Learn how to create accessible social media content with digital strategist and accessibility advocate Alexa Heinrich. Alexa will take you through inclusive best practices for copy and formatting, visuals and images, and audio and video. The entire presentation is packed with useful tips and info as well as demonstrations of good and bad social media content.
For a full audio transcript of this video, visit https://www.accessible-social.com/extra-resources/video-lesson.
00:16 - Introduction to Disability
02:54 - Why Accessibility Matters
06:00 - Formatting Posts
08:10 - Hashtags
09:15 - Emoji
12:58 - Alternative Characters
15:28 - ASCII Art
16:55 - Alt Text
21:57 - Alt Text Writing Tips
29:32 - Flattened Copy
32:00 - Using GIFs
32:35 - Using Color
33:48 - Audio Descriptions for Video
35:02 - Written Descriptions for Video
36:20 - Captions
40:51 - Live-Streaming
41:28 - Testing Your Content
Accessible Social: https://www.accessible-social.com/
Web Content Accessibility Guidelines: https://www.w3.org/WAI/standards-guidelines/wcag/
Emojipedia: https://emojipedia.org/
Adobe Color Accessibility: https://color.adobe.com/create/color-accessibility
