PDFs
Microsoft Files: Word documents, PowerPoints, and Excel sheets: These are often shared internally and externally.
Google Docs and Canva Docs as equivalents of Microsoft files.
E-books and Digital Publications.
Forms (online and downloadable).
Newsletters and Emails.
Email Signatures: Proper headings, fonts, high-contrast colors, and alt text for images.
Live Events:
Webinars and Virtual Meetings: Provide live captions and/or sign language interpreters.
Live Streaming: Ensure any live content has real-time captions.
Websites and Web Pages: This includes your main website, microsites, and landing pages.
Web-based Applications: Any internal or external software, dashboards, or portals.
Blogs and Articles: Ensure proper use of headings, alt text for images, and clear language.
Interactive Elements: Forms, quizzes, surveys, and polls.
Website Navigation: Menus, breadcrumbs, and links should be keyboard-accessible and clearly labeled.
Social Media Content: While platforms have their own accessibility features, you are responsible for the content you post. This includes:
Images with alt text or descriptions.
Videos with captions.
Use of camel case for hashtags (e.g., #ThisIsAnExample).
Accessible emojis and special characters.
Videos: Beyond captions, consider:
Transcripts: For those who cannot watch or hear the video.
Audio Descriptions: For people with visual impairments, describing key visual information that is not conveyed through the audio.
Audio Files (Podcasts, Recordings): These need full transcripts.
Graphics and Infographics:
Alt Text: For simple images.
Long Descriptions or Text Alternatives: For complex images, like charts and graphs, the full data or a detailed description should be available in a non-visual format.
Online Courses and Learning Management Systems (LMS): Be sure to inventory all content within the LMS, including modules, quizzes, and multimedia.
Software and Internal Systems: Consider the accessibility of the tools stakeholders use daily, such as a company intranet or CRM.
Third-Party Content: Inventory any content or tools you use from third parties, as you are responsible for their accessibility when they are integrated into your platforms.
Legacy Content: What to “archive”.