Accessibility Tools & Resources

CANVAS TESTING TOOLS

All of these tools offer an interface for fixing elements, making accessibility fixes quick and easy.

Panorama

Pope Tech

UDOIT

Canvas Accessibility Checker

CONVERT DOCUMENTS TO ALTERNATIVE FORMATS

CCC Document Converter Tool

PANORAMA - Locate which Documents have Accessibility Issues

  • PANORAMA provides accessibility indicators for documents that show which documents have accessibility issues. The icons appear in Canvas pages where documents are linked, in the Files area, and documents linked directly to from Modules 
  • The PANORAMA Course Accessibility Report will list documents with named accessibility issues, including the all important scanned document warning
    • PANORAMA will identify documents with issues and present options for converting a scanned PDF to be digitized (OCR) 
  • Page about PANORAMA's Course Accessibility Report

PANORAMA - Convert Documents 

PANORAMA - Allow Students to Convert Documents to Alternative Formats

DOCUMENT ACCESSIBILITY TESTING

Word Accessibility Checker

See instructions on using the Word Accessibility Checker

PowerPoint Accessibility Checker

See instructions on using the PowerPoint Accessibility Checker

PDF Accessibility Testing

Google Docs

  • Google provides some general guidelines on making your document or presentation more accessible.
  • The Chrome browser offers an extension called "Grackle Docs" that checks for accessibility issues in Google Docs and Google Sheets. You can find it in the Chrome Web Store. SRJC no longer has a license, so will cost money. 

COLOR CONTRAST TESTING

Checking Color Contrast in Canvas

When working in Canvas, there are many choices for checking color contrast for accessibility, including the built-in Canvas Accessibility Checker, Pope Tech, UDOIT, and Panorama. These tools will also provide an interface for choosing colors with sufficient contrast.

Tool for Checking Color Contrast Everywhere

The app Colour Contrast Analyser can be downloaded for free and can sample colors on web pages (including Canvas pages) and documents. This tool will diagnose foreground and background contrast errors and give you tools to find a passing color, but you will not be able to fix the colors with it.

See a video on using the Colour Contrast Analyser tool

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