Fine-tune accessibility in Canvas and Canvas Studio

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Theme Overview

Admins and instructors want to reduce the time they spend making their Canvas content accessible.

What value could this provide to users?

Videos uploaded by students and instructors using the media recorder are auto-captioned
Instructors can add default alt-text to uploaded images that is used everywhere the image appears
Instructors have an improved workflow for editing captions in Canvas Studio
Closed-captioning for videos originally captioned in YouTube can be carried over to Canvas Studio

Referenced Ideas (14)

[Studio] captions should be created automatically upon record/upload Submitted by: JACOBSEN_C

[Accessibility] Filter out broken links in unpublished content in the link validator Submitted by: Isobel_R

[Rich Content Editor] Color Picker should offer only accessible colors Submitted by: DavidSchlater

[Studio] Accessibility error in Studio - standardize the CC button Submitted by: christiansenli

[Rich Content Editor] Enhance Complex Image Caption Capabilities Submitted by: murphym

[Accessibility] Rich Content Editor Auto captioning of media recorder within a course Submitted by: dspiel

[Studio] YouTube Subtitles in Studio Submitted by: MPalazzo

[Modules] Text Headers in Modules have heading tags (h3) rather then span Submitted by: Renee_Denham

[Announcements] A11y/UX: Allow for tabs in global announcements Submitted by: d_j_corbin

[User Settings] UX issue that should be corrected: Misleading button links in the «Select profile picture» popup box Submitted by: d_j_corbin

[Accessibility] Speech to Text Feature Submitted by: polzinc

[Files] Default Alt-Text on Uploaded Images Submitted by: ethomas48

[Courses] Automatic Captioning in Canvas recordings Submitted by: ChrisMedina

[Studio] Closed Caption editing in ARC Submitted by: a9ba4d94dea0a5f Completed

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