UDOIT 2.5.0 "Dana" This release is dedicated to the memory of Dana Danger Grey, a wonderful person and fierce proponent of accessibility. Read more about Dana's life here. The main focus for this release is adding the "fir... 
Keyboard short-cuts within module pages I'm trying to understand how effective keyboard shortcuts are in canvas, both for those using screen-readers and for those using shortcuts because of a physical impairment. I'm baffled by the lack of access to shortcu... 
Are Rubrics Accessible? I want to know how accessible are the Canvas rubrics? Do they work with keyboard navigation or screen readers? Both when they are being viewed in the assignment view or through the gradebook? 
Tagging Foreign Languages in Canvas for Accessibility Hi all, I'm working on a project right now to help move some old language placement exams into Canvas and was tasked with coming up with some accessibility best practices and guidelines for our faculty wh... 
UDOIT Development Outside of Canvas I was wondering if there has been any development of UCF's UDOIT tool for other platforms outside of Canvas such as Blackboard, Moodle, et al. 
Accessibility Feature Requests I have always appreciated that Canvas takes accessibility seriously, as evidenced in their Voluntary Product Accessibility Template, community efforts and frequent mentions of accessibility in their release notes... 
Navigating using Cursor Keys My university now insists that Canvas pages must be navigatable using cursor keys on the keyboard. How can this be implemented? Currently I can only navigate using my mouse, but, apparently this does not conf... Quizzes.Next Hi all- Just wondering if anyone is familiar with Quizzes.Next that will be rolled out by Canvas soon? I was shown a demo today and the types of quiz questions that are available are impressive, but I'm concerne... 
ALLY Is anyone here familiar with Ally, the accessibility checker? The Open Education Initiative (OEI) in California is rolling this out soon and I would love to hear some reviews. Mark 
Is anyone using Blackboard Ally with Canvas? Just wondering whether anyone out there is using Blackboard Ally with Canvas? Just looking to gain a little insight into how it's going for you if you have it. Thanks, Nick UDOIT error after installed Hello, I have setup UDOIT and added app to the course on our Canvas test site.It seem to be working but when it reset the installation monthly which wiped out UDOIT. I did not know about it when told by o... UDOIT Information What is UDOIT? The Universal Design Online content Inspection Tool, or UDOIT (pronounced, “You Do It”) enables faculty to identify accessibility issues in their Canvas course content. It will scan a course... Accessibility API Has anyone created a Canvas api to check for captioned videos or alt text images? API call for accessibility in a course Has anyone developed an API call that would provide some accessibility information about a course? Such as captioned videos, accessible documents (Word, PDF), images (alt text), etc? Reading Accessibility Tool Does anyone know of a tool that can be added in Canvas that is similar to the reading accessibility tool "Read & Write" that is a Google Chrome add-on? We have a handful of students who use this tool for sup... Accessibility within Canvas Ensuring an accessible and pleasant experience to all users, regardless of disability, is a key focus of Canvas. The Canvas platform was built using the most modern HTML and CSS technologies, and is committed to W3C's... 
Reflection on Blackboard Ally Implementation at Los Rios CCD Hi Everyone, I'm usually not one to write too many blog posts, and I really debated the best place to put this. As Ally is an accessibility tool it could have certainly gone in the accessibility group (a... New Quizzes: Hiding Inaccessible Question Types Is there an option to hide questions that are not accessible e.g. Hot Spot question type, from use by instructors at the course or system level? We would like to avoid instructors building a quiz that has an inaccessi... Are tables accessible in Canvas? I was recently told by an instructional designer on campus that tables are not "accessible" in Canvas, meaning that screenreaders cannot parse and read them. My understanding from reading Canvas documents (see... 
Provide a method to determine which courses are using New Quizzes For the current (old?) quizzes the API makes it easy to identify courses that contain quizzes. However, with New Quizzes there is currently no way to use the Canvas API to determine which courses are us...
