Training and Resources: Guides
Guides provide guidance on common accessibility topics. Click on the links below to learn more about each resource.
Assistive Technology
Assistive Technology
Assistive technologies are tools that help you accomplish tasks. Most people will use assistive technology at some point in their lives. Many people use them, even if they don’t consider themselves to have a disability. This guide is a brief overview of many common assistive technologies in use at The Ohio State University.
Video and Multimedia Accessibility
DCMP Captioning Key
Guidelines and best practices for captioning educational video.
Digital Accessibility Center's Live Captioning Guidance
Guidance on Ohio State's approach to live captioning in response to COVID-19.
Hiring a Captioning Supplier
A guide to hiring captioning and transcription suppliers from the RFP-generated supplier pool, plus contact information for each supplier.
Course Accessibility
Five Ways to Improve Accessibility in Your Carmen Course
Basic but highly impactful ways to improve accessibility in courses.
Document Accessibility
NCDAE's Creating Accessible Electronic Content [PDF]
A starter guide on accessible writing, semantic structure, color contrast, data tables, alternative text and descriptive links.
Email Accessibility
Office of Marketing and Communication's "A Guide to Email Accessibility"
A guide on best practices for creating accessible emails.
Web Accessibility
W3C Web Accessibility Alt Text Decision Tree
A guide on how to use the alt attribute of the <img> element in various situations.