ADA Compliance Checklist for Online Courses
Yes No N/A 1. Ensure hyperlinks are meaningful (Ex. Read Syllabus instead of Click here to...)
2. Use alternative text descriptions for all links
3. Use sans serif fonts for easy readability (Ex. Tahoma, Calibri, Arial (regular), Verdana, Helvetica) 4. Use dark font colors on light backgrounds (preferably use black text on a white background) 5. Avoid extremely bright background colors
6. Use one font throughout the site
7. Avoid overuse of all CAPS, bold and/or italics
8. Avoid underlining words as screen readers can mistake underlined text for navigation links 9. Ensure optical character recognition (OCR) is enabled for all scanned documents and PDF documents 10. Ensure images are clear (not pixelated)
11. Ensure image files are optimized for efficient loading (re-size accordingly)
12. Use of animated images is limited to only those that contribute to the learning experience – supporting the course content
13. Avoid animated or blinking images, text or cursors
14. Ensure all images have alternative text titles and descriptions
15. Ensure audio quality is clear
16. Ensure audio file length meets the goals of the activity without being too large
(restricting downloading ability) and without adding unnecessary information 17. Provide a written transcript with all audio files
18. Ensure the audio player required is compatible with multiple operating systems and requires only a standard, free plug-in. Ex. Adobe Flash 19. Ensure video quality is clear
20. Ensure video file length meets the goals of the activity without being too large
(restricting downloading ability) and without adding unnecessary information 21. Provide closed-captioning or accompanying text-based scripts for all videos
22. Video player required is compatible with multiple operating systems and requires only a standard, free plug-in. Ex. Adobe Flash