This morning we have installed a new web accessibility tool within Canvas that can help make your content accessible to students with disabilities. It is called Pope Tech, and its Accessibility Guide can be accessed at the bottom of every page that includes the Rich Content Editor.
Pope Tech allows you to run a report on a page, tells you if anything needs to be fix, then guides you in the remediation process. Keep in mind that Pope Tech does not check external content, such as Word documents, PDF's, PowerPoints, websites outside of Canvas, and videos. It is a free tool after all, generously funded by the CCC Accessibility Center.
For those of you who are available Aug. 12, we will offer a training via Zoom from 10-11 a.m. I’ll send a reminder email, along with the Zoom link Aug. 11. We will offer additional Pope Tech trainings as part of the TLC’s fall workshop series, days and times TBA. In the meantime, if you want to learn more about the tool, visit the Pope Tech page on the Online Learning web site.
A heads-up on another new Canvas tool: On Monday, we plan to install Pronto, an all-in-one communications platform that allows students and instructors to interact with one another directly within a Canvas course or within its mobile app. Once it’s installed and working, I’ll let everyone know about Pronto training. View more info on Pronto.
Scott
