{"id":15874,"date":"2019-09-27T09:06:57","date_gmt":"2019-09-27T13:06:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/?p=15874&#038;preview=true&#038;preview_id=15874"},"modified":"2024-07-08T06:05:17","modified_gmt":"2024-07-08T10:05:17","slug":"tech-tip-designing-for-accessibility","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/2019\/09\/27\/tech-tip-designing-for-accessibility\/","title":{"rendered":"Tech Tip: Designing for accessibility"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/accessibility.blog.gov.uk\/2016\/09\/02\/dos-and-donts-on-designing-for-accessibility\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"700\" height=\"631\" src=\"https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/designing-for-accessibility-700x631.png\" alt=\"Posters showing the dos and don'ts of designing for users with accessibility needs including autism, blindness, low vision, D\/deaf or hard of hearing, mobility and dyslexia. Text: https:\/\/accessibility.blog.gov.uk\/2016\/09\/02\/dos-and-donts-on-designing-for-accessibility\/\" class=\"wp-image-15876\" srcset=\"https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/designing-for-accessibility-700x631.png 700w, https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/designing-for-accessibility-155x140.png 155w, https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/designing-for-accessibility-222x200.png 222w, https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/designing-for-accessibility-768x692.png 768w, https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/designing-for-accessibility-665x599.png 665w, https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/designing-for-accessibility.png 1258w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This month\u2019s Tech Tip is a little different than my previous tips. Rather than sharing a specific tool, I wanted to share some <a href=\"https:\/\/accessibility.blog.gov.uk\/2016\/09\/02\/dos-and-donts-on-designing-for-accessibility\/\">resources created by Karwai Pun<\/a> on the topic of designing for accessibility. These easy-to-read posters cover designing for many different users: those with low vision, who are hard of hearing, experience dyslexia, and more. In some cases, you may want to print some of them off to display in your office or use during an upcoming meeting. In other cases, you may just want to bookmark the page or download the posters for future reference. Either way, they include some excellent information and are well-designed themselves.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Learn more and download the posters on the <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/accessibility.blog.gov.uk\/2016\/09\/02\/dos-and-donts-on-designing-for-accessibility\/\"><strong>GOV.UK blog<\/strong><\/a><strong>.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Have a cool app, tool, or tech tip you&#8217;d like to share?&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/mail.google.com\/mail\/?view=cm&amp;fs=1&amp;tf=1&amp;to=mastersc@umich.edu\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">&nbsp;Contact Chase Masters<\/a>.&nbsp;Please note that Tech Tips are personal recommendations and might not be officially endorsed or supported by U-M.&nbsp;<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This month\u2019s Tech Tip is a little different than my previous tips. Rather than sharing a specific tool, I wanted to share some resources created by Karwai Pun on the topic of designing for accessibility. These easy-to-read posters cover designing for many different users: those with low vision, who are hard of hearing, experience dyslexia, and more. In\u2026 <span class=\"read-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/2019\/09\/27\/tech-tip-designing-for-accessibility\/\">Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":83,"featured_media":9792,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_uag_custom_page_level_css":"","_umich_oidc_access":"","_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[95,109,188,547],"class_list":["post-15874","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-professional-development","tag-accessibility","tag-design","tag-people","tag-tech-tip"],"uagb_featured_image_src":{"full":["https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/UMIT-Tech-Tip-mark.png",200,140,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/UMIT-Tech-Tip-mark.png",200,140,false],"medium":["https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/UMIT-Tech-Tip-mark.png",200,140,false],"medium_large":["https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/UMIT-Tech-Tip-mark.png",200,140,false],"large":["https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/UMIT-Tech-Tip-mark.png",200,140,false],"1536x1536":["https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/UMIT-Tech-Tip-mark.png",200,140,false],"2048x2048":["https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/UMIT-Tech-Tip-mark.png",200,140,false],"excerpt-thumbnail":["https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/UMIT-Tech-Tip-mark.png",200,140,false],"themonic-thumbnail":["https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/UMIT-Tech-Tip-mark-60x42.png",60,42,true],"ioslider-thumbnail":["https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/UMIT-Tech-Tip-mark.png",200,140,false],"post-thumbnail":["https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/UMIT-Tech-Tip-mark.png",200,140,false],"400x250-crop":["https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/UMIT-Tech-Tip-mark.png",200,140,false]},"uagb_author_info":{"display_name":"Chase Masters, University Library","author_link":"https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/author\/mastersc\/"},"uagb_comment_info":0,"uagb_excerpt":"This month\u2019s Tech Tip is a little different than my previous tips. 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