Digital Accessibility: Presentations and Visual Aids

Presenter: Brian McNeilly – Web Accessibility Specialist – UCOP

Presentations often contain a unique hybrid of static documents and an accompanying live presentation or talk. This interface of live discussions along with a displayed visual document creates a unique tension for accessibility. In this session we will discuss ways to ensure not long that your slide deck is accessible, but that the whole presentation experience is as accessible as possible.

Learning Objectives: 

• Design slides using accessible layouts
• Adjust the reading order of content within a slide deck
• Ensure sufficient font size & color contrast
• Understand how animations should be used for digital accessibility
• What to include on screen vs in the spoken presentation