Accessibility Home

At our institutional core per our Mission Statement is the desire to contribute to the creation of a world that is just, humane, and sustainable.

Incorporating accessibility considerations in all aspects of what we do at Swarthmore is part of how we make our aspirations a reality.

We incorporate thinking about accessibility throughout our work and in the documentation of tools available to the Swarthmore College community. This section of our KnowledgeBase (KB) focuses on some of the fundamental principles and how-to's. You will find other accessibility tips and information in most of our other documentation as well.

Some examples include:

Accessibility Help Pages

• "Fast Five" Essentials to Preparing Materials
• Accessibility Filescan
• Accessibility Home
• Accessibility Main Page
• Accessibility and Online Teaching
• Accessible Alternatives to PDF
• Activating Sticky Keys
• Assistive Technology Software
• Auto-Captioning Videos in YouTube
• Automated Web Accessibility Checkers - Lighthouse
• Best Practices: Webpage Creation
• Captioning Videos in Panopto
• Change the Look of Headings and Paragraphs in Google Docs
• Creating Accessible Documents
• Creating Accessible Documents and PDFs
• Creating PDFs
• Do I have the right version of Word for Mac to use the Accessibility Checker?
• Guidelines for creating accessible digital signage
• Lighthouse
• Live Captions and Transcripts on Personal Devices
• Make PDFs Accessible to More Students (Fundamentals)
• Process for obtaining accessible books
• Scanning Documents for Uploading to Moodle Assignments
• Scanning with the Canon Color Printer
• Simple testing before you buy
• Tools & Tips for Image Descriptions
• Use Microsoft's Accessibility Checkers
• Using Word's Properties to flow into a more accessible PDF
• Using Word's Style Gallery to Create Structure in Your Document
• iOS Background Sounds Focus, Calm, and Accessibility

Links to other resources

• Accessibility Filescan
• Accessibility at Swarthmore
• Gem Alt Text Tool