Toolbox Tip: Create Your Own Accessibility Checklist

Building accessibility into your content creation process may extend your production timeline... at first. Over time, an accessibility checklist will become second nature to you, enhance your overall project, and ensure your content can be accessed by all learners.

In this Toolbox Tip video, accessibility expert Haley Shust does a deep dive into the importance of an accessibility checklist, the beginning steps of creating an accessibility checklist, and user experience factors to consider. At the end of this video, you should have a good idea of where to start with incorporating an accessibility checklist into your work.

Video Contents:
0:00-0:36 - Intro
0:37-2:10 - Why Accessibility Checklists are Important
2:11-3:47 - Picking a Standard to Follow
3:48-5:52 - To Build or to Borrow a Checklist Outline
5:53-7:24 - User Experience: How Will the Checklist be Accessed?
7:25-8:32 - User Experience: How Will the Checklist be Structured?
8:33-9:02 - User Experience: How Will You Measure Compliance?
9:03-10:12 - User Experience: Considering Data Collection
10:13-14:24 - Example of a Usable Checklist
14:25-15:20 - Reviewing & Updating Your Checklist