Guides, Hints & Tips
As the project progresses the website will change but here are some initial guidelines and accessibility tips that may be helpful. You can bookmark these web pages or download a zipped Word File
- Blogging, Podcasting, Bookmarks and Wikis
- Colour
- Keyboard Use
- Monitor Use
- Mouse use
- Sorting and Storing Information
- Spell checking on-line and text to speech
Some students helping us with Phase Two of the project have already offered some of their accessibility tips and are happy for us to share them on these web pages.
Sarah's Basic Accessibility Options or download the PowerPoint file Basic Accessibility Options.
Robert's Organising Favorites in Internet Explorer or download the PowerPoint file Organising Favorites.
Elad's method for checking complex words using Microsoft Word, Google and Babylon spell checkers in Internet Explorer.
LexDis Workshop Materials
These are the LexDis cards. Print out the cards then turn the paper stack over and print the card backs onto the reverse side. Lastly, cut them out along the lines, six to a page. You now have a set of the very first LexDis cards (that means that there may be some typos, but we're working on it!).
Begin with all the cards text-side up on a surface. The aim is to match an Issue to its Strategy and Technology. When you are confident you have a good combination, turn the cards over - if the graphic on the back lines up then you are correct.
Download the card fronts and the card backs.
LexDis Guides and How To's
- 10 easy steps to ease on-line communication. (MS Word - 112 KB)
- Adobe Acrobat PDF Accessibility Update. (MS Word - 73 KB)
- Adobe Acrobat PDF Easy Reading. (MS Word - 72 KB)
- Changing Mouse, Keyboard, Colour and Viewing Settings. (MS Word - 72 KB)
- Harvard Reference Style Crib Sheet. (MS Word - 82 KB)
- Keyboard Shortcuts for Rich Text and HTML editors. (MS Word - 55 KB)
- Making Presentations Accessible. (MS Word - 73 KB)
- Microsoft Word Accessibility Update. (MS Word - 70 KB)
- Skip Navigation Web Links Advice. (MS Word - 78 KB)
- Using Audio recorders. (MS Word - 68 KB)
JISC TechDis Accessibility Essentials Series
- Making Electronic Documents More Readable
- Writing Accessible Electronic Documents with Microsoft Word
- Creating Accessible Presentations
- Making the Most of PDFs
JISC TechDis Guides and How To's - Microsoft Products
- Adapting Microsoft Window Options (MS Word - 138 KB)
- Using the Microsoft Word Autotext function (MS Word - 71 KB)
- Using the AutoCorrect function in Microsoft Word (MS Word - 68 KB)
- How to change the appearance of dialogue boxes in Windows (MS Word - 111 KB)
- How to change the Microsoft Windows colour scheme (MS Word - 102 KB)
- How to use Mouse Keys (MS Word - 108 KB)
- Introduction to mouse settings (MS Word - 87 KB)
- Using the Outline View (MS Word - 101 KB)
- Altering the appearance of Screen Tips (MS Word - 105 KB)
- How to use the Styles and Formatting function (MS Word - 121 KB)
- Using Synonyms in Microsoft Word (MS Word - 71 KB)
- how to create a table of contents (MS Word - 146 KB)
- RSC Scotland Spelling and typing support with Microsoft Word AutoCorrect and AutoText. (MS Word - 146 KB)