Accessibility is a measure of how well any person can access, engage with, and benefit from the learning materials and activities found in a course.
The term is most frequently associated with making sure that students with mental or physical differences can fully participate.
Materials are most useful when they are designed with accessibility in mind. While materials can be remediated to become accessible, it is more efficient to create them as accessible from the beginning. As you develop your knowledge of accessibility and apply accessibility practices, the process will become habitual.
In this guide, you’ll learn how to design accessible PowerPoints from the onset and address accessibility issues that may occur.
Microsoft PowerPoint includes a built-in Accessibility Checker to help you address accessibility issues as you are working through a document. The Accessibility Checker will scan your document as you are working to identify accessibility issues and offer solutions.
To manually launch the Accessibility Checker, select Review > Check Accessibility. The Accessibility pane opens, and you can now review and fix accessibility issues.
For more info, go to Improve accessibility with the Accessibility Checker and Check document accessibility.
Note that some accessibility issues cannot be fixed in the browser-based version of Microsoft PowerPoint but must be addressed in the desktop version instead.