By making digital slides accessible, you can help ensure that everyone, regardless of their abilities, can access and understand the information presented. Accessible digital slides also help to promote inclusivity and diversity in the workplace, in education, and in society as a whole. Digital slides that are not accessible can create barriers to accessing and understanding the content for people with disabilities, such as visual or hearing impairments, cognitive disabilities, or mobility impairments.

By making virtual classrooms accessible, you are promoting inclusivity and diversity in the learning environment. Students with disabilities may find hard to attend to traditional classroom settings due to physical barriers. By making virtual classrooms available and accessible, you are promoting a more inclusive learning environment. When virtual classrooms are accessible, students are more likely to be engaged, motivated, and successful in their learning.

Accessible tutoring helps to build a more inclusive learning environment that values and supports the diversity of its students. This can help create a sense of belonging and connection among students, which can improve their overall well-being and academic success.

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• Understand student accessibility needs

As a teacher, it is important to design tests that are accessible and minimise the need for additional student support. I.e. students should be able to access information and respond in multiple ways with an appropriate response time limit. In any case, it is advisable that educational institutions issue guidelines to create inclusive tests that consider the needs of diverse student groups.

The student support plan helps to ensure that students receive the necessary accommodations to achieve their learning goals. It is important to set up a proactive support system in which teachers can promote a positive learning environment and reduce potential barriers for students with disabilities and support staff are informed about the adaptations that the student may need.

Identifying the specific needs of students allows informed decisions on the individual accommodations and support provided to ensure equal access to the learning experience. E.g. preferred screen reader software, office application and the means of receiving and learning study contents.

There are many, national and supranational, regulations and standards to meet in digital distance education. Here are the most relevant that apply within the European union.

In this page you may find an outline and description of the procedure for ensuring the accessibility of digital educational material. Please, mind that the most basic and important thing is assuring that the content tailored to the target audience and is effective in achieving the learning goals.

The EPUB3 is one of the most accessible digital publishing formats. It is based on web technologies therefore, most of the accessibility guidelines and best practices of web development apply here too. This format is recommended for books, reference material, class handouts and other documents intended for reading-only.

Accessible text has a great contribution in achieving inclusive learning environments. The accessibility of textual content can be enhanced by emphasising the use of appropriate language, clarity, and coherence. In this way, not only can the content be understood by a wider audience, but the quality of the educational material increases dramatically.