Digital accessibility is the practice of making digital documents, emails, and web content easy for people to access, understand, and navigate.
Who's responsible for digital accessibility
You have a responsibility to make sure all digital content that you create and share is accessible. This includes, but is not limited to:
- emails
- digital documents, like Word docs, PowerPoint slides, and spreadsheets
- pages on the University website
- online teaching and training courses
As a university, we're legally obliged to make our website accessible to all users. If you add content to the University website, it's your responsibility to make sure it's accessible to everyone.
The new guidance
The new digital accessibility guidance will help you understand:
- what digital accessibility means
- why you need to create accessible content
- how to implement it in your work
- the accessibility regulations we need to follow
Guidance for Typecase users
As a university, we have a legal responsibility to make sure our web content is accessible to everyone.
We've integrated the new accessibility guidance with our existing guidance about:
This will help you prioritise accessibility so it becomes part of the process of creating, reviewing, and maintaining web content.
Guidance for all staff
Everyone is responsible for making their digital content accessible. When you share a document or send an email, it’s important to remember that people read information in different ways and may not process content in the same way you do.
The new accessibility guidance includes information for any staff to use when creating digital content, including:
- making emails accessible
- creating accessible video and audio content
- making images accessible
- creating accessible presentations, spreadsheets, and Word documents
Get in touch
If you have any questions about the digital accessibility guidance, contact the Digital Content team at beta-content@bath.ac.uk