Brand new to Canvas is Accessibility Checker notifications, which can be found when editing any page, assignment, or discussion in your Canvas course site. The accessibility checker is found underneath the Rich Content Editor (RCE) box and if the option is enabled in your feature settings, it will display a number indicator to show how many accessibility errors were found in your content. But the really helpful part is that the Checker then tells you exactly what is wrong AND how to fix it. See below for screenshots and links to the relevant Canvas Help Guides.
The Accessibility Checker is already installed in Canvas for you. However, you will need to go into your Settings, then choose the “Feature Previews” tab. From there, enable “Accessibility Checker Notifications” by clicking the corresponding button to the far right (see image). This will turn on the numbered indicator for the Accessibility Checker tool:
When you have enabled the notifications, you will see a numbered badge display over the Accessibility Checker, found at the bottom of the RCE (see image). This tells you how many issues were found in whatever content you are currently editing:
When you click on the numbered badge, you will see a side menu appear that walks you through all of the accessibility issues, one at a time. It gives you a place to correct the issue, as well as information about the issue itself and how to correct it when you click on the question mark icon (see image). Once you have corrected an issue, click the “Apply” button, and the Checker will continue to advance to the next issue, until you have corrected each one.
To learn more about using the Accessibility Checker, see: “How do I use the Accessibility Checker?” article and the “Accessibility Checker Notification” video.
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