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Alt Text for Click Map
Hello Everyone, Our team is making click maps about how to use some of the Brightspace tools. I want to make sure our image alt text accurately describes the images of where the users need to click. For instance the attached image is showing to click on the course selector. My alt text would be - Navigate to course…
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Yuja Panorama Accessibility Tool
Our institution recently acquire Yuja Panorama (Summer 2024) as a replacement for Ally to assist our d2l platform with accessibility. Learning about this new tool, we encounter some interesting thing and would like to learn from others who may have use this tool much longer than us. Wondering, if your school is using Yuja…
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Introduction and Hello
Hello Everyone, I joined today (thank you to Julia Winter for letting me know this group exist!), and figured I should introduce myself. I’m Dr. Nicole L’Etoile, an Accessibility Learning Experience Designer specializing in Learning Management Systems (LMS), online courses, and e-Learning. I help organizations to improve…
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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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Managing requests and accommodation efficiently
How does your team manage accessibility requests and accommodations? Do you have a system in place to identify if a learner has specific requirements for different learning formats, such as online self-paced or in-person classroom sessions? Additionally, are you able to store this information for future requests so that…
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Best Practices for Conducting an Accessibility Audit in D2L
Hello everyone, I’m interested in learning more about how others approach conducting accessibility audits for D2L courses. Specifically, I’d like to know: - What steps do you typically take when auditing a D2L course for accessibility? - Do you rely solely on the inbuilt D2L accessibility checker, or do you also use…
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Accessible typefaces (eg Open Dyslexic)
Hi all, I was wondering if there is a way for students to customise the way that text appears in Brightspace, apart from the font sizing? We have been informed that the web extensions like Open Dyslexic (and I think Bionic Reader) won't work with content in iframes, which is the majority of our content in Brightspace. Are…
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Informative SVG
We use SVG to signal to users specific content. For example, Important information, focus question, an (short) assignment, general information. Since these SVG's aren't purely decorative we want to make them accessible to screen reader users also. According to an article in Smashing Magazin about creating accessible SVG's,…
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Readspeaker vs. Free alternatives (NVDA, Talkback...etc.)
Hello, We are currently looking for ways to support accessibility within Brightspace. In your opinion/experience, what would a tool like Readspeaker add to Brightspace, if students can use NVDA, Talkback…etc.? Thanks in advance for the advice!
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YOU can support our upcoming GAAD 2024 event!
Hey AIG Members👋 We would like to invite you to our upcoming Glad to be GAAD 2024 event on May 16th from 12-1pm ET. Here’s a sneak peek of what to expect during that event: 🤝 Learn about D2L's commitment to accessibility and the 'why' behind accessible content 🧠 Brainstorm with us ways you can achieve accessibility best…
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Screen Reader Recommendations?
I have attempted to search through previous discussions to see if this topic was already addressed, but the search functionality is not easily navigable. I am wondering if people have recommendations for the best screen reader applications to use when testing course content to ensure accessibility compliance? Any other…
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Alternative text character limit
Hi all, I have noticed that when adding alt text to an image when uploading the alt text limit is 200 characters. However, when adding alt text to an existing image, there does not appear to be a character limit? Is this a bug? Is there a reason for this? While alt text should be succinct, I don't think 200 is a useful…
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Is there any experience with Speechify?
Hi folks! Does anyone have experience with Speechify? While not a traditional screenreader, some learners are starting to use it because of the quality of the voices (like Snoop Dogg's!), it's ease of use, and the ubiquity of it being a browser extension. I appreciate the ubiquity of the browser-based screenreaders. When…
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Quiz and Screen Readers
Hi, I have been looking for information about any quiz-taking accessibility tips or issues regarding Screen Readers. I'm not looking for tools like ReadSpeaker, I'm looking for users who access the quiz tool using their own screen reader software such as JAWS, NVDA, or VoiceOver. What guidance can we provide such students?…
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Standard Accessibility Training?
Hello, all! I am new to the accessibility game, and am wondering if there is a well-know accessibility training that is standard for those working in online education and training? Any advice on the topic is appreciated. Thank you!
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Where can I find recording of last Accessibility Interest Group meeting?
The September presentation by Dr. Angela Jackson was really great and I would like to share it with some colleagues - is it available online, and if so, where can I find it? Thanks! Melody
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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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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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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…
