Accessibility News
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Yes it’s portable, but is it accessible? PDFs and a11y
Portable Document Files (PDFs) – we rely on them to convey a lot of information at Carleton. They are very useful – for the appropriate…
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Don’t be the weakest link
Understanding link language Hyperlinks are the simple but essential snippet of technology that make the internet possible. (If they didn’t exist, imagine typing addresses every…
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New Web Accessibility website launches
Web Services in ITS has launched a new website focused on best practices for creating accessible content on Carleton websites. The Web Accessibility site highlights 10–15 commonly overlooked…
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Being an A11y: the meaning of Accessibility
While there is a huge commitment to the principles of accessibility among the Carleton – and no more so among the community of people who…
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Accessibility Wrapped 2023!
This is a list of the top web accessibility achievements at a very granular level. Looking through the list you might think this is a…
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Back end block checks: helping you to help your website
If you clicked on the headline for this post and expected an article on a player who stops the quarterback from scoring a touchdown then…
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Overly overlaid with over-promising: Why we don’t use an accessibility overlay
Too good to be true… You may have seen them. Often, they are represented by a blue circle with the white icon of a person:…
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End of an error: removing the HTML code editor in WordPress
There are a lot of great improvements to the Carleton web template on the horizon when we launch cuTheme. Something we are excited for is…