By Meg Lloyd, CampusTechnology
One of the nagging issues with online course content is accessibility. There is clearly a universal need for making content accessible, but few course creators have the time, resources or expertise to make it happen. To bridge that gap, the University of Central Florida built an open source tool that helps faculty discover and repair accessibility issues in their online courses. The Universal Design Online Content Inspection Tool, or UDOIT (pronounced “You do it”), scans course content within the institution’s Canvas learning management system and identifies potential problems. Items on the accessibility checklist include appropriate use of headings in page structure, alternative text for images, table headers, color contrast and video captions. Some errors or suggestions even come with a “UFIXIT” feature, which allows the instructor to correct the accessibility issue right there, on the spot, from within UDOIT.
https://campustechnology.com/articles/2016/10/19/do-it-yourself-accessibility.aspx
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