Websites
Website designers, developers, content authors, and others who are responsible for UW websites, are responsible for ensuring their websites are accessible to users with disabilities. The UW provides a variety of tools, resources, and services to help with this effort.
DubBot
DubBot is a free accessibility tracker for public websites. Goal is for current websites to be at 95% or higher and this percent is required for all new sites.
Documents
Microsoft Office 365 has accessibility checkers built into Word, PowerPoint, and Excel. Under the “Review” tab, click on “Check Accessibility.” The results will list issues and provide actions to address them.
Quick Cards
Digital Accessibility Quick Cards provide practical, easy-to-follow guidance for creating inclusive and usable content in Microsoft Office applications. Designed for quick reference, these one-page guides help make documents, presentations, spreadsheets, and emails more accessible to all members of the UW community.
Canvas
In Canvas we have access to tools that improve accessibility, each with a different focus:
Canvas accessibility checker
The Canvas accessibility checker will check pages as you create/edit
You can find the Canvas accessibility checker – a circle icon with a human figure – at the bottom of your editing space. A blue badge will appear alongside the icon if your page has accessibility issues that you need to address. Clicking on the icon will provide more information about the nature of the accessibility issues.
TidyUp
TidyUp will help clean up your course to delete or archive old files.
Ally
Ally will check the accessibility of a course as a whole – both Canvas pages and uploaded content.