- Use a sans serif font, such as Arial, Verdana, Helvetica, Tahoma or Trebuchet, at a minimum size of 12 points.
- Make your materials available beforehand on Moodle so that students can prepare in advance.
- Use different ways of presenting information – videos, charts, discussions, lectures, seminars, online activities.
- Provide guidance (such as prioritisation) to reading lists so that the amount of reading they are required to do is reduced and/or can be more focussed.
- For handouts – use matt paper in a neutral or pastel colours; avoid glossy, shiny or laminated paper.
- Minimise the contrast between the print and background. Black print on a white background is particularly difficult to read because it has the highest contrast. A much better combination is dark blue print on a cream background.
- Expand abbreviations and explain jargon and abstract language.
- Don’t ask students to read out in class unless they have been given a thorough opportunity to prepare and are comfortable with this task.
- Justify the left hand margin only. Justifying both margins creates unequal gaps between words, making text more difficult to scan and therefore to read.
- Leave slides up long enough to allow all learners to process/read/finish writing their notes.