Accessibility Resource Center

Accessibility Questions or Issues

For questions or issues pertaining to accessibility, contact us at access@sacredheart.edu or complete our online form to report an accessibility barrier.

Policies & Procedures

• Accessible Procurement Policy
• Digital Accessibility Requirements – Questions for Vendors
  Questionnaire to assess the accessibility of vendor products.
• Digital Accessibility Policy
• Accessibility Statement
• WCAG Standards & Guidelines

Accessibility Resources

Accessibility Training Module

Self-Paced Online Accessibility Training in Dayforce
Available training courses include core concepts relating to web accessibility as well as how to create accessible documents using Microsoft Word, Microsoft PowerPoint, Microsoft Excel, Adobe Acrobat Pro and accessible emails. You can access it by logging into MySHU > Dayforce > select Learning in the upper right corner > select Accessibility Basics 

Blackboard

• Blackboard Training
• Ally File Transformer
  Converts course files into accessible and alternative formats

Accessibility Tools

• Colour Contrast Analyser

Documents

• Microsoft: Make Your PowerPoint Presentations Accessible
• Microsoft: Make Your Word Documents Accessible
• Microsoft: Make Your Excel Documents Accessible
• Adobe: Create & Verify PDF Accessibility
• EBSCOeBooks - User Guide

Additional questions regarding accessibility of materials from SHU Library can be sent to Mark Denny, Manager of Library Instructional Support Services & Technology, at dennym@sacredheart.edu.

Email & Newsletters

• Email Accessibility Best Practices
  Learn how to properly set up an email using accessibility best practices.
• Sway
  Create digital and accessible newsletters within Outlook

Multimedia (Videos/Podcasts)

• Closed Captioning
  • YouTube
    YouTube offers a free built-in capability to caption videos easily by typing video transcripts directly into the YouTube interface and using the automatic timing feature.
  • Rev
    A paid service that offers video captioning, transcription and translation.
• Stream
  Microsoft Stream is a secure video service that is part of Office 365 apps. It allows you to upload and share videos securely; add subtitles or captions to your videos and generates captions automatically using Automatic Speech Recognition technology.

SHU Resource Centers

• Academic Computing
• Center for Teaching & Learning
• Office of Student Accessibility
• Marketing & Communications

Screen Reader

• NVDA Screen Reader

Website

• SHU Website Training on TerminalFour
  Register for a training session and/or sign up to be put on our training list.
• Checklist for Content Creators
• Checklist for Designers/Developers