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Resources

These are general resources for helpful accessibility tools and online guides. To view specific support resources available at Austin Community College (ACC), please visit ACC Support Links.

 

WebAIM News

“WebAIM (Web Accessibility In Mind) has provided comprehensive web accessibility solutions since 1999. These years of experience have made WebAIM one of the leading providers of web accessibility expertise internationally. WebAIM is a non-profit organization based at the Center for Persons with Disabilities at Utah State University.” – WebAIM About Page

Accessibility Cheatsheets from NCDAE

Printable, one-page guides for making your materials more accessible and other guides from The National Center on Disability and Access to Education (NCDAE)

Accessible Document Guides from WebAIM

WebAIM (Web Accessibility In Mind) articles for creating accessible documents. Explore the WebAIM site for other valuable accessibility-related content.

Color Contrast Tools

Colorzilla is an excellent tool for extracting the color value from any page element. Additionally, WAVE can analyze contrast ratios for all page text elements at once.

Closed Captions

Other Accessibility Sites to Explore: 

Reading Tools

The Kurzweil reader now works with Blackboard Lockdown/Respondus Monitor. This is exciting news and will allow more students to test independently without having SAS to be involved in their testing.

How to Enable Kurzweil Web Extension

Accessibility Checker Tools