Here are some links for further information and instructions on accessibility in digital instruction (mostly in German).

Accessible layout

• The University of Cologne has further instructions in PDF format:
  https://portal.uni-koeln.de/sites/uni/PDF/Erstellung_barrierefreier_Dokumente_Leitfaden_UK.pdf
• Video tutorials on creating accessible content:
  https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLI5fPE8N5j5zklmm1XYNF-cNzIdhySmm1
• Further information on accessible publication of text:
  https://www.netz-barrierefrei.de/wordpress/barrierefreies-publizieren/

Accessible website design

• https://www.unibas.ch/de/Universitaet/Administration-Services/Bereich-Rektorin/Kommunikation-Marketing/Web-Services/Web-Desk/Barrierefreiheit.html

Creation of accessible PDFs

• https://helpx.adobe.com/ch_de/acrobat/using/creating-accessible-pdfs.html
• https://access-for-all.ch/en/accessibility-of-pdf-documents-and-misconceptions-about-pac/

Alternative text

• The best tips for writing alternative text can be found in instructions for writing image captions:
  https://www.wikihow.com/Write-Good-Captions-in-Photojournalism
• https://www.wikihow.com/Write-a-Caption

MS Word

• Microsoft’s support pages offer detailed instructions for all functions of MS Word: https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/office/customize-or-create-new-styles-d38d6e47-f6fc-48eb-a607-1eb120dec563

The WCAG standard

• The WCAG standard (Web Content Accessibility Guidelines) has been developed for websites and all web content. Here is a description of the standards: https://www.w3.org/WAI/WCAG21/Understanding/
• The University of Basel website meets all the WCAG standards, so you can share information on these pages without any additional measures as long as you observe the general guidelines for text and images.

General

• General information on accessibility in digital spaces can be found at the Access for All Foundation: https://www.access-for-all.ch/ch/