Accessible PowerPoint
Accessibility is becoming even more important in the education marketplace. Students and instructors with disabilities use many different assistive technologies, and McGraw-Hill Education is working to increase compatibility and access that will not only help those with disabilities achieve better learning outcomes, but also serve the institutions that are teaching these students. Accessible PowerPoint allows slide content to be read by a screen reader and provides alternative text descriptions for any image files used that enrich the learning experience. Accessible PowerPoint is also designed with high-contrast color palettes and uses texture when possible, instead of color to denote different aspects of the imagery used within the slide.

A note on reviewing slides for accessibility: PowerPoint’s Accessibility Checker can sometimes misleadingly flag items as errors that are done properly based on accessibility guidelines. Examples include “Check Reading Order” and “Missing Alt Text.” For details, please review this Word document (43.0K)