We hope you had a lovely Easter break. The last blog post (pre-Easter) was on the theme of Tabs and Accessibility in MS Word. This week, we would like to elaborate on the use of Tables. It would appear tables fall out of and into vogue from time to time. Read more…
There is much about accessibility which we are still learning and want to share with you and last week we touched upon the Pilcrow, gave some historical context and a rough guide to how we use it now. This week we’ll still be using the Pilcrow to demonstrate good and Read more…
Needless to say, over the weeks and months we have been looking at and highlighting accessibility issues across the board. Looking at other blog posts on the DigiKnow main site will show we have covered the use of text, images, video, audio, etc., and how to improve accessibility. This is Read more…
This is the third in the series of MS PowerPoint: Design and Output, accessibility and good practices. In MS PowerPoint, we have already looked at: Text standards Tables, video and audio This week, we want to consider adding speakers notes in PowerPoint and the Accessibility Checker. Let’s get started! What Read more…
Good afternoon and we hope you’re well. Last week, Digiknow looked at best practices in design from an MS PowerPoint viewpoint and explained the reasons behind each decision with design and accessibility in mind. We looked at: text font type, space, amount and alignment 5/5/5 rule colour and contrast layout Read more…
Over the last number of weeks, DigiKnow has covered accessibility of various elements which you will use in digital content creation. This includes: Text Visual Information Video Audio Colour alternatives Now we turn our attention to how we bring it all together when we design something for our audiences. Design Read more…
Last week, we covered accessibility and audio for hearing and hearing impaired audience members. We distinguished between closed captions and subtitles and when transcripts should be used. This post can be viewed here: Hacking Accessibility: Audio. In our post on January 25th, Hacking Accessibility: Visual Information, we looked at ALT Read more…
Last week, Digiknow looked at Video and accessibility. Audio is an important feature of video. However, audio can be a standalone resource, i.e., podcast or audio book. Whilst other digital items may be visual, the audio is not and this is what we focus upon this week. Firstly, we look Read more…
It’s Monday again and seemingly, Monday’s come around very quickly. Really, it’s been no time at all since last weeks blog post on Visual Information and the previous weeks post on Text. We do hope you are finding these hints and tips helpful in your practices as this week we Read more…
Last week, we looked at accessible text. This week, we want to bring your attention to accessibility and visual content and this will cover visual images used to convey information. No matter what the visual content, there’s at least two things you need to consider. Alternative text Contrast, colour and Read more…