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Accessibility Discussions

What challenges do you face while making learning accessible? 📚✨
Ensuring courses are accessible to all learners is essential, but that mindset comes with challenges. What are the biggest obstacles you or your organization faces in making learning truly inclusive? How do you navigate accessibility concerns, and what strategies have helped you create more equitable learning experiences?…
Keyboard navigating course menu - access keys
A question for users who solely navigate by keyboard, are there access keys or alike available to jump to the start of a course menu? There is a 'skip to content' link available, which sends focus to the course content but also skips past the course navigation. So if a user wants to skip over the Canvas navigation directly…
Tables in Canvas Pages
Odd thing... We have some Canvas generated tables on a page. We save them. We look at them as a student. We put the cursor in the first cell block. We then try to tab from cell to cell to test keyboard accessible functionality. But rather than tabbing cell to cell, it jumps us to the Next Page button (skipping the entire…
Accessibility - Bold content for screen readers
Hi, I'm looking to make my courses more accessible for those with screen readers. For bolded text, do I need to embed before and after the already bolded text, or does Canvas already do this automatically? Thank you.
How to Report Canvas Accessibility Issues via Email
Hey all, I posted this a few days ago in a different topic and it is getting some likes, so I thought it might be good to move the information to a separate topic so that it might be easier to find. (To hopefully be clear--since this message was marked as spam almost immediately after it was posted--I'm not posting this…
Advice for Accessibility audit across the school
Hi everyone, I've been asked to undertake an accessibility audit across all of our courses and report on how well, or badly, we are supporting students with accessibility needs. I know that you can run a 'report' on each page for accessibility but can't find anything which would allow a course by course, (or ideally!) a…
Exploring AI-Powered Solutions for Enhancing Accessibility in Education, Work, and Daily Life
I was wondering, how others in the community are preparing for AI integration (thinking Augmented Reality (AR) and Virtual Reality (VR) and accessibility compliance. Do you have any thoughts or suggested tools?
Gradebook Statuses Accessibility on ScreenReaders
I am wondering if anyone knows how the colors of gradebook statuses work on screenreaders. When the screenreader reads the cell of a colored cell, does it indicate the status (ie - late, missing, resubmitted)? How are the colors/statuses indicated?
Getting Aquainted
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EyeAble software integration
I'm wondering if anyone has integrated Eye-Able with Canvas to support students with digital accessibility needs, either by using the extension or through installation? Keen to learn about your experiences
Quizzed not working with JAWS on Chrome and Edge
Our course quizzes are not currently accessible with JAWS when using Chrome and Edge. The screen reader skips over the question answers, making it impossible for students to complete the course quizzes successfully. We want to make Canvas and others aware of this issue in hopes of having the issue resolved quickly. Has…
Issues with Quiz Accessibility
Has anyone had an issue with screen readers not reading all the quiz answers?
Navigating Canvas with a Learning Disabilities.
As a new student with a learning disability, I'm wondering are there any tools or some support help with navigating through the LMS? for example label links that make easier to get to for reading, posting & replying?
Adding Immersive Reader Function for Canvas Mobile Apps
Hello, My organization provides Canvas content to users who are blind and visually impaired. Many of these students prefer using a mobile device (ex/ smart phone), as not everyone has access to a laptop or computer. Students with low vision often benefit from using Canvas' Immersive Reader function, however, cannot use…
Bionic Reading Option For Canvas
Is there any possibility of implementing bionic reading in Canvas? For anyone who is unfamiliar, bionic reading bolds certain parts of words in a way that assists with reading for those who tend to have difficulty focusing on text (ex. someone with ADHD). It works by leading the reader's eyes to each word and allowing…