LXD Style Guide

iPD’s Guide for Course Design & Development

Accessibility

Text should be used to convey content, rather than images of text. Exceptions include logotypes (text that is part of a logo or brand name) and images that are essential to the information being conveyed (i.e. images of primary source documents). These exceptions must be accompanied by a text alternative for learners. Complex images, such as charts or graphs, can be used where necessary, but must include an image transcript / long description.
Make course elements written in a language other than English machine readable by marking up the part of the text where you use a World Language by creating a language tag with a correct lang attribute in it.
Provide a text-based transcript for all such media, including H5P. This text-based alternative should take the form of a detailed transcript that includes all of the auditory and visual information contained in the time-based media that is relevant to the learner's understanding of the content they are learning about.