Digital Accessibility

An accessible building has ramps, handrails, wide doors, and signs with Braille. But what makes a website accessible?

 

Well-formatted texts are structured and help guide the reader. However, when headings and bullet points can no longer be distinguished from the body text, comprehension becomes difficult. People with disabilities face similar and other challenges every day in the digital world. Many of these challenges could be avoided. In this module, learn how you, too, can contribute to accessibility.

To the learning unit (german)
Basic informations

Learning outcomes:

Students will be able to…

  • ... discuss the basic principles of digital accessibility.
  • ... identify the different target groups of digital accessibility and match relevant assistive technologies to each group.
  • ... list the 10 Golden Rules of E-Accessibility.
  • ... recognize the basic principles of the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG).
  • ... explain the requirements for accessible Word documents, PowerPoint presentations, and audio and video files.
  • ... create accessible Word documents and PDFs.

Duration:

2 hours
Language:

German

Experts:

Seraina Wepfer and Ebru Ünlü, Office for Equal Opportunities
Eligibility requirements: Accessible for members of Swiss and ENLIGHT universities

Completion:

Participants receive a confirmation of completion upon successful completion of this learning unit.
Credit transfer to study program:

The possibility of crediting the learning unit to one's own study program must be agreed upon bilaterally with each respective study program.
Authorship:

The learning unit was developed in a cooperation between the Office for Equal Opportunities, the Learning and Development Unit and the Innovative Teaching & Learning Technologies (ILUB) Unit.