8 Accessibility

Accessibility

By creating a Pressbooks account, you agree to the Terms of Service, which includes responsibility for meeting federal and state digital accessibility standards. Pressbooks features and outputs are designed to support accessibility. Pressbooks is committed to making its code and user interface comply with WCAG 2.1 (level AA) standards, and it is developing additional tools to help authors maximize the accessibility of published work.

Use this short checklist^[1] to make sure your book is optimized for accessibility. This guidance is based on the excellent accessibility resources created by the University of British Columbia.

• Use pre-formatted headings to structure text
• Write meaningful hyperlinks (not “click here”)
• Include alt-text for all uploaded images
• Include transcripts for uploaded media
• Use a readable font size
• Use high-contrast colors (WebAIM Contrast Checker)
• Make sure to use only H5P activity types that are accessible
• Produce other downloadable, accessible files types: PDF for digital distribution (PDF/UA-1) and ePUB

JMU Libraries Pressbooks also includes the Accessibility Authoring Tool, which helps you spot and resolve accessibility issues directly in the editor.