Enhancing Institutional EDI Knowledge of Disability and Academic Accessibility 

• Creating accessible documents present considerations beyond how the content is laid out on a page. 

• Readability and comprehension by a wide audience – including persons with sensory impairments or learning disabilities – is important so your document needs to work well with screen reading software. 

• Rather than retrofitting existing course materials to address accessibility after challenges arise, it is best to create content that is accessible from the start. 

Visit our ALS Information for Faculty website to learn more about creating accessible documents. 

Humber’s Teaching + Learning Support Centre also has a robust range of resources and workshops on creating accessible courses and materials, along with instructions on how to create and caption videos through Panopto. They also offer a 3-part Digital Documents Accessibility training series.

Please email us at accessible-learning@humber.ca with suggestions for key accessibility-related topics that you would like us to address through the Communiqué.