Accessibility

Courses and course content developed on our platform should be accessible to everyone, regardless of any physical limitation that they might have.

The topics in this section are intended to help course teams understand how to develop courses that can serve the widest possible audience.

Note

Course teams should familiarize themselves with this best practices guidance and distribute it to any members of their teams who are responsible for creating course content.

Accessibility Best Practices

• What Is The edX Accessibility Best Practices Guidance Based On?
• Supporting Learners with Diverse Needs
  • Who Are Our Learners?
  • Removing Barriers to Learning
• Accessibility Best Practices for Developing Course Content
  • Make Sure Your Course Content is Perceivable
  • Make Sure Your Course Content is Understandable
  • Use Best Practices for Describing Images
  • Create Accessible Course Materials
  • Use Best Practices for Mathematical Content
  • Use Best Practices for Custom Content Types
  • Create Accessible Media
  • Use Best Practices for HTML Markup
  • Apply Universal Design for Learning
• Designing Your Course For a Mobile Experience
  • Testing Your Course For Mobile Devices
• Accessibility Checker
  • Accessibility Checker Use Case
  • Accessibility Checker Review
  • Advantage of the Accessibility Checker

Accessibility for Video

• Specifying Transcript Options
  • Add a Transcript
  • Edit a Video Transcript
  • Add a Supplemental Downloadable Transcript
• Add a Transcript in Another Language

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