Accessible, mobile ready content - How do you add accessible, mobile ready content to Canvas?

Luckily, there are many built-in tools for making accessible, mobile-friendly content pages, built right in to the tools you use every day: Canvas Pages, Google Docs, Sheets, and Slides, Microsoft Word, Excel, etc.. Below are some tools to help you learn how to use features like headings, good color contrast, well-designed tables, bullets, alternative text for images, captioned videos that also include descriptive audio when needed, and PDFs with optical character recognition (OCR). 

Accessibility

General

• Captioning Videos
• Handout for Publishers Showing that you Require Accessible Textbooks Download Handout for Publishers Showing that you Require Accessible Textbooks
  • Helpful accessibility terminology for talking with publishers

Canvas

• Creating Accessible Canvas Pages Links to an external site. 
• General Accessibility Design Guidelines Links to an external site.
• Accessibility within Canvas Links to an external site.
• How do I add captions to new or uploaded videos in Canvas Links to an external site.
• Creating Accessible Tables in the Rich Content Editor Links to an external site.

MS Office

• Creating Accessible Word Documents Links to an external site.
• Make your Word Documents Accessible  Links to an external site.
• Links to an external site.Make your PowerPoints Accessible  Links to an external site.
• PowerPoint Accessibility Techniques  Links to an external site.
• Creating Accessible Excel Spreadsheets Links to an external site.
• Example of an Accessible Grading Scale in a Table Download Example of an Accessible Grading Scale in a Table

Google Drive

• Using Grackle Links to an external site., an accessibility analyzer for Docs, Sheets, and Slides
• Make Google Docs or Slides Accessible Links to an external site.

PDFs

• PDF Accessibility Overview Links to an external site.
• Create and verify PDF accessibility (Acrobat Pro) Links to an external site.
• PDF Accessibility Links to an external site.

Mobile-friendly

• Mobile App Design | Course Evaluation Checklist Links to an external site.

Accessibility Checkers

• How do I use the Accessibility Checker in the Rich Content Editor  Links to an external site.
• Ally within Canvas
  • Using Ally to Create Accessible Courses
  • Alt Text: Writing Alternative Text
  • Tell your students about Ally
• MS Word Accessibility Checker  Links to an external site.
• Grackle Accessibility Checker for G Suite Links to an external site.
• Create and verify PDF accessibility Links to an external site.

Learning More

Here are some resources and services available to you at Highline College.

• Access Services -- Access services facilitates working with students with documented disabilities. 
• Accessible Technology at Highline College -- Accessible technology resources for faculty, staff, and administrators, including handy how-to guides for many types of content.
• Instructional Design -- The Instructional Design department provides assistance with video captioning, accessibility in Canvas, making course materials accessible, and designing for mobile-friendliness.
• Accessibility 101: The Basics of Inclusive Design -- free, asynchronous course offered by the State Board of Community & Technical Colleges (SBCTC) on a regular basis.