Accessibility
Accessibility Checklist
Date of Review:
| Area of focus | Requirements | Pass? |
|---|---|---|
| Organizing Content | Contents is organized under headings and subheadings | Yes |
| Headings and subheadings are used sequentially (e.g. Heading 1, heading 2, etc.) as well as logically (if the title is Heading 1 then there should be no other heading 1 styles as the title is the uppermost level) | Yes | |
| Images | Images that convey information include Alternative Text (alt-text) descriptions of the image’s content or function | Yes |
| Graphs, Charts, and Maps also include contextual or supporting details in the text surrounding the image | Yes | |
| Images do not rely on colour to convey information | No | |
| Images that are purely decorative contain empty alternative text descriptions. (Descriptive text is unnecessary if the image doesn’t convey contextual content information) | Yes | |
| Tables | Tables include row and column headers | No |
| Table includes title or caption | No | |
| Table does not have merged or split cells | Yes | |
| Table has adequate cell padding | Yes | |
| Weblinks | The weblink is meaningful in context, does not use generic text such as “click here” or “read more” | Yes |
| Weblinks do not open new windows or tabs | Yes | |
| If weblink must open in a new window, a textual reference is included in the link information | n/a | |
| Embedded Multimedia | A transcript has been made available for a multimedia resource that includes audio narration or instruction* | n/a |
| Captions of all speech content and relevant non-speech content are included in the multimedia resource that includes audio synchronized with a video presentation | n/a | |
| Audio descriptions of contextual visuals (graphs, charts, etc) are included in the multimedia resource | n/a | |
| Formulas | Formulas have been created using MathML | n/a |
| Formulas are images with alternative text descriptions, if MathML is not an option | n/a | |
| Font Size | Font size is 12 point (12pt=1em in this book) or higher for body text | Yes |
| Font size is 9 point (9pt=0.75em in this book) for footnotes or endnotes | Yes | |
| Font size can be zoomed to 200% | Yes |
*Transcript includes:
- Speaker’s name
- All speech content
- Relevant descriptions of speech
- Descriptions of relevant non-speech audio
- Headings and subheadings
