Digital Accessibility
Why Does Accessibility Matter?
Accessibility promotes equality, diversity and inclusion. Accessibility is not the responsibility of any one department, school, team or directorate, but involves a combined whole institution approach, where everyone strives to be more accessible.

The following are steps to help you plan, design and develop content in a more inclusive and accessible way:
Accessibility THRIVES
The Centre for Educational Development (CED) have designed the THRIVES acronym to help you to easily remember key accessibility considerations which will help to comply with UK digital accessibility legislation. The THRIVES image has seven basics to get you started on your accessibility journey and is an easy way to recall the fundamentals of accessibility, that can be easily printed, and includes an audio file. You can choose to download or print a pdf copy or listen to an audio version.

Blackboard Ally
Did you know that Blackboard Ally is now available to use in Canavs VLE!
Blackboard Ally is tool that integrates seamlessly with Canvas to gauge the accessibility of your digital content. Ally provides guidance and tips for lasting improvements to your content accessibility.
Training and support resources are available to support Staff. For more information, link to Blackboard Ally and Canvas.