Introduction

Accessible courses and course materials are critical in today's online learning environments. This page will guide you through the resources and activities you need to optimize your courses for accessibility in Canvas.

University of Minnesota accessibility policies and Canvas accessibility features

The University of Minnesota’s Accessible U website is the best place to start learning about accessibility. Visit the Policy section of the accessibility.umn.edu website to learn how accessibility applies to University of Minnesota courses specifically.

Read an introduction to Canvas’s accessibility features and review a tutorial to learn a number of design guidelines that can improve the accessibility of your Canvas course:

Creating accessible Canvas courses

Accessibility within Canvas

General accessibility design guidelines

Provide accessibility information to your students

Learn how you and your students can enable the “High-contrast setting” in Canvas as accommodation for low vision:

Canvas student information for accessibility

Design for accessibility

The following page from accessibility.umn.edu includes recommendations for accessibility considerations throughout your course.

Canvas Accessibility Considerations

The following links from accessibility.umn.edu contain a number of strategies and tips for making documents more accessible:

Google Docs Accessibility

MS Word Accessibility

PDF Accessibility

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