{"id":11357,"date":"2021-05-19T11:48:19","date_gmt":"2021-05-19T10:48:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.qub.ac.uk\/digitallearning-2023\/?page_id=11357"},"modified":"2025-01-14T14:31:06","modified_gmt":"2025-01-14T14:31:06","slug":"canvas-accessibility","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/blogs.qub.ac.uk\/digitallearning\/student\/digital-learning\/qub-digital-tools\/canvas\/canvas-accessibility\/","title":{"rendered":"Canvas Accessibility"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"11357\" class=\"elementor elementor-11357\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-ba82dc6 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"ba82dc6\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-ede7d4c\" data-id=\"ede7d4c\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-334680c elementor-widget elementor-widget-hub_fancy_heading\" data-id=\"334680c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"hub_fancy_heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t<div id=\"ld-fancy-heading-69f5fa591e8e4\" class=\"ld-fancy-heading pos-rel\">\n\t\t\t<h1 class=\"ld-fh-element d-inline-block pos-rel  elementor-heading-title lqd-highlight-classic lqd-highlight-grow-left h1\"  > Canvas Accessibility<\/h1>\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f8cbd58 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"f8cbd58\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9122349 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"9122349\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Canvas VLE is continually evolving to support and facilitate more accessible and inclusive teaching and learning practice. Along with the existing built-in Canvas Accessibility Checker tool, two new digital accessibility features became available to students from <strong>Monday 14th June 2021<\/strong>.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-38250c5 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"38250c5\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2cc9fd9 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"2cc9fd9\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1fa6721 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"1fa6721\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Blackboard Ally<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9bbd3d5 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"9bbd3d5\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0e26931 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"0e26931\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-189de11 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"189de11\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"p1\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/help.blackboard.com\/Ally\/Ally_for_LMS\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Blackboard Ally<\/a><\/strong> (an integration with Canvas that provides accessibility reporting tools for staff within the VLE), will also provide an additional function for students, allowing the download of \u201calternative formats\u201d of content within Canvas.<\/p><p>Ally will create a link beside the original content and provide different options for students to download in a format of their choice, suitable for multiple devices (see image above).<\/p><p class=\"p1\">Ally provides alternative formats for: PDFs, MS Word documents, MS PowerPoint files, OpenOffice\/LibreOffice files, Uploaded HTML files, as well as content created directly in the Canvas Rich Content Editor (e.g. Pages\/Discussions etc.).<\/p><p class=\"p1\">The following alternative formats can be generated: an OCR\u2019d version (for scanned documents), Tagged PDF (currently for Word, Powerpoint and OpenOffice\/LibreOffice files), Mobile-friendly HTML version, Audio (.mp3 file), ePub, Electronic Braille, BeeLine Reader, and a Translated Version.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e4b4cbe e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"e4b4cbe\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a7bdd66 elementor-widget elementor-widget-ld_fancy_image\" data-id=\"a7bdd66\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"ld_fancy_image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t<div class=\"lqd-imggrp-single d-block pos-rel \">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"lqd-imggrp-img-container d-inline-flex pos-rel align-items-center justify-content-center \">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"w-100 pos-rel\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2216\" height=\"1328\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;charset=utf-8,%3Csvg xmlns%3D&#039;http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg&#039; viewBox%3D&#039;0 0 2216 1328&#039;%2F%3E\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-9435 ld-lazyload\" alt=\"BlackBoard Ally Logo\" itemprop=\"image\" data-src=\"https:\/\/blogs.qub.ac.uk\/digitallearning\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2020\/12\/BlackBoard-Ally-Logo.png\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.qub.ac.uk\/digitallearning\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2020\/12\/BlackBoard-Ally-Logo.png 2216w, https:\/\/blogs.qub.ac.uk\/digitallearning\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2020\/12\/BlackBoard-Ally-Logo-300x180.png 300w, https:\/\/blogs.qub.ac.uk\/digitallearning\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2020\/12\/BlackBoard-Ally-Logo-1024x614.png 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.qub.ac.uk\/digitallearning\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2020\/12\/BlackBoard-Ally-Logo-1536x920.png 1536w, https:\/\/blogs.qub.ac.uk\/digitallearning\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2020\/12\/BlackBoard-Ally-Logo-2048x1227.png 2048w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 2216px) 100vw, 2216px\" data-aspect=\"1.6686746987952\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f4ee91b e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"f4ee91b\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9f8b769 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"9f8b769\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Microsoft - Immersive Reader<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-14ef70f e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"14ef70f\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9dbc862 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"9dbc862\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9a30d22 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"9a30d22\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"p1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-gb\/education\/products\/learning-tools\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Microsoft\u2019s Immersive Reader<\/strong><\/a>, a reading and comprehension tool built-in to many Office 365 applications including MS Word and OneNote, will now be available for students in Canvas Pages (see images above). The tool enables students to improve their literacy skills and provides a range of accessibility features such as text-to-speech, increasing text size, changing font and colour themes, spotlighting line focus and highlighting grammar.