UDOIT Accessibility is a course-wide accessibility checker integrated with Canvas from CIDI Labs. UDOIT (pronounced “You Do It”) stands for the Universal Design Online Inspection Tool. This exciting new tool scans your Canvas course, generates a report of accessibility issues that could impact students ability to learn, and provides resources and suggestions for addressing the issues. […]
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What is UDOIT Accessibility?
UDOIT Accessibility is a course-wide accessibility checker integrated with Canvas from CIDI Labs. This exciting tool scans your Canvas course, generates a report of accessibility issues that could impact students ability to learn, and provides resources and suggestions for addressing the issues. UDOIT Accessibility Resources To access UDOIT Accessibility, you need to access the tool […]
Document Accessibility: Core Skills
Last updated: 2022-12-07 Created in partnership with Disability Services Program (DSP) Assistive Technology Specialist, Caroline Newcomb. This article covers core skills for document accessibility including: Font Color Hyperlinks Document Structure: Styles (Headings) and Lists Alternate Text for Images Tables Skill 1: Font Consider your font size and type. Font Size Font should be at least […]
Are your PDF Scans Accessible?
This page is intended to be an introduction to PDF Accessibility for faculty. Learning more about creating accessible content is a journey and this is a great place to start!
Canvas Accessibility Checklist
While Student Disability Services (SDS) approves academic and non-academic accommodations associated with a student’s disability, medical and mental health condition, faculty are legally responsible for administering many accommodations within the classroom. The OTL and SDS are here to help support faculty and facilitate this process. Throughout this article, you can find our accessibility checklist for designing, building and […]
How do I set up an alternative test time for Canvas quizzes?
An alternative test time is a time that has a different start or end time than the rest of the class. This can be a helpful strategy when working through student accommodations with exam time and/or if specific students need to take the exam on a different date/time then the rest of the class. You […]