An accessible site means the site content is navigable and readable by users with visual, hearing, motor, or cognitive disabilities.
Making our institution more inclusive is essential to meeting our educational standards; it is also your responsibility as a member of the Stanford administration. Additionally, everyone benefits from accessible sites.
The platform your website is on is accessible out-of-the-box. As a site owner, it is your responsibility to ensure that the content you add onto the site continues to be accessibility compliant.
Familiarize yourself with accessibility practices and make them a part of your regular practice. Understand that some users utilize screen readers; some navigate using a keyboard rather than a mouse; some need captions; and so on.
Those include:
Use proper heading structure
Write meaningful links and file names
Use alternative text to describe images
Provide captions and transcripts for audio and video
Avoid tables
Resources:
Stanford Office of Digital Accessibility