Note: It's important to regularly review and update these steps to ensure the continued accessibility of your course content.
Opt for YouTube videos that come with accurate, pre-existing captions (avoid auto-generated captions).
Submit videos to Vivo for captioning by a third-party vendor.
Provide scripts for any original video content to your Instructional Design Consultant (IDC).
Ensure Accessible Multimedia
Apply the suggested changes to enhance accessibility.
Use the Microsoft Accessibility Checker for Word, PowerPoint, and Excel files.
Check Microsoft Application Files
Add Alt-Text tags to images in Canvas where necessary.
Evaluate all images used in your course for copyright issues and alternative options.
Review and Update Images
Follow the provided suggestions to resolve basic accessibility issues.
Run the Accessibility Checker on your Canvas Course Pages.
Run Canvas Accessibility Checker
Pay attention to areas that need improvement and your overall accessibility score.
Use Ally within Canvas to generate an Accessibility Report for your course.
Run Ally Course Accessibility Report
Request accessible PowerPoint presentations from publishers. These are often available on their Instructor Resource sites.
Obtain Accessible PowerPoints
Download and save any files you want to keep but aren't using in the current course, then delete them from Canvas.
Check the Files section in Canvas for content that's not being used.
Clean Up Unused Files
Accessibility Checklist
Applies teaching strategies that fit your learning environment, whether hybrid or fully online.
Develops learning objectives and align them with assessment strategies.
Promotes learner collaboration through group activities and communication tools.
Selects technologies best suited for diverse learning preferences.
Adapts instructional materials to your teaching methods and outcomes.
Provides professional development programs in emerging pedagogy and tech.
Navigates the State University System online course standards (QM).