Category: Social media

Plain language

What is plain language? Plain language is writing that is clear, direct and easy for your audience to understand the first time they read it. Its purpose is to make information accessible to everyone, including people with language barriers or cognitive challenges. Using plain language improves user experience and helps ensure your message gets across…

Typography guidelines

Typography involves arranging letters and text in a way that is legible and readable. Typefaces and fonts When choosing a font keep in mind that some font styles are inaccessible. Decorative fonts, fonts with overlapping characters or letters, and fonts where numbers resemble letters are generally inaccessible.  Additional resource Understanding Accessible Fonts and Typography for…

Accessibility checker: Color contrast

Color contrast tools streamline the design phase by quickly assessing text legibility and ensuring adequate visual contrast. Many color contrast checkers are available online to help ensure your designs meet accessibility standards. Below, we’ve listed some well-known tools to help you get started, but you can explore others to find the one that best suits…

Color contrast

Color contrast is the difference in brightness between text (foreground) and its background. Good color contrast makes content readable for everyone, including people with low vision or color blindness. Missouri S&T’s accessibility standards: Why it matters: Strong color contrast ensures your content is visible on all devices and in different lighting. Poor contrast can make…

Accessible link text

Accessible links are crucial for making web pages and documents usable by everyone, including people using screen readers. Follow these simple rules: Key Guidelines Examples Accessible Example:For information on Missouri’s web accessibility policies, visit the Missouri Accessibility page. Inaccessible Example (to avoid):For details on Missouri’s web accessibility, click here.Or: For more information, see https://www.mo.gov/accessibility/ For Printed…

YouTube videos

Captioning videos on YouTube is one of the simplest and most effective ways to make your content accessible to a broader audience. Captions benefit users who are deaf or hard of hearing, as well as viewers watching in noisy environments, non-native speakers, or anyone who simply prefers reading along. In many cases, captions are also…

LinkedIn posts

LinkedIn is a key platform for professional communication, announcements, and personal branding. To ensure that all users can access your content, it’s important to follow a few basic accessibility practices when posting images and videos. Image Posts Images on LinkedIn support alt text, which allows you to provide a written description of the image for…

Instagram posts

Instagram is a highly visual platform, but accessibility features are available to help ensure image and video content is usable by all. While Instagram offers some automatic tools, it’s best to manually add descriptions and captions for accuracy and compliance. Image Posts Instagram allows you to add alt text to describe the content of your…

Facebook posts

Facebook remains one of the most widely used platforms for outreach and engagement, which means it’s also a place where accessibility should be considered when posting content. While some accessibility features are built in, others require manual effort to ensure your content is usable by everyone. Text Posts Standard text-based posts are accessible by default….

Images

Using images in your course materials or on your website is expected; however, not all users have the same vision you have. In order to ensure you still convey your message whether or not readers can view your images as intended, we recommend two strategies that should be used simultaneously: Multimodal presentation and alt text….