Learn about the key takeaways from the ILCCO’s Breaking Down Barriers Accessibility Series, held in May 2021.
Accessibility Best Practices
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Research at Google has created a wonderful app called Live Transcribe for Android.
Accessibility enables individuals of diverse abilities to have access to the same materials, content, audio, video, and images. The Center for Teaching & Learning provides a number of resources to help make content accessible to all.
There are special accessibility considerations when working with complex images, like infographics, images of text, and more.
The math equation editor within the Canvas rich content editor saves in an accessible format.
Checking for accessibility issues within Canvas can be done within Canvas either using the Accessibility Checker in the rich content editor or by using UDOIT.
Correcting color contrast issues within Canvas can be done with built-in tools.
Quick information on bullet and numbered lists in Canvas.
Any third-party materials used in a course must meet the same accessibility standards as self-created material.
A brief how-to for adding images via the Canvas visual text box content selector.
Canvas has features for accessible tables. You can add header rows and columns in the GUI.
You can edit each closed caption from the closed captioning screen by simply clicking the pencil icon.
This method is easy. After importing captions simply go line by line correcting each line.
Students may watch your videos with sound off in surprising situations. Learn how your closed captions may benefit many more of your students then you may have guessed.
A descriptive link allows a person to know what they are clicking on, and have an idea of where it will take them.
Sometimes an edit to a page can leave behind problematic code. Here’s how to fix it.
When working with audio on the web, it’s critical to transcribe the audio. Transcription can help a large variety of individuals based on their individual needs.
Creating accessible mathematical and scientific material can be difficult without proper software.
Always consider that many individuals may have visual difficulties when creating materials.
For Panopto web app on the captions edit screen simply click the pencil icon and you can edit the line of closed caption.
Panopto is the college’s video management system. It’s very easy to get started using Panopto in a Canvas course!