Instructional Materials

The Instructional Materials priority within the Accessible Technology Initiative (ATI) speaks to the access and development of course materials to meet the teaching and learning mission of the university. Instructional Materials (IM) are considered to be forms of communication and must therefore be delivered in a manner that is equally effective for persons with disabilities. Communication is considered to be equally effective when it is:

• Comparable in quality to those received by students without disabilities
• Comparable in timeliness of delivery and availability
• Provided in a manner and medium appropriate to the significance of the message and the abilities of the person receiving the material

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Below are tutorials in video and text format for creating accessible electronic documents using Microsoft Office and Adobe applications.

Note: To access a course, you need to log in with your East Bay NetID account.

Tutorials

PDF

• Acrobat Pro: Create and Verify PDF Accessibility (Adobe)
• Acrobat DC: Creating Accessible PDFs (LinkedIn.com)
• Creating Accessible PDFs (WebAIM)

Word 

• Make Your Word Documents Accessible (Microsoft)
• Create More Accessible Word Documents (Microsoft)
• Creating Accessible Documents in Microsoft Office (LinkedIn.com)
• Creating Accessible Word Documents (WebAIM)

PowerPoint

• Make Your PowerPoint Presentations Accessible (Microsoft)
• Create More Accessible PowerPoint Presentations (Microsoft)
• Creating Accessible Documents in Microsoft Office (LinkedIn.com)
• Creating Accessible PowerPoint Presentations (WebAIM)

Outlook

• Make Your Outlook Email Accessible (Microsoft)
• Create More Accessible Email Messages in Outlook (Microsoft)

Excel

• Make Your Excel Spreadsheets Accessible (Microsoft)
• Create More Accessible Excel Workbooks (Microsoft)
• Creating Accessible Documents in Microsoft Office (LinkedIn.com)