TL;DR

Design Klaxoon Boards with strong contrast, text/icons (not color alone), short image descriptions, clear structure, few well‑grouped objects, keyboard-friendly instructions, readable text, and a clean, uncluttered layout.

• Overview

• Support Visually Impaired Participants

  • Use Strong Color Contrast

  • Add More Than Color Cues

  • Describe Important Images

  • Structure the Board Logically

• Help Participants With Motor Disabilities (Keyboard Navigation)

  • Limit the Number of Objects

  • Provide Clear Instructions

• Improve Readability for Everyone

  • Use Clear Fonts and Comfortable Text Size

  • Add a Clickable Summary

  • Keep the Design Clean

• What’s Next?

Overview

You can design Klaxoon Boards so everyone can take part, including people with visual or motor disabilities. Use these best practices when you create or update a Board.

Support Visually Impaired Participants

Use Strong Color Contrast

• Use dark text on a light background, or light text on a dark background.
• Avoid low contrast combinations (for example, light yellow text on a white background).

Add More Than Color Cues

• Don’t rely on color alone to show meaning.
• Instead of “ideas in red are urgent,” create a “Urgent” text category or add a clear icon (for example, a warning symbol) next to urgent ideas.

Describe Important Images

• When an image carries key information, add a nearby text box that briefly explains it.
• Keep the description short and direct (for example, “Quarterly sales by region, Europe is the largest segment”).

Structure the Board Logically

• Arrange content so people can follow it in a clear order, such as left to right and top to bottom.
• Group related content into clearly labeled areas or frames.

Help Participants With Motor Disabilities (Keyboard Navigation)

Limit the Number of Objects

• Avoid Boards with thousands of scattered objects.
• Group ideas into defined areas, sections, or columns so people can move through them with the Tab key more easily.

Provide Clear Instructions

• Add an “Instructions” area on the Board.
• Explain:
  • How to move around the Board
  • How to add or edit ideas
  • Any keyboard shortcuts you recommend (for example, using Tab to move between objects)

Improve Readability for Everyone

Use Clear Fonts and Comfortable Text Size

• Keep the default fonts whenever possible.
• Use a text size that’s easy to read without heavy zooming.

Add a Clickable Summary

• On large Boards, create a “Contents” or “Summary” area near the start.
• Use text boxes as a table of contents and, if possible, add links or clear visual paths to each section.

Keep the Design Clean

• Avoid too many decorative images or GIFs that don’t add information.
• Remove elements that distract from the main flow of ideas or slow down loading.

What’s Next?

• How to change the color contrast?
• Create a Board 
• Use keyboard shortcuts in Klaxoon Board