Accessibility in Canvas
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10-13-2020
08:48 AM
I am the Assistive Technology Coordinator for a small k-12 school district outside of Austin, Texas.
Questions--
- #1 I am struggling with using our Text to Speech tool (Snap&Read Universal by Don Johnston) in Canvas Quiz--it would appear that the text is "inaccessible" (i.e., the text reader does not recognize the words on the page as text). I have to use the OCR function on Snap&Read in order to have text scanned and then read. This seems to be a problem with the NEWER quiz format. Why is this happening and how can Canvas make the text accessible? Many students have oral administration as part of their accommodations.
- #2 I am unable to use our Word Prediction/Speech to Text tool (Co:Writer Universal by Don Johnston) in Canvas Quiz. Again this seems to be a problem with the NEWER quiz format. For our learners who require these tools to compose responses I am wondering WHY our extension is not working within Canvas.
I am not looking for another tool to use within Canvas--I would like the tools that we have invested in to work on Canvas Quizzes and/or Canvas to build in native accessibility tools for Text to Speech, Speech to Text, and Word Prediction.
Any one else struggling with these issues?
Thanks!
Kellie