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Custom captions for YouTube
When using the Upload/Create>Video or Audio option in Content to insert a video from YouTube, is there a way to add our own caption file (SRT or VTT)? I know this can be done when uploading a file. YouTube has removed the Community Captioning feature which we used in the past to add correctede captions to videos that our…
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Can a user access D2L from another country?
A student will be traveling to Japan next week. Will they be able to access Brightspace from Japan?
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Voice-to-text option in D2L as an ADA accommodation
Hi! I hope you are doing well. I am an instructor in Texas. I have a question about ADA accommodations for users with carpal tunnel conditions. I have a range of tools I use for this condition. In particular, I have used voice-to-text software for many years. My college just switched from Blackboard to D2L Brightspace last…
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FREE Webinar--Expanding the Reach of Accessibility within Brightspace
Join this free webinar hosted by ReadSpeaker! Feb 23, 2023 @ 2:00 PM EST Expanding the Reach of Accessibility within Brightspace https://app.livestorm.co/readspeaker-llc/expanding-the-reach-of-accessibility-within-brightspace
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Wow...turns out I can't delete an item in the New Community
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Issue with Pulse App
One of my learners today 2/2/23 was having issues with the Pulse app working on a new ipad pro. Couldn't upload docs, nor download in a new tab. Eventually had to go to the website to complete. Any suggestions on how to fix?
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Seeking Photo Roster Tool for Faculty Only
Hello, I wanted to reach out to ask if anyone might be familiar with an available tool that can provide a photo roster for faculty access only? (ie: the instructor would directly upload photos of students for roster management purposes, and students would not have access to this). Thank you in advance.
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Ally Video Captions
Hi, My Ally report shows two (2) videos without closed captioning. However, both the videos it flags do indeed have closed captioning. Is this a known bug? Thanks, Jim...
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Ally reporting contrast issues with Brightspace
Hi, When I run the Ally report, it shows 2 contrast issues on one of my discussion topics. They are with the light gray "Learning Objectives" and "Completion Summary" tabs. So, I cannot fix these issues. If I am logged in as a student, these tabs do not appear, so ll is well. I was told by my support staff that Ally only…
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D2L Quiz Accessibility question
Prior to selecting any of the radio buttons for a setup like this, the screen reader at the moment says: "The Subtotal functions performs these aggregations: Summing, radio button, not checked, Summing. Averaging, radio button, not checked, Averaging" and so on. It reads each option twice. Once when it announces the radio…
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How can I add an alt tag to an image?
I want to ensure that my images are accessible for all my students and those who use a screen reader. How do I do this?
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What should be the heading level in a D2L rich text field?
When a course author wishes to structure a portion of a D2L page with headings, what is the correct level to use as the first heading? I assume that in the iframe of a Daylight content page, the html page used should have an h1 as the first text element. But what about: * A home page widget? * An announcement in the…