Appendix A: Checklist for Accessibility

Organizing content

• ☐ Content is organized under headings and subheadings.
• ☐ Headings and subheadings are used sequentially (e.g., Heading 2, Heading 3).
  • ☐ Heading 1 is only used once
  • ☐ Heading 1 is automatically assigned to the chapter/unit title.
  • ☐ Headings in the chapter text begin with Heading 2

Images

• ☐ Images that convey information include alternative text (alt text) descriptions of the image’s content or function.
• ☐ Graphs, charts, and maps also include contextual or supporting details in the text surrounding the image.
• ☐ Images do not rely on colour to convey information.
• ☐ Images that are purely decorative do not have alt-tag descriptions. (Descriptive text is unnecessary if the image doesn’t convey contextual content information).

Links

• ☐ The link is not a reproduction of the url address
• ☐ The link text is meaningful and states what the content is
• ☐ There is no generic text such as “click here” or “read more.”
• ☐ Links do not open in new windows or tabs.
• ☐ If a link must open in a new window or tab, a textual reference is included in the link information (e.g., [NewTab]).

Tables

• ☐ Tables include row and column headers.
• ☐ Row and column headers have the correct scope assigned.
• ☐ Tables include a caption.
• ☐ Tables do not have merged or split cells.
• ☐ Tables have adequate cell padding.
  

Multimedia

• ☐ A transcript is available for each multimedia resource including relevant non-speech content.
  • Transcript includes:
    • speaker’s name
    • all speech content
    • relevant descriptions of speech
    • descriptions of relevant non-speech audio
    • headings and subheadings
• ☐ Captions of all speech content and relevant non-speech content are included in the multimedia resource; this includes the audio synchronized with a video presentation.
• ☐ Audio descriptions of contextual visuals (e.g., graphs, charts) are included in the multimedia resource.

Formulas

• ☐ Formulas have been created using MathML.
• ☐ Formulas are images with alternative text descriptions if MathML is not an option.

Font Type

• ☐ The font is sans serif e.g. Arial, Calibri, Verdana, etc.

Font size

• ☐ Font size is 12 point or higher for body text.
• ☐ Font size is 9 point for footnotes or endnotes.
• ☐ Font size can be zoomed to 200%.