
Accessibility Interest Group
Welcome to D2L’s Accessibility Interest Group (AIG)!
The AIG was formed in June 2006 as D2L’s initiative to collaborate with like-minded individuals toward ensuring Brightspace remains usable for all. Hosted by D2L’s accessibility team, the group brings together accessibility and inclusion enthusiasts within D2L and at numerous client and partner locations to have conversations via monthly online meetings and a mailing list.
Announcements
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Monthly AIG events updates
This is where we will post the details for each AIG meeting. If you bookmark this thread, you will receive all the new updates by email. Learn about bookmarking discussion threads. Learn about notification preferences. Hoping to see you at our next meeting!
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Invite for our Glad to be GAAD event
Global Accessibility Awareness Day will be this Thursday May 18, and the accessibility team, along with the D2L Community team, are having a special event to commemorate it. I wanted to make sure you got the invite. Feel free to join us Thursday May 18 at 11:00 Eastern to celebrate the day. And everyone who attends has a…
Discussions
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Brightspace Pulse tips for Voiceover, or Screen Reader/text-to-speech application users?
Hi AIG community, Just wondering if anyone can offer some general tips for those who use voiceover/screenreader text-to-speech with Brightspace Pulse. Thanks in advance! 😊
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Experience with Yuja Panorama with Brightspace?
Hi everyone! We have recently switched from Ally to Panorama and we are having some issues. I just wanted to know if anyone else had experience using Panorama in Brightspace, if they are also having issues, and how faculty and students are responding to Panorama.
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Accessibility Checker Documentation
Good Morning, I hope everyone is doing well and enjoying the last bit of summer. Is the documentation "Brightspace Accessibility Checker" a full list of what the Accessibility Checker looks for? Also, I am looking for end-user documentation about how to fix the errors identified by the accessibility checker. When I look at…
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Acessibility Summer Camp
Where do I sign up for the Acessability SUmmer Camp? I dont see it….
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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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Free Webinar with ReadSpeaker and Respondus!
How Aims Community College Provides Secure and Accessible Assessments May 11, 2023 2:00 PM Register here. By utilizing Respondus and ReadSpeaker, Aims Community College has been able to provide their learners a way to have their assessments provided in a secure, accessible environment. In this webinar, you will hear from…
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Figcapiton vs alt=""
Which is best to use from an accessibility point of view and that works best with screen readers? I have been looking, and I need help finding consistency. Some say do not use alt=" with a figcaption, and some say it is OK. WCAG standards do not speak to this. There are times when attributions are needed for images. I have…
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🔦Customer Spotlight Event
⭐ ConvosWithCommunity: Video Note With Joe Sisco (UWindsor - Customer Spotlight) ⭐ We are excited to invite you to our upcoming webinar, where we will be highlighting our amazing Brightspace Video Note Tool in a special Customer Spotlight event! Join us on March 30th, 2023 at 12PM ET for a 30-minute presentation showcasing…
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D2L Product Roadmap
🔔 Hey Community Members, 👉 Launching in a brand-new visual format on the D2L Community, the updated Product Roadmap will help D2L clients plan their teaching and learning priorities for the next quarter, semester, or school year with recent and upcoming feature launches in mind. 🙌 You’ve helped shape the roadmap for 2023…
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Using Anthology Ally with Brightspace?
Hello, At the last Brightspace Accessibility Interest Group meeting, someone had mentioned the Anthologies Ally tool that checks content for accessibility. This sounded like something that would be very useful to us, and we are beginning to look into this for our college (Central New Mexico Community College). Would anyone…