Using the Pope Tech Canvas Accessibility Tool

Date: February 14, 2:00 - 3:00 PM

Speaker: Marc Thompson

Contact: Marc Thompson (thompso1@illinois.edu)

Registration: Registration is required.

Register for the February 14 Workshop, Using the Pope Tech Canvas Accessibility Tool

The College of Education Accessibility Task Force invites faculty, TAs, and staff to participate in this workshop offered by CITL.

Workshop Description:

Get up to speed on using the Pope Tech Canvas Accessibility Guide to make Canvas pages more accessible for everyone! In this hands-on workshop, we'll start with an overview of the Pope Tech Canvas Accessibility Guide, how it functions, what the various errors, alerts, structural elements, and features mean, and how to fix these issues on a Canvas page. Then we'll jump into some hands-on practice using the Canvas Accessibility Guide to evaluate the accessibility of Canvas pages and remediate basic accessibility issues. We'll discuss the limitations of the tool and what still needs to be checked manually using basic digital accessibility principles.

By the end of this workshop, you'll understand how to fix Canvas pages using the Pope Tech Canvas Accessibility Guide tool and be well on the way to creating inclusive Canvas pages that meet State and Federal accessibility standards.