Getting Started with Digital Accessibility Guide
Digital accessibility focuses on the design of electronic materials in ways that consider the needs of all people, regardless of disability or environment. Digital accessibility is an aspect of web accessibility, which more broadly focuses on designing websites, applications, tools, and other products around principles of inclusion. The goal of both digital and web accessibility is to remove barriers to communication and interaction on the web that people may face in physical environments.
Learn more about digital accessibility skills for both Canvas and other uploaded digital course material using the information below.
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Digital Accessibility in Canvas
Many of the guides below discuss using Pope Tech Accessibility. Review the Pope Tech Reference Guide and Glossary for a more detailed explanation of how to navigate and use Pope Tech in any Canvas course. If preferred, the same information on Pope Tech is available in presentation form for Checking Canvas Accessibility with Pope Tech.
Canvas Accessibility Skills
- How Do I Write Descriptive Link Text in Canvas?
- How Do I Improve Color Contrast in Canvas?
- How Do I Create a Heading Structure in Canvas?
- How Do I Add Alternative Text to Images in Canvas?
- How Do I Add Captions and Transcripts to Videos in Canvas?
- How Do I Create Lists in Canvas?
Digital Accessibility for Uploaded Digital Materials
Uploaded materials include anything uploaded to Canvas besides text added directly into the Rich Content Editor. Such materials include slides, files, media, and linked websites.
- How Do I Write Descriptive Link Text in Digital Materials?
- How Do I Improve Color Contrast in Digital Materials?
- How Do I Create a Heading Structure in Digital Materials?
- How Do I Add Alternative Text to Images in Digital Materials?
- How Do I Add Captions to Videos in Digital Materials?
- How Do I Create Lists in Digital Materials?