Copyright and Accessibility: Accessibility Resources

Accessibility Checkers

• Microsoft Accessibility Checker
  This page offers guidance on the use of the built-in accessibility checker found in Microsoft products. It is important to check your accessibility of e-mails, presentations, and documents, and this tool can help.
• YuJa Panorama support page
  This guide offers information on the Panorama tool that is built into our Canvas instance.
• Adobe Accessibility Checker
  This guide from Adobe walks through the various accessibility features found in Adobe Pro.

General Resources

• Accessibility Essentials Checklist from University of Nebraska-Lincoln
  This page offers not only a checklist of accessible practices (including Canvas), but further resources. Additional checklists can be found with this Google query.
• Teaching in Higher Ed: “Inclusive Practices Through Digital Accessibility”
  This podcast episode looks at accessibility as an inclusive practice. There is a transcript, and additional resources are provided.

Alt Text

• Guide on writing good alt text from Harvard University
  This guide provides suggestions on how to best write alt text to describe images for students.

Color/Contrast

• We are Colorblind resources
  This collective offers guidance on using color in an accessible way, such as making sure that contrast is visible for certain types of vision.
• WebAIM Contrast Checker
  This checker will help you determine if an image has sufficient contrast for readability. You can also download an eyedropper tool like ColorZilla to check images in your browser.

If you share images in Canvas, you need to add alt text. To add alt text to an image, in the Rich Content Editor, upload an image. Below it, you'll see a field to add alt text.

Alt text should describe the image, giving both the content and feel. A good rule of thumb is to write the alt text in the way you'd describe an image to someone over the phone!

If you want more information on accessibility in Canvas, watch this workshop held in October 2023!