Accessible Materials

Resources for Accessible Webpages

Top Tips for Accessible Webpages

Benefits

While you may not be building entire webpages from scratch, it's still useful to know the basics of web accessibility. Besides allowing a diverse population of users to access your content, accessible webpages provide better structure and organization. Many of these same principles apply to creating LibGuides.

Tips (Adapted from WebAIM)

• Describe images and charts using alternate text
• Use headings and lists to provide structure to your page
• Use meaningful link names. The goal is to make sure your link make sense out of context
• Build accessible tables for data
• Use high contrast text and background colors