To Care and Comply: Accessibility of Online Course Content<\/p>\n\n<\/header>\n
The original Accessibility Toolkit<\/em> was a collaboration between BCcampus (Amanda Coolidge), Camosun College (Sue Doner), and Tara Robertson from the Centre for Accessible Post-secondary Education Resources BC (CAPER-BC), an organization that provides accessible learning and teaching materials to students and instructors who cannot use conventional print materials because of disabilities.<\/p>\n In this second edition, Josie Gray has made the following additions and changes.<\/p>\n The French translation of the first edition of the Accessibility Toolkit<\/em> – La Trousse d\u2019outils d\u2019accessibilit\u00e9 <\/em><\/a>– is still available. With time, a French translation of this second edition will be made available.<\/p>\n The focus of many open textbook projects is to provide access to education at low or no cost. But what does access<\/em> mean? If the materials are not accessible for each and every student, do they fulfill the mandate to deliver fully open textbooks?<\/p>\n The goal of the Accessibility Toolkit – 2nd Edition<\/em> is to provide the resources needed for each content creator, instructional designer, educational technologist, librarian, administrator, and teaching assistant to create a truly open and accessible textbook – one that is free and accessible for all students.<\/p>\n The suggestions provided in this guide are intended for the non-technical user. If you are looking for more technical descriptions about how to make your work accessible, review the WCAG (Web Content Accessibility Guidelines)<\/a>.<\/p>\n In addition to providing general strategies for ensuring the creation of accessible content, the Accessibility Toolkit – 2nd Edition <\/em>includes specific instructions on how to achieve accessibility requirements in Pressbooks. Pressbooks is an online authoring tool based on WordPress, and used by BCcampus Open Education (and other open textbook projects) to create and modify open textbooks. (See the BCcampus Open Education Pressbooks Guide<\/em><\/a>.)<\/p>\n In May 2018, Pressbooks announced their Accessibility Policy<\/em><\/a>, outlining their efforts and commitment to making their software accessible.<\/p>\n
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Why an accessibility toolkit?<\/h1>\n
<\/a>What is Pressbooks?<\/h1>\n