Accessibility Checklist for Content Editors

This process should be followed whenever a new page or new content is added to an AEA website. Additional instructions can be found on the AEA Accessible Content page in Answers.

Images

• Alt text is descriptive
• Alt text is unique on the page (not used more than once)                               
• Alt text does not include the words “image” or “graphic”                              
• Alt text does not include special characters                                                

Headings      

• Headings are nested by their level (H1 to H6) and do not skip levels                 
• H1 heading is not used in the content area (H1 headings are reserved for page titles)

Fonts    

• The site’s default CSS has not been overwritten with inline styles                    

Content

• Underlines are not added to content (Underlines are reserved for hyperlinks)
• Long content is broken into paragraphs or bulleted lists to aid readability

Hyperlinks    

• The purpose part of the text is linked                                                      
• The text does not include “click here” or “learn more” or “more”

PDFs     

• The word [PDF] follow the document text and is included as part of the link      
• PDF has been made accessible                                                                  

Other documents

• The correct file type has been added to the link text such as [Word] or [Excel]
• The document has been made accessible                                                    

Videos   

• Close captioning has been turned on for the video and verified that it matches the audio     
• Title attribute has been added to the HTML

Tables

• Tables were not used for content (not accessible and not responsive for mobile users)