{"id":876,"date":"2023-10-25T16:28:27","date_gmt":"2023-10-25T23:28:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/edblogs.pugetsound.edu\/edtech\/?p=876"},"modified":"2023-10-25T16:28:27","modified_gmt":"2023-10-25T23:28:27","slug":"tips-for-creating-accessible-canvas-courses","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/edblogs.pugetsound.edu\/edtech\/2023\/10\/25\/tips-for-creating-accessible-canvas-courses\/","title":{"rendered":"Tips for creating accessible Canvas courses"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Course Building Considerations<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Your Canvas course layouts should be simple, clean, and uncluttered. The course navigation should be clear and consistent. Headings should allow for quick scanning and always be descriptive.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Use these features for accessible formatting<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Alt Text <\/strong>is read by screen readers. It describes embedded images and displays when the image cannot display. <br><strong>Descriptive hyperlinks&nbsp;<\/strong>give students context to links, provide clarity on link destination, and should always be <u>underlined<\/u><br><strong>Headings&nbsp;<\/strong>help all students navigate course materials, assist when using screen readers, and provide structure for content. <br><strong>Tables <\/strong>should display data &amp; information, and should not be used to create layouts.<br><strong>Text emphasis&nbsp;<\/strong>helps text stand out for visually impaired students. Use <strong>bold<\/strong>, <em>italic<\/em> or <u>underlined<\/u> text. Never use color for emphasis.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Additional resources:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/community.canvaslms.com\/t5\/Canvas-Resource-Documents\/Canvas-Course-Accessibility-Checklist\/ta-p\/529364\">Canvas Course Accessibility Checklist<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/community.canvaslms.com\/t5\/Instructor-Guide\/How-do-I-use-the-Accessibility-Checker-in-the-Rich-Content\/ta-p\/820\">How to Use the Accessibility Checker in the Rich Content Editor<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.instructure.com\/resources\/ebooks\/accessibility-higher-education-building-better-student-experience?filled\">Accessibility in Higher Education: Building a Better Student Experience<\/a><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><br><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Course Building Considerations Your Canvas course layouts should be simple, clean, and uncluttered. The course navigation should be clear and consistent. Headings should allow for quick scanning and always be descriptive. Use these features for accessible formatting Alt Text is &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/edblogs.pugetsound.edu\/edtech\/2023\/10\/25\/tips-for-creating-accessible-canvas-courses\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1511,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-876","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-general-edtech-info"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/edblogs.pugetsound.edu\/edtech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/876","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/edblogs.pugetsound.edu\/edtech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/edblogs.pugetsound.edu\/edtech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/edblogs.pugetsound.edu\/edtech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1511"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/edblogs.pugetsound.edu\/edtech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=876"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/edblogs.pugetsound.edu\/edtech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/876\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":883,"href":"https:\/\/edblogs.pugetsound.edu\/edtech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/876\/revisions\/883"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/edblogs.pugetsound.edu\/edtech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=876"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/edblogs.pugetsound.edu\/edtech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=876"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/edblogs.pugetsound.edu\/edtech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=876"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}