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This site is designed to answer three practical questions:

• What should I be thinking about when I create content?
• How do I apply that in the formats and tools I already use?
• Where can I go when I need more detailed, step‑by‑step help?

This site is meant to sit beside your everyday tasks, not above them. As you write, design, or record, you can dip into the parts that speak to the kind of work you do and the audiences you serve.

You might come here when something feels unclear—an image you are not sure how to describe, a long page that feels hard to navigate, a video you are about to share widely—or when a colleague or student raises a question about accessibility. The Core Concepts help you understand what is at stake and why certain practices matter; the Content Formats show how those same ideas play out in real‑world materials like courses, documents, and media.

Over time, the goal is that accessibility becomes part of how you think about your content from the start: who will use this, how will they find what they need, and what extra support might someone rely on to access it? This site is here as a reference and a source of examples you can return to whenever those questions come up in your work.

Accessibility is not something that gets “handled” by a single office or fixed at the last minute by someone else. It sits with every person who plans, creates, approves, and maintains digital content at UC.

Everyone who creates content—whether that is a course site, a unit webpage, a slide deck, a form, a video, or a social post—is responsible for making that content accessible. Even when UC provides the platform or template, the day‑to‑day decisions about headings, images, links, language, and media are made by individual creators.

Leadership also plays a critical role. When leaders set goals, launch projects, approve tools, or roll out communications, they set expectations for accessibility and determine whether staff and faculty have the time, training, and support they need to create accessible content. Choosing accessible platforms, budgeting for captioning and remediation where needed, and building accessibility into project timelines are all part of that leadership responsibility.

This site supports that shared model. It gives content creators practical guidance they can apply right away and gives leaders a clearer sense of what “accessible content” means in practice, so accessibility can be built into plans and expectations from the beginning, not added as an afterthought.