508 Online Compliance for LibGuides, Library DIY, and IL Tutorials at Portland State University
Type of Presentation
Individual paper/presentation
Type of Presentation
Individual paper/presentation (20 minute presentation)
Target Audience
Higher Education
Location
Room 211
Abstract
By updating online, general education, learning objects such as research skills tutorials, Library DIY, information literacy videos, and LibGuides to meet accessibility requirements, information literacy instruction becomes accessible to all students, including the visually and hearing impaired. In 2016, the Portland State University Library hired an accessibility expert to review our online learning objects, especially LibGuides, Library DIY, and online information literacy tutorials, for 508 Web Compliance, the standards developed by the GSA Government-wide Section 508 Accessibility Program. Based on what we learned from the expert, we upgraded our learning objects to make them accessible. Teaching basic information literacy and research skills online that is accessible, is pedagogically enhanced by a keen focus on clear language for breadcrumbs, url links, and narrative descriptions of screenshots. All students benefit from this attention to logical navigation, repetition of the learning outcome, and succinct language. In this presentation, you will learn about plug-ins to evaluate your online learning objects for accessibility, as well as what to look for while upgrading them such as best practices for alternative texts for images, the importance of narrative descriptions of screenshots, breadcrumbs language, closed captions, concrete urls, and much more.
Presentation Description
By updating online, general education, learning objects such as research skills tutorials, information literacy videos, and LibGuides to meet online accessibility requirements, or 508 Web Compliance, information literacy instruction becomes accessible to all students, including the visually and hearing impaired. You will learn about plug-ins to evaluate your online learning objects for accessibility, as well as what to look for while editing them, such as best practices for alternative texts for images, narrative descriptions of screenshots, breadcrumbs language, closed captions, and explicit url links.
Keywords
accessibility, online learning objects, 508 compliance
Publication Type and Release Option
Presentation (Open Access)
Recommended Citation
Willson-St. Clair, Kimberly, "508 Online Compliance for LibGuides, Library DIY, and IL Tutorials at Portland State University" (2017). Georgia International Conference on Information Literacy. 6.
https://digitalcommons.georgiasouthern.edu/gaintlit/2017/2017/6
508 Online Compliance for LibGuides, Library DIY, and IL Tutorials at Portland State University
Room 211
By updating online, general education, learning objects such as research skills tutorials, Library DIY, information literacy videos, and LibGuides to meet accessibility requirements, information literacy instruction becomes accessible to all students, including the visually and hearing impaired. In 2016, the Portland State University Library hired an accessibility expert to review our online learning objects, especially LibGuides, Library DIY, and online information literacy tutorials, for 508 Web Compliance, the standards developed by the GSA Government-wide Section 508 Accessibility Program. Based on what we learned from the expert, we upgraded our learning objects to make them accessible. Teaching basic information literacy and research skills online that is accessible, is pedagogically enhanced by a keen focus on clear language for breadcrumbs, url links, and narrative descriptions of screenshots. All students benefit from this attention to logical navigation, repetition of the learning outcome, and succinct language. In this presentation, you will learn about plug-ins to evaluate your online learning objects for accessibility, as well as what to look for while upgrading them such as best practices for alternative texts for images, the importance of narrative descriptions of screenshots, breadcrumbs language, closed captions, concrete urls, and much more.
