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Sustainable Accessibility in Canvas, Part 2: Assessing Your Courses

The first part of this series focused on starting an inventory of your learning materials in UVACanvas to help you manage the scope of your accessibility work. That process included deleting what you don’t need and archiving items for historical or reference purposes. Now what’s left is what you’re keeping. The next step is to […]

Making Digital Content Accessible: A Spotlight on UDOIT

The Learning Tech blog continues its Tool Spotlights series, highlighting instructional technologies that support teaching and learning. This post focuses on a tool called UDOIT (Universal Design Online content Inspection Tool), which supports accessible course design by scanning Canvas content to identify and help remediate common accessibility barriers.  In the sections below, we explore how […]

Sustainable Accessibility in Canvas, Part 1: Taking Stock

Conversations about digital accessibility in higher education are gaining momentum, supported by clearer standards that take effect for public institutions in April 2026 under Title II of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). While some instructors may feel unsure about what this means for their courses, equal access in digital spaces has long been part […]