Let’s briefly chat about “Hyperlinks”. As you know, “Hyperlinks” are links from a hypertext file or document to another location or file. Linked information is typically presented in the form of text, websites, files, or video content. Accessible hyperlinks can be easily created. There are a few simple concepts to keep in mind as you …
Do you ever have trouble reading text in a document or on a website because there’s not enough contrast between the background and the color of the text? Do you find that the font style or the size is difficult to read? Does colored text or bolding help you to discern what is important in …
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Do you find yourself skimming through articles to find points of interest by using headers? Those headers are more important than you think! Let’s chat about why that is the case. “A heading describes the content that follows it, much like a news headline. When arriving at a new page, sighted users gravitate toward headings …
For the Fall 2018 semester, Associate Professor of English, Kelly Roberts, Ph.D, connected the summer reading book, Callings, by David Isay, with a digital storytelling project in her English 111 Principles of Writing course. Instructional Design Specialist Paul Keys, M.Ed, helped Roberts’s students use WeVideo, a cloud-based video editor, to complete their projects. We caught …
Digital Storytelling Project Spotlight – “Women Warriors” and their Callings Read More »
For those of us that are not visually impaired an image can communicate a lot of information without words. However for those that are blind or visually impaired missing “alt text” results in a screen reader delivering the following information to the reader: “image”. This not really helpful if the purpose of the image is to support or illustrate a concept.
Hoonuit is an online resource that has how-to training on common software and devices.
Need to capture an image? Record a video of your screen?
Check out these Image and Screen Capture Tools.
