Creating an accessible learning environment is not just about compliance with legal standards; it’s about ensuring every student has an equal opportunity to thrive in their educational pursuits. Use these guides to ensure the content you create in Canvas is accessible to all, helping each student to realize their full potential.
This comprehensive guide outlines practical and effective strategies for creating accessible content in Canvas, offering step-by-step instructions, resources, and support to guide you on this journey of inclusive education.
Alternate text (alt text) provides descriptive information about images, enabling students who use screen readers to access and understand visual content. Adding alt text to images in Canvas supports equitable learning and ensures content accessibility for all students.
Tables without header cells confuse assistive technologies and slow down every student’s reading. Canvas lets you designate header rows or columns—instantly turning data grids into accessible, screen-reader–friendly tables.
Proper heading structure is essential for accessible content, enabling seamless navigation for students using screen readers and other assistive technologies. Utilizing a clear heading hierarchy ensures content is well-organized and supports universal accessibility.
This guide offers step-by-step instructions for instructors on addressing common accessibility issues in Canvas, as identified by the Ally Course Accessibility Report, including how to fix images, documents, and where to seek further assistance.
This article will explain why color contrast matters for accessibility and show you how to check and fix contrast issues in your Canvas course using built-in tools.
This article will explain why captions and transcripts are essential for accessibility and guide you to resources for adding and editing captions in Canvas using Kaltura.
Use Ally’s in-product Help option to submit a request when a Canvas file needs remediation. The form is accessed from the file’s Ally score indicator; if it fails to send the first time, simply resubmit until successful.
Well-formatted lists improve content organization and accessibility for all students. Using the Rich Content Editor's list function ensures that lists are correctly structured and easy to follow.