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SVSU has two accessibility checkers built into Canvas. Both allow you to check individual items or your entire course.
Canvas
The accessibility checker built by Canvas allows you to check one item at a time (Canvas Rich Content Editor Checker) or your entire course at once (Canvas Course Checker). Canvas only checks content created in Canvas, it does NOT check files you've added to Canvas.
Ally
Ally is a new accessibility checker in Canvas. It also checks one Canvas item at a time (the WYSIWYG Accessibility Checker) or your entire course at once (Course Accessibility Report). Ally will also check files you've uploaded to Canvas, and gives alternative formats for students.
Canvas vs Ally
Accessibility Checkers don't find all accessibility issues.
Canvas
Canvas finds the following issues:
- Missing Alt Text
- Low Text Contrast
- Headings that are not sequential
- Heading that are too long
- Ordered lists that aren't official lists
- Missing Table Captions
- Missing Table Headers
Canvas misses the following issues:
- Heading that aren't official headings
- Unordered Lists that aren't official lists
- URL's that are just pasted in
- Broken links
- Missing video captions
- Files uploaded to Canvas
- Externally linked items
Ally
Ally finds the following issues:
- Missing Alt Text
- Low Text Contrast
- Headings that are not sequential
- Broken links
- Missing Video Captions (only videos embedded in the RCE)
- Files uploaded to Canvas
Ally misses the following issues:
- Heading that aren't official headings
- Headings that are too long
- Ordered Lists that aren't official lists
- Unordered Lists that aren't official lists
- Table Captions
- Table Headings (it finds them, but the fix does not work correctly, so we recommend using the Canvas checker to fix table headers
- URL's that are just pasted in
- Externally linked items
Accessibility in Canvas Workshop & Videos
Learn how to use the Canvas and Ally Accessibility Checkers by attending a workshop or watching a video. Note: You will need to log in with your SVSU username and password to sign up for a workshop or to watch a video.
Workshop
Sign up for an Accessibility in Canvas Workshop that includes the Canvas and Ally checkers by logging into the Workshop page: SVSU Workshops
Video
Coming Soon: Accessibility in Canvas Video that includes Canvas and Ally.