First, let me be clear that accessibility is for everyone, not just the visually impaired. Some aspects of accessibility are directed toward those who have reasonably good vision or hearing and are meant to make documents easier to understand. Other … Read the rest
Image Alt-Text
This is a reminder that all images must have Alt-Text that either:
- Explains what is going on in the picture/image, what is the purpose of the image, what is the message that you are trying to get across.
- Images that
District Web Site Webinar Now Available In-House
The video recording from the August 13, 2018 webinar for district web admins/authors is now available from our intranet site page:
https://intranet.ocps.net/cms/One.aspx?portalId=125187&pageId=338087
The videos on the left side of the page are the introductory videos created in 2017. The Mastering … Read the rest
Home Page Clutter
Not everything is important
We know there is a lot going on at your school, but not everything is important enough to be on the home page. The net effect of putting too much stuff on your home page is … Read the rest
The Countdown to the Start of School Continues
The countdown to the start of school is getting closer. Over the last two weeks, I reviewed all the schools sites from elementary through high school. Overall, I am pleased to tell you that the state of the school web … Read the rest
Frequently Asked Questions About Accessible Images
Today’s blog post is from a guest contributor, Michael Graf. Michael is part of the OCPS legal department and is responsible for overseeing ADA compliance for the OCPS family of web sites. He reminds us all that ADA compliance within … Read the rest
School Web Site Main Page Review
I have not posted anything recently because I’ve been quite busy performing a ‘quick’ review of the home pages for the middle and high school web sites. Even though this review only addressed a few selected issues, it still took … Read the rest
Annotating Images
At a recent Open Lab, the question came up as to why we cannot add captions at the bottoms of all images. Perhaps they are thinking about captions that appear beneath images in many books and magazines. Or perhaps they … Read the rest
Hyperlink Colors – Part 2
SchoolMessenger has completed their update of school hyperlink colors. In most cases our color recommendation was accepted. However, some of our selections were overridden by SchoolMessenger to provide for better ADA compliance with all possible viewers including those with various … Read the rest
Closed Captioning – It’s Not an Option
Do the videos that you post on the OCPS Internet (district or school) include closed captioning?
The purpose of closed captioning is to assist people who are deaf or hard of hearing to understand the audio portions of your video. … Read the rest