Simple PDF Accessibility [Optional Course Activity 6]

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Practice Time!

PDF ActivityOverview 

Are you ready to try out your new skills on an inaccessible PDF? Take this ungraded quiz to see if you've mastered this module's goals:

  • Determine if a PDF has tags.
  • Evaluate if tags are in a logical reading order.
  • Remediate a given inaccessible PDF.

Instructions & Answer Key

  1. Use the rubric as a guideline. 
  2. Download the following PDF, Download Inaccessible Darwin's Finches Document.
  3. Based on what you have learned, apply the appropriate steps to remediate or fix the given PDF.
  4. Return to the course and continue the module. An answer key for this course activity will be provided on the next page. 

 

Mission Complete?

Once you have completed the assignment, select Next to continue. 

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Rubric

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PDF Accessibility Rubric
PDF Accessibility Rubric
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Remediating an Inaccessible PDF
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Great Job!
Accessible PDF has searchable text and descriptive meta tags. PDF is tagged appropriately and tags panel has logical reading order. Logical heading reading order is present. Alt Text is descriptive and meaningful. Images are formatted correctly to allow assistive technologies to access them. Tables have header rows and/or columns, captions, and alt text.
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Almost There!
PDF has searchable text. Descriptive meta tags may be missing or incomplete. PDF is tagged, but some objects are not tagged correctly to help screen readers determine what type of text or object it is interpreting. Some images have descriptive and meaningful alt text. There are some reading order issues according to the Tags Panel. Tables may be missing header rows and/or columns, captions, and alt text.
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Oops - Try Again!
PDF has logical reading issues, presents inaccessible images due to formatting, lacks tags, and tables need to be formatted correctly to allow screen readers to access the information in a logical reading order.