accessibility

In order to comply with legal requirements and provide an effective user experience, the web team will no longer remediate and/or upload inaccessible PDFs to...
NASA. ASAP. HR. Some acronyms are so familiar they seem universal. We forget how dependent they are on context and audience. If you’re at the...
Graphs, charts and other methods of visualizing data can help people understand complicated information at a glance. However, they’re only effective for those with full...
The HighEdWeb Association’s 2022 Accessibility Summit took place online this past July. Several members of the web team benefited from attending the virtual presentations. We’re...
We’ve already provided some best practices for tables and tips for creating accessible tables. But what if you have a table that seems more complex...
Tables can be an effective way to organize related information. In addition to following some best practices for using tables, it’s important to make sure...
Tables can be a useful tool for presenting related content. They’re composed of boxes called cells organized in rows and columns. Table heading cells tell...
Many people with visual and other disabilities use screen readers to access online content. WebAIM, an organization dedicated to promoting web accessibility, regularly surveys screen...
NIU websites must be accessible to everyone. Part of accessibility is using inclusive language. Language is inclusive when it doesn’t exclude anyone based on characteristics...
This fall, members of the web team traveled to Milwaukee to attend the 2019 HighEdWeb conference. The annual conference is sponsored by the Higher Education...