Accessibility Compliance
At Seattle University, we take accessibility seriously—but we are also here to help you. Many accessibility issues can be avoided just by understanding the basics. Below is an accessibility tutorial to cover the basics followed by a list of accessibility resources.
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Adding Captions in Canvas Studio Links to an external site.
Canvas provides detailed instructions for how to create captions in Studio. CDLI is happy to help you with this as well. We also offer Canvas Studio workshops for hands-on support in editing auto-generated captions.
Accessibility Guide for PowerPoint Links to an external site.
Mafil Fabroquez at CDLI created this guide to help you check your PowerPoints for accessibility. Often instructors upload their slides so students can use them as notes or so that students with visual impairments can use them with a screen reader. This guide will help you make sure you've got everything in order before uploading.
Accessibility in Canvas
Jess Thompson, former Program Adminstrator at the Washington State Board for Community and Technical Colleges and Kim Thompson put together this wonderful handout about accessibility in Canvas.
Contrast Checker Links to an external site.
Use this tool to provide adequate color contrast on Canvas pages when adding background colors behind text.
Accessibility Cheat Sheets Links to an external site.
The National Center on Disability and Access to Education has developed numerous accessibility cheat sheets to help you make sure your Word documents, PDFs, PowerPoints and other forms of content are accessible. Check them out.
Resources from WebAIM Links to an external site.
WebAIM is a non-profit organization based at the Center for Persons with Disabilities at Utah State University and they list a number of useful resources on their Resources page.