Rubric for Accessible Canvas Content
Use this rubric to guide you as you create new content in the Canvas Rich Content Editor.
Also see the guides on accessible documents.
Tool/Location | Criteria | Avoid | Required | Recommended |
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Rich Content Editor (RCE) | Text |
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RCE | Headings |
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Heading styles used in content with multiple sections. |
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RCE | Lists |
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Lists consist of more than one item. |
RCE | Tables |
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RCE | Alt Text (Simple) |
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RCE | Alt Text (Complex) |
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Long description is as detailed as necessary to create equivalency. |
RCE | Color |
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RCE | Links |
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Hyperlink embedded in text. | Link text makes sense out of context. |
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Video/Media Captions |
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Course navigation and modules | Organization |
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Learning content renamed and arranged meaningfully. |
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External files | PDFs |
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PDF content also available as HTML (Canvas page/rich content area) or another format such as audio. |
Key
- Rich Content Editor (RCE) – Canvas’ content editor for creating rich text, links, embedding images, videos, equations, and more. The Rich Content Editor is used in features that support the editor like Announcements, Assignments, Discussions, Pages, Quizzes, or Syllabus. The RCE includes tools for formatting font size, color and style, embedding images, and an automatic accessibility checker.
- My Media (Kaltura) – Kaltura is a repository for recorded videos uploaded to the ‘My Media’ area in Canvas. Videos are shareable within Canvas courses and receive automatic speech recognition (ASR) captions and transcripts. ASR is only 75% to 85% accurate and requires manual editing with the integrated caption editor to bring it up to the 99% accurate threshold.
- Zoom cloud recordings – Zoom can be used to record class meetings or individual presentations. Videos recorded to the Zoom cloud are easily shareable and receive automatic speech recognition (ASR) captions and transcripts. ASR is only 75% to 85% accurate and requires manual editing with the integrated caption editor to bring it up to the 99% accurate threshold. Zoom videos recorded locally can be shared in Canvas by uploading to the My Media area and publishing to the course.
- Course navigation/modules – This refers to the organization of the left-hand course navigation as well as modules and individual content items within pages.
- External files – Any files uploaded to the course, including Word, PDF, PowerPoint, Excel. All files should be made fully accessible before uploading to Canvas.