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Digital Accessibility Awareness

August 11, 2023

Training Description Want to make sure that your website, course, software, or videos are accessible to everyone, including people with disabilities, but don’t know where to start? This training is for you! In the Digital Accessibility Awareness training, you’ll hear … Read more

Doc Remediation Part 2

August 11, 2023

Training Description Do you have a lot of PDF documents that need to be checked for accessibility? This training is designed to teach you the tools and processes to ensure you have a basic understanding of PDF accessibility requirements. We … Read more

Doc Remediation Part 1

August 11, 2023

Training Description Do you use Microsoft Word and PowerPoint to create digital documents and presentations? This training is designed to teach you the tools and processes to ensure your documents and presentations are fully accessible. In this training, you will: … Read more

Choosing an Accessible Video Platform

June 16, 2021

Not all video platforms are created with accessibility in mind. Choosing the best platform for your videos is important. Here are a few things you should consider when browsing for media players: Does the media player support closed captions? REMEMBER: … Read more

Keep it Text

March 11, 2021

When is it not text Images that have text in them, including infographics, fliers, pictures, and some scanned PDFs, do not provide the content to all viewers. How to keep it text Take the text out of images and put … Read more

Alternative Text

February 3, 2021

What is Alternative Text? Alternative text (also known as alt text) is the text equivalent of an image in context. All images must have alt text. It is essential for screen reader users to access that image content. Also, if … Read more

Register for DAO Training

January 27, 2021

To better serve our UNC community we have two forms of registrations available. Permanent employees should use the Carolina Talent link so we can ensure you get credit for taking our courses. Temp workers, students and other affiliates should use … Read more

Digital Accessibility Liaisons

January 26, 2021

Interested in becoming a liaison? We welcome anyone at Carolina to join our Microsoft Team. What we do Digital Accessibility Liaisons (DAL) advocate for accessibility in all aspects of campus life. We promote digital accessibility by learning about, sharing, and … Read more

Top 10 Tips for Digital Accessibility

October 15, 2020

All digital content created for UNC business must be accessible to all users. Based on the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG), these tips are a starting point for accessibility. WCAG is an internationally accepted set of guidelines published by the … Read more

Captions

October 7, 2020

What are captions? Captions are the text version of the audio information in a video or animation. The text synchronizes with the video’s action. They include all spoken words, identification of the speaker, and important sounds likes music or laughter. … Read more