How to Assess Your Course with UDOIT
What is UDOIT and what will it check? The Universal Design Online Content Inspection Tool, or UDOIT (pronounced, “You Do It”) enables faculty to identify accessibility issues in their Canvas courses. From within Canvas, UDOIT will scan a course, generate a report, and provide resources on how to address common accessibility issues. UDOIT will identify…
Adobe Documentation for Accessible PDFs
Adobe has a number of useful resources in their official documentation of how to create Accessible PDF documents. Create and verify PDF accessibility (Acrobat Pro)Official Training ResourcesPDFs and WCAG 2.0 Webinar
Microsoft Guide to Accessibility in Word/O365
Microsoft has prepared a useful guide with a guide to creating accessible documents using MS Word. This is a great page to use as a reference, as it has step-by-step instructions on how to create Word documents that will work with assistive technologies. Please click the following button to visit the guide. creating accessible word…
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Accessibility and Universal/Inclusive Design
It is estimated that around one-fifth of the world’s population has a disability. By following the WCAG guidelines, we can not only better serve faculty, staff, students and community members with disabilities, but also increase usability for all users. This is often referred to as Inclusive Design or Universal Design. By making our websites, Canvas…
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Images in OmniUpdate
Images by default are inaccessible to those who cannot see them due to poor vision or blindness. In general, images containing text should be avoided in favor of text alternatives to convey the same meaning. This is a legal requirement of the WCAG 2.0/2.1 specification. Images Need Descriptions We need to provide descriptions for anything…