<\/p><p><b>NOTE:<\/b><\/p><p style=\"text-align: left\">From <strong>Monday 14th June 2021<\/strong> the Immersive Reader will be visible to students on<b> Canvas Pages only<\/b> and is not currently available on any other Canvas content types. There are also some limitations of using the Immersive Reader in Canvas Pages, as embedded links, videos, tables and mathematical formulae won\u2019t be appear in the Immersive Reader tool and it won\u2019t work in Canvas mobile apps, only in browser. It&#8217;s also worth noting that embedded images will not be picked up if there isn&#8217;t alternative text set. For those reasons, the Immersive Reader is most useful where a lot of text-based information is provided in Canvas Pages.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6cec52d e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"6cec52d\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ba15132 elementor-widget elementor-widget-ld_fancy_image\" data-id=\"ba15132\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"ld_fancy_image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t<div class=\"lqd-imggrp-single d-block pos-rel \">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"lqd-imggrp-img-container d-inline-flex pos-rel align-items-center justify-content-center \">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"w-100 pos-rel\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a95ca66 elementor-arrows-position-inside elementor-pagination-position-outside elementor-widget elementor-widget-image-carousel\" data-id=\"a95ca66\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;slides_to_show&quot;:&quot;1&quot;,&quot;navigation&quot;:&quot;both&quot;,&quot;autoplay&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;,&quot;pause_on_hover&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;,&quot;pause_on_interaction&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;,&quot;autoplay_speed&quot;:5000,&quot;infinite&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;,&quot;effect&quot;:&quot;slide&quot;,&quot;speed&quot;:500}\" data-widget_type=\"image-carousel.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-image-carousel-wrapper swiper\" role=\"region\" aria-roledescription=\"carousel\" aria-label=\"Image Carousel\" dir=\"ltr\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-image-carousel swiper-wrapper\" aria-live=\"off\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"swiper-slide\" role=\"group\" aria-roledescription=\"slide\" aria-label=\"1 of 6\"><figure class=\"swiper-slide-inner\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"swiper-slide-image\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.qub.ac.uk\/digitallearning\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2021\/05\/immersive-reader-images.001.jpeg\" alt=\"Immersive Reader button top right on Canvas page\" \/><\/figure><\/div><div class=\"swiper-slide\" role=\"group\" aria-roledescription=\"slide\" aria-label=\"2 of 6\"><figure class=\"swiper-slide-inner\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"swiper-slide-image\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.qub.ac.uk\/digitallearning\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2021\/05\/immersive-reader-images.002.jpeg\" alt=\"Immersive Reader options panel on top right of Immersive Reader window\" \/><\/figure><\/div><div class=\"swiper-slide\" role=\"group\" aria-roledescription=\"slide\" aria-label=\"3 of 6\"><figure class=\"swiper-slide-inner\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"swiper-slide-image\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.qub.ac.uk\/digitallearning\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2021\/05\/immersive-reader-images.003.jpeg\" alt=\"Change Text Preferences using the &quot;Text Preferences&quot; tab\" \/><\/figure><\/div><div class=\"swiper-slide\" role=\"group\" aria-roledescription=\"slide\" aria-label=\"4 of 6\"><figure class=\"swiper-slide-inner\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"swiper-slide-image\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.qub.ac.uk\/digitallearning\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2021\/05\/immersive-reader-images.004.jpeg\" alt=\"Change Grammar Preferences using the &quot;Grammar Options&quot; tab\" \/><\/figure><\/div><div class=\"swiper-slide\" role=\"group\" aria-roledescription=\"slide\" aria-label=\"5 of 6\"><figure class=\"swiper-slide-inner\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"swiper-slide-image\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.qub.ac.uk\/digitallearning\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2021\/05\/immersive-reader-images.005.jpeg\" alt=\"Change Reading Preferences using the &quot;Reading Preferences&quot; tab, note the option for languages and translation and the pause\/play button for reading aloud.\" \/><\/figure><\/div><div class=\"swiper-slide\" role=\"group\" aria-roledescription=\"slide\" aria-label=\"6 of 6\"><figure class=\"swiper-slide-inner\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"swiper-slide-image\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.qub.ac.uk\/digitallearning\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2021\/05\/immersive-reader-images.006.jpeg\" alt=\"Toggle between original and new translation and note the pause\/play button\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-swiper-button elementor-swiper-button-prev\" role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"eicon-chevron-left\"><\/i>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-swiper-button elementor-swiper-button-next\" role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"eicon-chevron-right\"><\/i>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"swiper-pagination\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ac6a8c3 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"ac6a8c3\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-bd684ad e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"bd684ad\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-fd8cdbd elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"fd8cdbd\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Canvas Accessibility Checker<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e685494 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"e685494\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c58951b e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"c58951b\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-013a444 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"013a444\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"p1\">Remember that all students also have access to the built-in <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/community.canvaslms.com\/t5\/Instructor-Guide\/How-do-I-use-the-Accessibility-Checker-in-the-Rich-Content\/ta-p\/820\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Canvas Accessibility Checker<\/a><\/strong> when they are adding content directly in Canvas themselves through the Rich Content Editor, e.g., when writing Discussion posts or answering long-form Quiz questions etc.<\/p><p>It is a good idea to encourage students to use this where possible, to raise awareness of digital accessibility and inclusion issues and to promote good practice.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-880d149 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"880d149\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-215bb52 elementor-widget elementor-widget-ld_fancy_image\" data-id=\"215bb52\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" 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