<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif;font-size:small">Hi David.</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif;font-size:small"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif;font-size:small">We also have a multisite. Our students request sites for their academic classes. It is their responsibility (Terms of Use) to incorporate accessibility features in their site content. They don't always do it, mind you! </div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif;font-size:small"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif;font-size:small">I looked at the WP Accessibility Plugin and didn't find it all that helpful. It does offer some features that a site visitor could use to make the site more accessible - changing the font size, "high contrast" mode, skip-links. But, it doesn't really address making the site's content accessible from the start.</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif;font-size:small"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif;font-size:small">When I teach WordPress workshops, I show users how to create accessible content - text formatting using headers, descriptive hyperlinks, accessible fonts, good contrast, alt text for images, captioning and transcripts, etc. Below are some references and tools I use.</div><div class="gmail_default" style=""><font face="verdana, sans-serif"><br></font></div><div class="gmail_default" style=""><font face="verdana, sans-serif"><b>References</b><br></font><ul style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif;font-size:small"><li><a href="https://webaim.org/">WebAIM</a></li><li><a href="https://www.w3.org/TR/WCAG20/">Web Content Accessibility Guidelines</a> (WCAG) </li><li><a href="https://make.wordpress.org/accessibility/handbook/">WordPress Accessibility Handbook</a></li></ul></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif;font-size:small"><b>Accessibility Tools</b></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif;font-size:small"><ul><li><a href="https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/chromevox-classic-extensi/kgejglhpjiefppelpmljglcjbhoiplfn">ChromeVox Screen Reader</a> (Chrome extension)</li><li><a href="https://www.texthelp.com/en-us/products/read-write/read-write-for-google/">Read & Write Gold</a> (Chrome extension)</li><li><a href="https://www.nvaccess.org/download/">NVDA</a> (free downloadable screen reader)</li><li><a href="https://support.google.com/youtube/answer/2734796?hl=en">YouTube Captions</a></li><li><a href="http://otranscribe.com/">Online Transcript Creator</a></li><li><a href="https://qz.com/work/1087765/how-to-transcribe-audio-fast-and-for-free-using-google-docs-voice-typing/">Google Doc Voice Typing</a></li><li><a href="https://wave.webaim.org/">Web Accessibility Evaluation Tool</a> (website accessibility checker)</li></ul></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif;font-size:small"><b>Simulations</b><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif;font-size:small"><ul><li><a href="https://www.funkify.org/simulators/">Funkify Disability Simulator</a> (Chrome extension)</li><li><a href="https://chrome.google.com/webstore/search/web disability simulator">Web Disability Simulator by Metamatrix</a> (Chrome extension)</li><li><a href="https://www.toptal.com/designers/colorfilter/">Color Blindness Simulator</a></li></ul></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif;font-size:small">As far as themes go, you can search in WordPress (<a href="https://wordpress.org/themes/">https://wordpress.org/themes/</a>) > <b>Feature Filter </b>for "Accessibility Ready" themes. For more information, see the <a href="https://make.wordpress.org/accessibility/handbook/which-themes-can-you-use/">WordPress Accessibility Handbook</a>.  This is probably WAY more information than you wanted, but I hope it is helpful.</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif;font-size:small"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif;font-size:small">Best.</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif;font-size:small"><br></div><div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><font style="font-family:georgia,serif" size="2"><i><b>Laurie B. Miles</b></i></font><br>Instructional Technology Specialist <br><a href="https://ctl.unca.edu/" style="font-size:12.8px" target="_blank">UNC Asheville Center for Teaching and Learning</a><span style="font-size:12.8px;font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"> | <a href="http://library.unca.edu/digital_scholarship" target="_blank">Digital Scholarship Team Ramsey Library</a>  </span><span style="font-size:12.8px;font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"></span></div><div><a href="mailto:lmiles@unca.edu" target="_blank">lmiles@unca.edu</a> |828-251-6630<br></div><div><br></div><div>Interested in learning more about WordPress? See our website <a href="https://wp.unca.edu" target="_blank">WordPress at UNC Asheville</a></div><div>Ask me about Moodle and Instructional design! See <a href="http://ctl-unca.org/moodle3/" target="_blank">Moodle Information</a></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><br></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Tue, Sep 10, 2019 at 2:03 PM Grogan, David <<a href="mailto:David.Grogan@tufts.edu">David.Grogan@tufts.edu</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">





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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11pt">Hello all,<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11pt"><u></u> <u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11pt">Recent mandates and guidelines at our school have us taking a close look at how we can ensure sites created on our multi-site instance are meeting digital accessibility standards (keyboard access to all features
 of a site, accessible by screen readers etc.). Since we run our system as a self-service platform it’s going to be difficult to have all sites 100% accessible but we are looking at ways to mitigate issues.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11pt">I’d be interested to know how others are approaching this issue.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11pt">I’m going to assessing these three plugins:<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11pt"><u></u> <u></u></span></p>
<p class="gmail-m_7529905307335598223list-number2"><span class="gmail-m_7529905307335598223author-187698890"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";color:rgb(34,34,34)"><a href="https://wordpress.org/plugins/wp-accessibility/" target="_blank">https://wordpress.org/plugins/wp-accessibility/</a></span></span><u></u><u></u></p>
<p class="gmail-m_7529905307335598223list-number2"><span class="gmail-m_7529905307335598223author-187698890"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";color:rgb(34,34,34)"><a href="https://wordpress.org/plugins/wp-accessibility-helper/" target="_blank">https://wordpress.org/plugins/wp-accessibility-helper/</a></span></span><u></u><u></u></p>
<p class="gmail-m_7529905307335598223list-number2"><span class="gmail-m_7529905307335598223author-187698890"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";color:rgb(34,34,34)"><a href="https://wordpress.org/plugins/userway-accessibility-widget/" target="_blank">https://wordpress.org/plugins/userway-accessibility-widget/</a></span></span><u></u><u></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11pt">Are there others people can recommend?
<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11pt">Are there certain themes that are more accessible than others that you have tried?<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11pt"><u></u> <u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11pt">Any thoughts/experiences/ideas you have would be greatly appreciated.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11pt">Best wishes,<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11pt">David<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black">-- </span><span style="color:black"><u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black">David Grogan</span><span style="color:black"><u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black">Senior Solutions Specialist</span><span style="color:black"><u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black">Tufts Technology Services – Educational Technology Services</span><span style="color:black"><u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black">617-627-2859</span><span style="color:black"><u></u><u></u></span></p>
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