Design accessible digital content
Accessible content helps more people understand and use what you create.
Lesson overview
What you'll learn in this lesson
Create accessible digital content for a real audience
Key learning points
- • Structure and contrast
- • Media alternatives
This lesson at a glance
- 25 minutes
- 12 parts to scroll through
- 3 quick checks
- Marked quiz at the end
- Gentle pace: short sittings with pauses
Words to know
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Watch & discover
Part 1 of 12
Visual introductionPicture this
Design accessible digital content
Accessible content helps more people understand and use what you create.
In a nutshell
Create accessible digital content for a real audience
Explore the idea
Part 2 of 12
Learn
Structure and contrast
Use meaningful headings, readable contrast, concise link labels and a logical reading order rather than relying on colour alone.
Explore the idea
Part 3 of 12
Learn
Media alternatives
Add useful alt text to informative images, captions or transcripts to video, and labels to form controls. Test keyboard navigation.
Reset break
Part 4 of 12
Pause
That's sitting 1 of 3 done
Stretch, get a drink, look out of the window. There is no timer and nothing is counting down — your place is saved, so you can come back in five minutes or tomorrow.
Quick check
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Quick check
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Quick check
Part 7 of 12
Reset break
Part 8 of 12
Pause
That's sitting 2 of 3 done
Stretch, get a drink, look out of the window. There is no timer and nothing is counting down — your place is saved, so you can come back in five minutes or tomorrow.
Challenge round
Part 9 of 12
Game · Sort it
Which of these are true?
Drag each card into the right column. Tap a card first if dragging is fiddly.
True
Not true
Challenge round
Part 10 of 12
Game · Recall cards
What should headings provide?
Card 1 of 3
Mastery quiz
Part 11 of 12
Marked quiz
End of lesson quiz: Design accessible digital content
3 questions, marked with the reasoning shown. No timer.
1. What should headings provide?
2. What helps a video user who cannot hear it?
3. Should meaning rely on colour alone?
Lesson round-up
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Lesson round-up
Ready when you are
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Points this lesson
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Luna: 0 out of 3 on the practice checks. Only if you feel up to it — one more?
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