Accessible PowerPoint
Accessibility is becoming even more important in the education marketplace. Students and instructors with disabilities use many different assistive technologies, and McGraw-Hill Education is working to increase compatibility and access that will not only help those with disabilities achieve better learning outcomes, but also serve the institutions that are teaching these students. Accessible PowerPoint allows slide content to be read by a screen reader and provides alternative text descriptions for any image files used that enrich the learning experience. Accessible PowerPoint is also designed with high-contrast color palettes and uses texture when possible, instead of color to denote different aspects of the imagery used within the slide.

A note on reviewing slides for accessibility: PowerPoint’s Accessibility Checker can sometimes misleadingly flag items as errors that are done properly based on accessibility guidelines. Examples include “Check Reading Order” and “Missing Alt Text.” For details, please review this McGraw-Hill PowerPoints (43.0K)

Instructors, our use of MathType allows us to provide you with sophisticated math and science rendering that is both visually consistent across computer platforms and accessible to students using screen reader technology. If you wish to edit the equations in our PowerPoints, you need to use the MathType equation editor (from Wiris), (subscription only necessary for the most advanced editing). Depending on your operating system and version of PowerPoint, you may need to download to view certain special characters properly. MathType is not required to present or view our PowerPoints, or to edit their non-equation content.

• Required screen reader: NVDA (free, PC only)
• Additional technology:
• Paid subscription to the full version of MathType – academic discounts available (from Wiris)
• MathPlayer (free to download from Wiris)