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New Course Announcement: Fundamentals of Accessible Digital Content in Canvas
Fundamentals of Accessible Digital Content in Canvas Enhance the inclusivity of your Canvas courses! The Instructure Services team is excited to announce the launch of a new free course, available in all tiers of the On-Demand Training Portal (including the free tier) starting Monday, April 14, 2025. This course is…
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Creating Accessible Videos and Multimedia
Have You Ever Watched a Video on Mute? Ever tried watching a video in a noisy coffee shop without sound? You probably turned on captions. Now imagine if captions weren’t an option—how much would you miss? For millions of students, accessibility features like captions, transcripts, and audio descriptions aren’t just…
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Designing Accessible Documents and Presentations: Making Content Work for Everyone
Imagine opening a document filled with tiny text, fuzzy images, and a jumble of unstructured content with no rhyme or reason. Now, try navigating that document without a mouse, without a keyboard shortcut, or without being able to see it at all. For millions of individuals with disabilities, these aren’t just minor…
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Why Accessibility Matters in Education
Breaking Barriers: The Role of Accessibility in Education By @JenniferAshley and @reka.pali Have you ever tried to watch a movie in another language without subtitles? Or attempted to follow a TV show with the volume muted and no captions? Imagine trying to read a textbook with text that is blurred or pages that are blank.…
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Accessibility Training for Post-Secondary Faculty
How do universities rise to the challenge of making their courses accessible? This charge requires an ecosystem of support and institutional resources: course reviews, document remediation, captioning, individual accommodations, assistive technology support, and more. One of the key pillars in this ecosystem is education –…
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Deque axe-con 2025 (Feb 25th-27th)
Hello everyone, I wanted to share a great opportunity that's happening from February 25th-27th, 2025. Deque is hosting their annual axe-con Accessibility Conference and registration is completely free. All of the sessions will be recorded, so even if you're unable to attend live, you can still register and access all of…
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Welcome to the Revamped Accessibility Community Group!
We’re excited to introduce the newly refreshed Accessibility Community Group—a dedicated place for educators, designers, and accessibility advocates to connect, share insights, and collaborate on all things accessibility. What’s New? We’ve made key updates to enhance your experience, including: Helpful Links & Resources –…
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Enhancing Accessibility in Education at Braille Institute
Braille Institute is a century-old organization dedicated to serving individuals experiencing vision loss. With a focus on accessibility and engagement, Braille Institute seeks to empower its diverse user base across seven centers in Southern California. By integrating Canvas LMS into its educational framework, Braille…
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Canvas for All | Strategies for Prioritising Accessibility
Accessibility is a necessary practice for ensuring our classrooms, courses and learning environments are inclusive to all learners. As our educational offerings become increasingly diverse, and the concept of a ‘traditional student’ is broadened, the importance of providing accessible learning experiences cannot be…
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Why Distance Learning is a Game Changer for People with Disabilities
Traditional education systems often pose obstacles for people with disabilities, making it difficult for them to access high-quality education. But time has changed now. The field of education has been undergoing changes, largely due to technological advancements. One of the most impactful changes has been digitalisation.…
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Accessibility in Online Course Design
Why Accessibility Matters in Course Design The Universal Design for Learning (UDL) approach is critical whether you teach entirely online, hybrid, blended, hyflex, or face-to-face classes. A good course starts with a road map and inclusive accessibility guidelines to ensure an optimal environment where teaching and…
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UDOIT 3.2.0 "June Park"
UDOIT 3.2.0 Release Notes The UDOIT developer community has been putting a lot of work into making UDOIT 3 more capable, easier to install, more stable, and easier to debug. This is a fairly large release, but here are the highlights: Issue Impact Filters You can now filter errors/suggestions by the type of disabilities…
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Navigating Canvas with JAWS
Navigating Canvas with JAWS JAWS is a commonly used accessibility screen reader and is one of the screen readers supported for use with Canvas. This post will discuss some basics of using JAWS with Canvas. Navigating through Canvas you can use JAWS shortcuts to locate, bypass, and select without having to move through all…
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Canvas x Universal Design for Learning (UDL)
Imagine this ...you walk into a clothes store and there is only one type of top and pants being sold. They are all the same size, colour, and material. Firstly, you can’t fit into the clothes, secondly, you don’t like the style and wouldn’t feel comfortable in it. Some friends walk into the same store, and they can fit…
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UDOIT 3.0.0 "Howey-in-the-Hills"
This is the first official open source release of the "Next Generation" UDOIT! It has been completely rewritten from the ground up to make it easier and faster to use. It's also more extensible, so we can more easily add new accessibility checks and other features. Cidi Labs put together a great overview video of UDOIT…