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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…
Using Tables in Canvas
Tables should be used to show tabular data to students, but in some cases are used to create layouts. By using tables to visually style content, we may be doing a disservice to users of assistive technology because the intent of the table is unclear. In Canvas, creating accessible tables is very simple. You can…
Lists in Canvas
It is important to use list elements in Canvas courses where appropriate. Lists help users of assistive technology by allowing for users to interact with the list before reading through it, but also gives a quick visual reference to sighted users who are browsing course content. For users of assistive technology, the size of the…
Links in Canvas
Links are a common method used by users of assistive technology (AT) to quickly browse a page for the content they are looking for. This may be the first method that a user of assistive technology uses to find what they need on a page. For example, a student using a screen reader may be…
Color Contrast in Canvas
One of the most common accessibility errors on the internet today are color contrast issues. Canvas defaults to accessible color schemes, but often when adding content from external sources we can inadvertently add in colors that do not meet the WCAG contrast guidelines. Consider the following example… By using the correct contrast guidelines, we can…
Using Images in Canvas
Images are one of the most commonly used elements that are prone to errors when creating accessible Canvas content. By not taking the proper steps when adding images to a page, users of assistive technology may not be able to properly understand the purpose of the image and could misunderstand the content of the page…
Using Headings in Canvas
Headings are the primary method of navigation for a screen reader user. Clear heading order allows people with vision impairments who use screen readers to get key information on a page quickly. Luckily, with a small amount of effort, headings can dramatically increase the accessibility of a Canvas course. Sighted users also use headings in…