Accessibility FAQs

• Leave enough space between tables for wheelchairs/mobility aids.
• Provide accessible seating/space for wheelchairs during events.  
• Use live captions for presentations.  
• Describe visual information on screens and boards.  
• Turn on captions and audio descriptions for videos when available and requested.
• Label food and drink options with large, easy to read labels at events with food.

• Turn on live captions.
• Describe visual information on screen.
• Read chat messages aloud, especially if it contains a question.

• Email digital copies of flyers and posters.  
• Put alt text in all digital images, including digital flyers and social media posts. (See "Alt Text" under Digital Tools on this page for more information.)
• Include necessary details, such as date, time and location, in any emails and social media posts.

WebAIM's WCAG 2 Checklist is an important resource to help you develop and maintain website content. According to WebAIM (a leading global non-profit dedicated to web accessibility resources), web content should be perceivable, operable, understandable and robust. The checklist serves as a guide to recommendations for making web content accessible. 

UW-Madison has an excellent resource for creating accessible documents. Learn guidelines for making Word documents, PowerPoint presentations, Google Docs and Slides, emails, PDFs and Adobe InDesign files accessible.  

UW-Madison has developed an excellent resource for learning how to to make emails accessible. Utilize the guidelines for making both plain text and HTML emails accessible. 

Please reach out to Kelsea Wissing, online content editor in University Communications and Marketing, at kelsea.wissing@uwrf.edu or 715-425-4422 for information about Drupal access and authoring. 

Visit our Course Accessibility resource to learn more about the course accessibility checklist.