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Much like PowerPoints, one of the main reasons Google Slides is such an effective presentation tool is how they tend to be highly visual.聽 Luckily, just a little bit of extra considering when designing your slides can result in much more accessible presentations that are accessible to all people regardless of their abilities.

Slide Format Guidelines:

1. Layout: use the default layouts when creating your slides.
2. Titles: the titles of each of your slides need to be entirely unique
   • Use labels such as 鈥淐ont.鈥� and 鈥�1 of 3鈥� to distinguish multiple slides covering the same topic.
3. Content: the content on each slide should be concise to not overwhelm the viewer.
   • Additional information needed to expand on ideas brought up in the slide can be added in the speaker notes.
4. Text Font, Size, and Color: the following are guidelines for accessible text
   • Font should be size 24 or higher; sticking to this will help keep your content concise.
   • Text should be in high contrast colors compared to the background (see聽Contrast Guidelines).
     • Similarly, you do not want to use the common colorblindness combinations together (i.e. red/green, blue/yellow, and purple/orange).
   • Use simple fonts: avoid fonts with decorative edges
   • Numbered lists are more accessible than bullets
5. Lists: all lists need to be numbered using the 鈥渓ist鈥� feature.

Inserting Multimedia (Audio, Videos and Images)

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   • Use this menu to insert audio clips, videos, images, or charts and graphs.
   • Inaccessible Features (do not insert these as they will be inaccessible): WordArt, SmartArt, Zoom, and 3D Models.
2. 笔谤辞惫颈诲别听transcripts for any included audio clips
3. Review聽any displayed videos for captions;
   • If captions are present,聽肠谤别补迟别听a title and alt-text for each video.
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4. Add聽appropriate Alt-Text to all images:
   • 颁濒颈肠办听the image
   • 搁颈驳丑迟-肠濒颈肠办听(Mac:听肠濒颈肠办听with two fingers on the mousepad); this will open a separate menu.
   • 厂别濒别肠迟听Alt Text
   • 罢测辫别听迟丑别听础濒迟-罢别虫迟听in the box labeled 鈥楧escription鈥�
   • 颁濒颈肠办听OK
5. Add explanations for nuanced images on the slide or in 迟丑别听Speaker Notes.

Transitions and Animations:

While useful to break up monotony in a presentation, transitions and animations can also create accessibility issues.

1. Transitions occur between slides:
   • Transitions should be quick and unobtrusive
   • Avoid the use of flashing, zooming, or spinning transitions
2. Animations are stylistic modifications to the presentation of the content.
   • Animations should be quick and should not hinder the ability to read the content.
   • Animations should never remove content from a slide.