How are meaningful hyperlinks important tools for accessibility?

• They integrate well with assistive technology like screen readers
• They help users navigate the page and understand where a link may take them
• They make the page generally easier to read

When adding links in your chapter:

• Tell the user where the link is going to take them
• Avoid pasting the full URL
• Avoid using ‘click here’ as a link
• Let the link be the title of the content itself
• When linking to non-web content such as a file download, indicate this in the link description.

To insert a hyperlink into text, select the text you want to insert the link into, click the hyperlink chain symbol in the text editor, and paste the link into the text box. Alternatively, you can insert a link by highlighting text, hitting the “CTRL” and “K” keys together, and pasting the link in the text box.

Bad Example of hyperlinks in Pressbooks:

Click here to see the book that is required reading for this class.

The book that is required reading for this class is: https://standardebooks.org/ebooks/marie-belloc-lowndes/the-lodger

Good Example of hyperlinks in Pressbooks:

The Lodger by Marie Belloc Lowndes is required reading for the class.

Academic Writing Basics (PDF download) is a suggested reading for this course.