33 • Mohamad: Bold, underlining, italics, and superscript numbers can be picked up by screen readers. (The group discussed but rejected the idea of using superscript numbers to indicate certain glossary terms.) • Leslie: The style guide says to avoid italics in text that’s displayed online. Also, the guide says to use bold sparingly. Make sure there aren’t too many glossary terms called out on a single page. • Patrick: In the FAQ, the question itself is bolded, bolding a glossary term within a question wouldn’t work. • Mohamad: Agreed. Also, if there’s a hyperlink, the text needs to be blue. Decisions • Eliminate pop-ups within courses. • Underline strategically selected glossary terms on first use within each screen, using black text and underlining to differentiate from links, which are in blue text with blue underlining. • State (in the introduction or on the navigation page) that any underlined term has a definition in the glossary drop -down. • In the glossary drop- down, code each term as a header and its definition as body text (for the purposes of the screen reader). • Also, consider including an in-line box that users can select so that they can hear the definition for an underlined term when they first encounter it. The text would need to indicate “start definition,” followed by the definition itself, and “end definiti on.” • Accessibility instructions download: Add an explanation of how to access glossary terms. • E-Course Master Glossary: Don’t include hover terms, going forward. Archive the hover terms currently included in the master glossary. Next Meeting Tuesday, December 10, at 1 p.m. ET
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