Got 20 minutes? Each link below contains a small but powerful thing you can do to make your online content more accessible in around 20 minutes. Everyone can carve out 20 minutes if they try! Small, incremental changes can make a world of difference over the long run. Select from the list of topics below.
Accessibility goal setting and planning
Auditing a Canvas page for accessibility
Auditing external files for accessibility
Captioning
Headers in Canvas
Images (Basic, Complex)
Links
PDFs
PowerPoint presentations
Word and Google docs
Explore your training flavors
Build your support system
Use the Accessibility Self-Assessment to set goals
Reflect on your semester and set goals for the next semester
Revisit your accessibility goals and make an action plan
Read the Accessibility Self-Assessment and answer pre-assessment questions
Learn about the PopeTech Instructor Accessibility Guide tool
Use the PopeTech tool on one Canvas page
Learn about Ally
Read "Where Do I Begin With Accessibility?"
Scan one Canvas module for Red and Orange Ally gauges
Select one Ally gauge and learn about fixing strategies
Fix one external file for accessibility
Start your captioning to-do list for one module
Continue your captioning to-do list for one module
Finish your captioning to-do list for one module
Learn about alternative text
Learn how to add alternative text in Canvas
Add alternative text to one Canvas page
Learn how to make complex images accessible in Canvas - Option 1
Learn how to make complex images accessible in Canvas - Option 2
Make a complex image accessible in one Canvas page (and check out additional resources!)
Learn about descriptive links
Add descriptive links to one Canvas module
Can your PDF be a Canvas page?
View a “PDF to Canvas page” demonstration and select a PDF to convert
Convert one PDF to a Canvas page
What to do with a low PDF score in Ally, Part 1 of 4
What to do with a low PDF score in Ally, Part 2 of 4
What to do with a low PDF score in Ally, Part 3 of 4
What to do with a low PDF score in Ally, Part 4 of 4
Practice skills learned in parts 1-4 to make one PDF accessible
Does it need to be in a PowerPoint?
Formatting basics
Standard slide layouts and reviewing reading order
Adding alternative text to a PowerPoint image
Checking color contrast
Practice skills learned to make one PowerPoint accessible
Can your document be a Canvas page?
What are headings and why should we use them?
How to add headings
Add headings to one document
