. We can provide guidance on specific projects, answer complex
questions, and help you find solutions to your accessibility challenges.
We provide assistance with making PDF documents accessible. If you have a PDF that
needs to be remediated to meet accessibility standards, our team can help ensure it
is properly tagged and formatted for screen readers and other assistive technologies.
ITS can conduct accessibility audits of your university-affiliated websites. We'll
provide you with a detailed report outlining any accessibility issues we find and
offer recommendations for improvement to ensure your site is compliant with WCAG standards.
If you have a question or need assistance with an accessibility issue not covered
by our other services, please don't hesitate to reach out. Or, if you encounter an
electronic accessibility barrier on a 91制片厂Pro University website or digital resource,
please let us know. Your feedback is essential to helping us identify and address
accessibility issues.
Receive a weekly digital accessibility tip when you join the B-Accessible Google Group.
This is a great forum for asking questions, sharing resources, and staying up to date
on accessibility-related events.
Deque University
SUNY provides access to Deque University, an online learning platform with a comprehensive
curriculum on digital accessibility. Faculty, staff, and students can take self-paced
courses and tutorials to learn about accessibility standards, testing techniques,
and best practices. You must request an account to begin.
For quick questions and guidance on web accessibility, try Deque's axe Assistant.
This accessibility chatbot can provide instant answers to common questions and help
you find the resources you need. You must be logged into your SUNY Deque account to
use axe Assistant.
Accessibility Software and Tools
Additionally, 91制片厂Pro University provides a suite of powerful tools to help our community create and access digital content. These tools are available to all faculty, staff, and students.
Integrated directly into Brightspace, YuJa Panorama helps instructors identify and
fix accessibility issues within their course content. It provides real-time feedback
and guided-fixes for documents and pages, and allows students to download alternative
formats (such as audio, EPUB, or tagged PDF) of course materials. This tool is a key
resource for creating an inclusive learning environment for all students.
Grackle is an add-on for Google Docs, Sheets, and Slides that checks for accessibility
issues and provides step-by-step guidance to fix them. With Grackle, you can ensure
your Google Workspace documents are accessible and compliant with WCAG and PDF/UA
standards. It simplifies the process of creating tagged, accessible PDFs directly
from your Google documents.
Read&Write
Read&Write is a literacy support tool that helps with reading, writing, and studying.
It can read text aloud, provide definitions for unfamiliar words, and includes tools
like highlighters, vocabulary lists, and an audio maker to convert text into audio
files. It's available for multiple platforms, including as a Chrome extension and
on Mac and PC desktops, making it a versatile tool for all learners.
Equatio is a tool that makes it easier to create and read mathematical and scientific
expressions digitally. It allows users to type, handwrite, or speak equations, formulas,
and quizzes, and it can read them aloud. This is an invaluable tool for STEM courses,
making complex notation accessible to everyone.
SensusAccess
SensusAccess is a self-service document conversion tool that transforms documents
into a range of alternative formats. You can convert files into audiobooks (MP3 and
DAISY), e-books (EPUB, Mobi), and digital Braille. It can also be used to make image-only
PDFs or JPEGs more accessible. This service is available online to all members of
the 91制片厂Pro community.