Accessibility Tips: Fix Inaccessible Content with Built-in Canvas Tools
Need some simple fixes to improve accessibility? The Office of Digital Learning has a collection of tips for making course content more accessible. See the full collection: Accessibility Overview This tip demonstrates how to use Canvas's built-in accessibility tools. These simple and efficient tools can help you…
Content Ally checks in Institutional Reports
Ally checks a variety of digital content to calculate the accessibility scores in the institutional reports. This article contains the specific content that contribute to these scores. Files Ally currently checks the following types of files: * PDF. See Ally's PDF checklist for more information about specific c…
Accessibility Tips: Descriptive Document Titles
Need some simple fixes to improve accessibility? The Office of Digital Learning has a collection of tips for making course content more accessible. See the full collection: Accessibility Overview This tip is all about descriptive document titles: Meaningful titles help students navigate documents with greater spe…
Accessibility Tips: Image Descriptions
Need some simple fixes to improve accessibility? The Office of Digital Learning has a collection of tips for making course content more accessible. See the full collection: Accessibility Overview This tip describes how to add a meaningful description to images in your Canvas course. Images without descriptions a…
Accessibility Tips: Document Headings
Need some simple fixes to improve accessibility? The Office of Digital Learning has a collection of tips for making course content more accessible. See the full collection: Accessibility Overview The proper use of heading styles is an easy way to improve the accessibility of course content. Headings help readers …
How to use Ally Institutional Reports
Ally's Institutional Reports can help you to get a big-picture view of how accessible your college's, school's, or department's course content is. Then, you can drill down into the specifics to see exactly what types of content are getting good accessibility scores and what types of content are scoring poorly and may…
Accessibility Tips: Optimum Color Contrast
Need some simple fixes to improve accessibility? The Office of Digital Learning has a collection of tips for making course content more accessible. See the full collection: Accessibility Overview This tip focuses on color contrast. Making sure your documents follow guidelines for optimum contrast is helpful for a…
Accessibility Tips: Converting Microsoft Word Files to PDF
Need some simple fixes to improve accessibility? The Office of Digital Learning has a collection of tips for making course content more accessible. See the full collection: Accessibility Overview In this tip, we show you how to avoid common accessibility issues when converting Microsoft Word files to PDF. Tips f…
Get Started in Ally with these Quick and Easy Fixes
Looking to improve your course’s Ally Accessibility Score? These four fixes are relatively quick and easy and help get you started on your path to having more accessible course content. 1. Delete/Remove Old Files We know removing old and unused files from your course can be a little scary at times, but nothing is e…
How to use Ally Course Report Feature
Ally's Course Reports can help you to get a big-picture view of how accessible your course content is. Then, you can drill down into the specifics to see exactly what types of content are getting good accessibility scores and what is scoring poorly and may need more attention. Ally can show you which files need remed…
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