{"id":21437,"date":"2025-05-12T22:27:27","date_gmt":"2025-05-13T03:27:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cat.xula.edu\/food\/?p=21437"},"modified":"2025-05-12T22:27:27","modified_gmt":"2025-05-13T03:27:27","slug":"brightspace-tip-515-accessibility-checker","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cat.xula.edu\/food\/brightspace-tip-515-accessibility-checker\/","title":{"rendered":"Brightspace Tip #515: Accessibility Checker"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"celebrate<\/a>\n<\/div>\n<\/p>\n

Thursday, May 15th, is Global Accessibility Awareness Day (GAAD)<\/a>. GAAD aims to get you talking, thinking, and learning about digital access\/inclusion and people with different abilities and talents.<\/p>\n

Accessibility is about everyone. It is extremely important for students with disabilities to have access to accessible course content.<\/p>\n

The Brightspace Editor<\/a> has a built-in accessibility checker that makes it easy to check for issues or offer suggestions to fix identified accessibility issues.<\/p>\n

Follow these steps to do it.<\/h2>\n

To check for accessibility issues:<\/p>\n

    \n
  1. After you add content to the Brightspace Editor<\/a>, click the accessibility checker icon.<\/li>\n

    \n\"Brightspace<\/a>\n<\/div>\n<\/p>\n
  2. The checker indicates if the content is free of accessibility issues, or offers suggestions to fix them.<\/li>\n

    \n\"accessibility<\/a>\n<\/div>\n<\/p>\n<\/ol>\n

    Want more information?<\/h2>\n

    Improve Your Course with Brightspace Accessibility Checker<\/a>
    \n    Brightspace Accessibility<\/a><\/p>\n

    View current, past, and preview upcoming Continuous Delivery release notes<\/a>
    \n    Instructors Quick Start Tutorial<\/a>
    \n    Brightspace Known Issues<\/a>
    \n    Request a sandbox course<\/a>
    \nSign-up for     Brightspace training sessions<\/a>
    \nYou can find     Brightspace help<\/a> at D2L's website.
    \nJoin the     Brightspace Community<\/a>.
    \nTry these     Brightspace How-To documents<\/a>.
    \nVisit our     Brightspace FAQs<\/a> for additional Brightspace information
    \nor     schedule a one-on-one session<\/a>, email<\/a>, or
    \ncall Janice Florent: (504) 520-7418.<\/p>\n

    Note: Are you doing something innovative in Brightspace or perhaps you've discovered a handy tip? Share how you are using Brightspace in your teaching and learning in The Orange Room<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n

    Image credit: \"celebrate GAAD<\/a>\" by jflorent is dedicated to the public domain under CC0<\/a> and is adaption of \"disability symbols<\/a>\" by National Park Service<\/a> in the public domain<\/a><\/small><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    Thursday, May 15th, is Global Accessibility Awareness Day (GAAD). GAAD aims to get you talking, thinking, and learning about digital access\/inclusion and people with different abilities and talents. Accessibility is about everyone. It is extremely important for students with disabilities to have access to accessible course content. 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