Identifying Accessible Design Practices

Document design is often discussed in terms of four elements: contrast, repetition, alignment, and proximity. However, there is a fifth element that you need to be mindful of: accessibility. This activity is important because whether you are creating Word documents, PowerPoint slides, websites, or other artifacts, you need to ensure that their design and layout are accessible to all members of your audience. Making your work accessible to your audiences requires you to pay attention to the font and font size, text formatting $($e$.$g$.,$ bold, italics$),$ alignment, colors, a software$$s built$-$in styles, and many more elements that enable readability, comprehension, and usability of your materials.

For this activity, assume you have been asked to create a training manual for new interns that will be available in print and online. Because your audience includes people with a variety of needs, you want to make sure that the documents are accessible for anyone who might read the materials.

The goal of this activity is to demonstrate your understanding of accessible design practices.

Group the document features by whether they represent accessible or inaccessible design practices. Move each label to the correct drop zone box. The notes button next to a label provides more information.