A good educator wants to make their instructional materials as accessible as possible for maximum benefit. This has become even more important for higher education instructors in Colorado, who are required to provide digital communications and information technology that are accessible to individuals with disabilities. This can be particularly difficult for educators who are typesetting technical documents that include complex formulas and mathematics because the software tools commonly used for creating these documents do not natively support documents accessible for those with disabilities. In this talk, we will demonstrate an alternative workflow relying on Pandoc to typeset technical documents that are more accessible materials for those with disabilities. We will also discuss additional tools that can help instructors assess how accessible their materials are. We will walk through self-contained examples that will help instructors improve the accessibility of their instructional materials.
