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Please join the Research Guides Team for our first accessibility lesson. During this workshop, we’ll focus on creating accessible images with alternative text. We’ll also cover more detailed equivalent text for more detailed images and info graphics. If you can’t make it to this session, please register anyway and we’ll send you the recording afterwards! Questions? Reach out to resguidesteam@umich.edu. The URL for this online … Continue reading Images and Alternative Text: Research Guides Accessibility Lessons Series »

Please join the Research Guides Team for our second accessibility lesson. During this workshop, we’ll focus on creating accessible links within your research guides. Good link text helps all users, especially those using screen readers, understand link destinations and behaviors. If you can’t make it to this session, please register anyway and we’ll send you the recording afterwards! Questions? Reach out to resguidesteam@umich.edu. The URL … Continue reading Descriptive Links: Research Guides Accessibility Lessons Series »

Please join the Research Guides Team for our third accessibility lesson. During this workshop, we’ll focus on creating accessible text within your research guides. If you can’t make it to this session, please register anyway and we’ll send you the recording afterwards! Questions? Reach out to resguidesteam@umich.edu.   The URL for this online session will be included in the confirmation message you receive 5-10 minutes … Continue reading Textual Content: Research Guides Accessibility Lessons Series »

Please join the Research Guides Team for our fourth accessibility lesson. During this workshop, we’ll focus on making your linked documents (e.g., slides and uploaded PDFs) and forms associated with your research guides accessible. If you can’t make it to this session, please register anyway and we’ll send you the recording afterwards! Questions? Reach out to resguidesteam@umich.edu.   The URL for this online session will … Continue reading Linked Documents & Forms: Research Guides Accessibility Lessons Series »

Please join the Research Guides Team for our fifth accessibility lesson. During this workshop, we’ll focus on including accessible media (e.g. embedded videos) within your research guides. If you can’t make it to this session, please register anyway and we’ll send you the recording afterwards! Questions? Reach out to resguidesteam@umich.edu. The URL for this online session will be included in the confirmation message you receive … Continue reading Embedded Media: Research Guides Accessibility Lessons Series »

Please join the Research Guides Team for our sixth accessibility lesson of the fall 2025 semester. During this workshop, we’ll focus on the responsible use of tables, tabbed boxes, and custom widgets in Research Guides. We emphasize using these advanced components only when necessary, providing best practices for accessibility with detailed instructions on accessible table features, avoiding tables for visual layout, and making your tabbed … Continue reading Advanced Components: Research Guides Accessibility Lessons Series »

Please join the Research Guides Team for our last accessibility lesson of our guide accessibility series. During this workshop, we’ll focus on using automated accessibility testing tools, understanding results, and correcting errors. If you can’t make it to this session, please register anyway and we’ll send you the recording afterwards! Questions? Reach out to resguidesteam@umich.edu. Questions? Reach out to resguidesteam@umich.edu.   The URL for this … Continue reading Automated Testing: Research Guides Accessibility Lessons Series »