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From: Claire Forbes
Date: Fri, Jan 03 2025 6:51AM
Subject: PowerPoint: Highlighting vs Comments
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Good morning,
I'm working with a team who has developed of PowerPoint template for instructor use during a course and I'm reviewing it for Section 508 compliance.
There are areas that are highlighted to note where information needs to be input by the instructor each session of the course offering. I'm aware of the standard that color cannot be the only way information is conveyed (i.e., the highlighted content needs to also have formatting to differentiate it); however, I've encountered an item on the checklist I'm using from HHS (https://www.hhs.gov/web/section-508/accessibility-checklists/index.html) "Comments are used as collaboration methods (instead of color and highlighting)." So my question is, are comments better than properly formatted highlighting in terms of accessibility?
Thank you!
Claire
From: Ryan E. Benson
Date: Fri, Jan 03 2025 9:05AM
Subject: Re: PowerPoint: Highlighting vs Comments
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Hi Claire,
What do you mean by "properly formatted highlighting"?
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Ryan E. Benson
On Fri, Jan 3, 2025 at 8:51 AM Claire Forbes < = EMAIL ADDRESS REMOVED = > wrote:
> Good morning,
> I'm working with a team who has developed of PowerPoint template for
> instructor use during a course and I'm reviewing it for Section 508
> compliance.
>
> There are areas that are highlighted to note where information needs to be
> input by the instructor each session of the course offering. I'm aware of
> the standard that color cannot be the only way information is conveyed
> (i.e., the highlighted content needs to also have formatting to
> differentiate it); however, I've encountered an item on the checklist I'm
> using from HHS (
> https://www.hhs.gov/web/section-508/accessibility-checklists/index.html)
> "Comments are used as collaboration methods (instead of color and
> highlighting)." So my question is, are comments better than properly
> formatted highlighting in terms of accessibility?
>
> Thank you!
> Claire
>
> > > > >
From: Claire Forbes
Date: Fri, Jan 03 2025 9:15AM
Subject: Re: PowerPoint: Highlighting vs Comments
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Meaning the highlighting (color) isn't the only way the information is being conveyed - currently, the highlighted text is also bold/italic.