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This feature has just been requested by an academic where I work. Is it something that is progressing?  ... View more

Yes, our media actually comes through Panopto and I have had to instruct staff NOT to upload into Canvas directly. In general, it would be good if Admins could customise the whole toolbar!  ... View more

Hi,  We have just enabled the new text editor and have, in general, good feedback, but the following things have come to our attention:  1) Alt+F9 is just not intuitive at all. Most staff will struggle to find this and we had to issue a special video explaining it. Can we not just enable the text toolbar to be there anyway?  2) The route to Embed code is very hidden - took me ages to find it yesterday when it was queried by a staff member. Could this be added directly to the media button, so the Embed code is one of the options, rather than it appearing on a later tab?  3) We would really like the <HR> command directly on the icon toolbar - not through the text menu >Insert. For staff who do not find Alt+F9, this is still a hidden command and yet it would be one of the most used.  Thanks!  Ros Walker  University of Stirling (Scotland)  ... View more

Thanks for that. Unfortunately, it really doesn't answer the question. The links that Dana provides to JAWS are just overall JAWS commands. I have literally spent HOURS just sitting and pressing all the various commands to find out what they actually do within Canvas. I am trying to find quick and easy ways for our blind students to navigate around Canvas - and it really isn't easy. At my last university, we used Brightspace, and it was brilliant as they have a blind employee who is able to provide all sorts of help with accessibility - not just for blind students either. We had regular webinars and users with various disabilities shared and there was a whole bank of good practice materials. It just feels like the buck is being passed here when there are probably a lot of us who want to provide much better support and documentaion for our VI users. I do feel like I have probably managed to document the main points now, but it would just be so helpful to get some real feedback from VI students who use it regularly or from somewhere that has evolved proper documentation.  ... View more

Jon,  I'm the learning technologist for the faculty. I checked all those things and I also replicated it in my own area. I've added an image above to show the area I cannot access with JAWS.  Thanks for your suggestions.  Ros  ... View more