Quick reference guides
- Accessibility cheat sheets — One-page quick references for Word, PowerPoint and Modern Campus CMS.
- Website accessibility guide — Learn how to check accessibility issues on your own website.
Templates
- CTE’s Accessible Syllabus and Schedule Templates — Download templates and edit boilerplate language while keeping an accessible structure.
Tools and checkers
- Blackboard Ally Quick Start Guide — Learn how to check the accessibility of your course content.
- Gamecock Accessibility Checker — Chrome extension for diagnosing accessibility challenges on sc.edu web pages.
- WAVE Web Accessibility Evaluation Tools — Browser extensions and online tool to check accessibility of any web page.
- USC Accessibility Suite — College-developed software that can reduce time in making large batches of files accessible.
Creating accessible content
- Making accessible documents — Built-in tools for Word, PowerPoint, PDFs and more.
- Making math equations accessible — Guidance on MathML and converting from LaTeX.
- Website accessibility guide — Learn how to check web pages outside the university template (such as website for a faculty member or lab) for accessibility.
Tips for Creating Accessible Instructional Materials
These tip sheets are especially helpful for instructors creating course materials:
- Accessibility Tips for Charts, Graphs, and Equations [pdf]
- Blackboard Course Design Accessibility [pdf]
USC digital accessibility support offices
Do you teach using Blackboard? Check your course's digital accessibility Ally Score.
Blackboard Ally gives your course an overall accessibility rating, identifies specific content to edit, and provides step-by-step instructions for improving accessibility. Start by reading Ally Quick Start for Instructors. Then, follow these steps to check your course’s Ally Score:
- Log in to your course
- Look for “Details & Actions”
- Scroll down to “Books and Tools”
- Click “View course & institution tools”
- Click “Accessibility Report”
- Check your score and then click “Start” to fix any issues
Need help? Contact either e-Learning Services or the Office of Digital Accessibility.