Create accessible materials
Make sure all materials provided, shared, used, and displayed are accessible to all participants. Plan and check accessibility using the relevant platforms, tools, and technology or by consulting experts.
Detailed advice for producing accessible formats can be found at:
Plan: Create accessible materials – audio and video content
Plan: Create accessible materials – forms and surveys
Plan: Create accessible materials – images and diagrams
Plan: Create accessible materials – presentations
Plan: Create accessible materials – print and digital documents
Make sure all materials are accessible to all participants
Plan ahead. Think about how you can run an accessible project right from the start. Consider:
- the type of activity – for example, facilitated, unfacilitated
- who will be participating, their accessibility needs and the accommodations they require
- the location of the activity – for example, in-person, online, hybrid
- how content will be delivered – for example, printed, audio broadcast, displayed on a screen, hand-written, spoken, or a mix of many formats
- how participants will contribute – for example, in writing, speaking, typing, drawing, or a mix of many methods
- in what other accessible formats you should present the information – for example, in braille, Auslan, Easy Read, large print, audio description, and in different languages.
Work with others to ensure your materials are accessible. You should:
- Discuss accessibility with participants, including people with disability.
- Get advice from disability organisations.
- Talk to and pay specialists.
When editing existing materials, you should:
- Make sure your edits keep original accessibility features.
- Make changes so the materials work with your participants’ accessibility needs.
- Check the changes using the latest accessibility tools and technology for different accessibility needs. Examples could be in-built program accessibility checkers and browser extensions.
Relevant pages
Design: Consider time and costs
Design: Partner with disability specialists
Plan: Give participants clear information in advance
Accessibility and the digital service standard (Digital Transformation Agency)
How to make social media accessible: our top three tips (Vision Australia)
Accessible communication toolkit (Inclusive SA)
Online accessibility toolkit (Government of South Australia)
Accessibility testing toolkit (Digital.NSW)
Easy checks – a first review of web accessibility (W3C)
Screen reader testing (University of Melbourne)
The use of colour in materials
When you use colour, you should:
- Make sure any information communicated in colour is also communicated using symbols, patterns and/or text.
- Use online colour checker tools to ensure the colours you use meet the latest and highest Web Content Accessibility Guidelines contrast ratio.
- Use colours that are colour-blind safe.
Relevant pages
Colour contrast analyser (Vision Australia)
Communicating data with colour (Department of Transport and Planning, Victoria)