{"id":88,"date":"2024-07-12T17:08:58","date_gmt":"2024-07-12T21:08:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/a11yondemand\/?post_type=chapter&p=88"},"modified":"2025-05-20T12:59:59","modified_gmt":"2025-05-20T16:59:59","slug":"going-forward","status":"web-only","type":"chapter","link":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/a11yondemand\/chapter\/going-forward\/","title":{"raw":"Going Forward","rendered":"Going Forward"},"content":{"raw":"The best way to solve an issue is to prevent it from happening in the first place. Take what you've learned and incorporate your new skills going forward. Focus on creation and revision, not remediation. As you create new PowerPoints and update existing ones, make sure they are accessible.\r\n\r\n\"\"\r\n\r\nWith the knowledge and skills you've learned making your existing PowerPoints accessible, you can start making accessible PowerPoints from the start. Instead of checking for accessibility once your presentation is built, incorporate accessibility best practices into your workflow.\r\n\r\n\"\"\r\nAs you become more experienced, you'll find your PowerPoints have fewer and fewer accessibility issues. Eventually, you'll be creating accessible PowerPoints without a second thought (or any additional work).\r\n

Useful links<\/h2>\r\nConsider the following resources for additional information:\r\n\r\nPowerPoint Accessibility Quick Start Guide.<\/a>\u200b\r\n\r\nWebAIM: PowerPoint Accessibility.<\/a>\u200b\r\n\r\nUnderstanding PowerPoint Accessibility - University of Colorado Boulder.<\/a>\u200b\r\n\r\nInclusive Content Delivery<\/a> guide.\r\n\r\nRules for the Office accessibility checker.<\/a>\u200b\r\n\r\nColour Contrast Analyzer<\/a> from TPGi is a desktop (Windows and macOS) application to help check for accessible colour.\r\n\r\nRead the PowerPoint Accessibility<\/a> chapter in the Accessibility Handbook for Teaching and Learning<\/a>.\r\n
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Next<\/p>\r\n\r\n<\/header>\r\n

\r\n\r\nLearn how to make PowerPoint accessible from the start<\/a>.\r\n\r\nExplore other software and platforms<\/a> and how to make accessible content.\r\n\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>","rendered":"

The best way to solve an issue is to prevent it from happening in the first place. Take what you’ve learned and incorporate your new skills going forward. Focus on creation and revision, not remediation. As you create new PowerPoints and update existing ones, make sure they are accessible.<\/p>\n

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With the knowledge and skills you’ve learned making your existing PowerPoints accessible, you can start making accessible PowerPoints from the start. Instead of checking for accessibility once your presentation is built, incorporate accessibility best practices into your workflow.<\/p>\n

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\nAs you become more experienced, you’ll find your PowerPoints have fewer and fewer accessibility issues. Eventually, you’ll be creating accessible PowerPoints without a second thought (or any additional work).<\/p>\n

Useful links<\/h2>\n

Consider the following resources for additional information:<\/p>\n

PowerPoint Accessibility Quick Start Guide.<\/a>\u200b<\/p>\n

WebAIM: PowerPoint Accessibility.<\/a>\u200b<\/p>\n

Understanding PowerPoint Accessibility – University of Colorado Boulder.<\/a>\u200b<\/p>\n

Inclusive Content Delivery<\/a> guide.<\/p>\n

Rules for the Office accessibility checker.<\/a>\u200b<\/p>\n

Colour Contrast Analyzer<\/a> from TPGi is a desktop (Windows and macOS) application to help check for accessible colour.<\/p>\n

Read the PowerPoint Accessibility<\/a> chapter in the Accessibility Handbook for Teaching and Learning<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Next<\/p>\n<\/header>\n

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Learn how to make PowerPoint accessible from the start<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Explore other software and platforms<\/a> and how to make accessible content.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":1655,"menu_order":12,"template":"","meta":{"pb_show_title":"on","pb_short_title":"","pb_subtitle":"","pb_authors":[],"pb_section_license":""},"chapter-type":[],"contributor":[],"license":[],"class_list":["post-88","chapter","type-chapter","status-web-only","hentry"],"part":50,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/a11yondemand\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/88","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/a11yondemand\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/a11yondemand\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/chapter"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/a11yondemand\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1655"}],"version-history":[{"count":25,"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/a11yondemand\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/88\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3203,"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/a11yondemand\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/88\/revisions\/3203"}],"part":[{"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/a11yondemand\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/parts\/50"}],"metadata":[{"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/a11yondemand\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/88\/metadata\/"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/a11yondemand\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=88"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"chapter-type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/a11yondemand\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapter-type?post=88"},{"taxonomy":"contributor","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/a11yondemand\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/contributor?post=88"},{"taxonomy":"license","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/a11yondemand\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/license?post=88"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}