Accessibility

The guides and tutorials below will guide you through the process of creating accessible documents. The standards adhere to Web Content Accessibility Guidelines 2.1 and to Suffolk County Community College's website accessibility policy.

Guides and Tutorials

Create accessible Microsoft Word documents

• Create accessible documents overview
• Using the Accessibility Checker
• Improve accessibility with alt text
• Improve heading accessibility
• Creating accessible links
• Create accessible file names
• Create accessible tables
• Create accessible PDFs from Word documents (written tutorial)

For written tutorials, please see the webpage Make your documents accessible to people with disabilities. 

Create accessible Microsoft PowerPoint Presentations

• Create more accessible slides
• Improve image accessibility in PowerPoint
• Use more accessible colors and styles in slides
• Design slides for people with dyslexia
• Save a presentation in a different format

For text-based tutorials, please see the webpage Make your PowerPoint presentations accessible to people with disabilities.

Create more accessible Excel Workbooks

• Start with an accessible Excel template
• Create more accessible tables in Excel
• Create more accessible charts in Excel

For written tutorials, please see the webpage Make your Excel documents accessible to people with disabilities.

Video accessibility

• Searching for Closed Captioned Videos on YouTube
• Creating Captions with YouTube
• Creating Captions with Microsoft Stream
• Creating Captions with Zoom
• Audio Description

Math accessibility

• Guidelines for accessible math
• MathType Tutorials

Brightspace course accessibility

About accessible courses and accessible course content

Accessibility checklist

ADA Compliance Checklist