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Contents: Participation and environmental factors, strategies and support tools. Participation and environmental Factors Mental health conditions can affect participation in social, work-related and university activities. Additional challenges may be posed by ...

Contents: Assistive technologies, strategies for managing university studies. People with mental health conditions can use a wide range of mobile apps to help them manage their symptoms, such as apps for meditation, relaxation or for helping to structure their...

Contents: Recommendations for action. Around 65 % of students with an impairment that impedes their studies have a mental health condition (Steinkühler et al., 2023). Mental health conditions are not usually visible to others. Find out what support services ar...

Potential Barriers and User Requirements Dech, H. (2013). Stressbelastung und psychische Gesundheit an der Hochschule. Die neue Hochschule (DNH), (6), 186–189. https://www.hlb.de/fileadmin/hlb-global/downloads/dnh/full/2013/DNH_2013-6.pdf#page=28 Grüber, K. (2...

Contents: Definition, forms of visual impairment, types of visual impairment, summary and conclusion. Demonstrations are available of selected barriers that may arise when using digital materials in the context of various impairments. Please visit the ‘Simulat...

Contents: Potential barriers, user requirements broken down by design element. People with visual impairments may encounter a wide range of barriers as a result of their impairment: Content that is too small (text, images, etc.) and a lack of tactile informati...

Contents: Screen readers, updatable Braille displays, screen magnifiers and zoom tools, mobile apps for students with visual impairments. There are a number of assistive technologies and aids available for people with visual impairments, including, for example...

Contents: Recommendations. Verbalise your actions, e.g. “I’m now placing the form on the table in front of you”. Allow lectures or seminars to be recorded, as many students with visual impairments record spoken content as an aid to memory. Ensure your document...

General information on visual impairments German Association for the Blind and Visually Impaired (no date). Welcome to the German Association for the Blind and Visually Impaired! We are the self-help organisation for people who are affected by or at risk of vi...

Kalemba, S., Neumann, F. & Cetin, H. A. (2025). Lernraum für (digitale) Barrierefreiheit in der Lehre. SHUFFLE – Hochschulinitiative digitale Barrierefreiheit für Alle, PH Freiburg (Released under a CC BY 4.0 licence). Retrieved on 14 January 2026, from https:...

Content: General, Course, Text, Heading, Link, Graphic, Video/Audio, Table, Material. The links in the individual checkpoints lead directly to the relevant information in the implementation guide. There you will find specific guidance on how to implement the r...

Contents: Reference to objects, use of colours, colours used to convey information. 1.1 Reference to objects References to internal or external textual or graphical objects are made by explicitly naming them, not solely on the basis of a description of their v...

Contents: Course format, course structure, naming activities, naming text fields, table of contents, activities, accessible question types. 2.1 Course format The selected course format is accessible. Further information What does that mean? In Moodle, you can ...

Contents: Font, text alignment, lists and bulleted lists, contrast ratio, paragraph formatting. 3.1 Font The font should be sans-serif (e.g. Arial, Helvetica), neither too thick nor too thin, and emphasis (e.g. bold) should be used sparingly. Further informati...

Contents: Definition of speech and language impairments, causes, types of speech and language impairments, temporary and situational limitations, participation and environmental factors. The terms ‘language impairment’ and ‘speech impairment’ are often used in...

Contents: Potential barriers, requirements/needs. The greatest barrier for people with speech and language impairments may be the lack of text-based alternatives to spoken communication: the telephone as the sole means of communication; web-based services, inc...