Panorama is a useful accessibility tool because it can quickly identify common issues, help prioritize your work, and provide guidance on making improvements. Reaching the green range (70% or higher) is a meaningful accomplishment and often indicates that you’ve addressed many common accessibility barriers. At the same time, accessibility is more than what can be…

A “Microsoft Add-In” for YuJa Panorama is now available for Word. The advantage of the add-in is that it allows you to review accessibility issues directly within your Word documents without having to upload your documents to Canvas or the DocHub. A PowerPoint add-in is also available, but it doesn’t provide the same features as…

As we wrap up this blog post series and head into summer, this is a good time to plan your next steps for digital accessibility. We will continue updating guidance and resources, including improvements to the accessibility landing page informed by this series. For now, this post highlights what you can focus on this summer,…

Live class sessions can be taught accessibly on Zoom with a bit of planning, and this planning is especially important if you want to share the recorded sessions later. This post provides some practical ways to make your live Zoom lectures more usable and accessible for everyone. Before Class Make sure live captions are enabled…

Below are strategies and considerations to help you organize your Canvas course. Thoughtful organization supports accessibility and helps students find the content they are looking for. 1. Organize the course navigation links An easy accessibility win is to update the default Canvas course navigation to match the needs of your course. Fewer links can help…

On April 24, 2026, new Title II and VA HB 2541 regulations go into effect.  After that date, the expectation is that any digital materials that are available to students are accessible to the WCAG 2.1 AA standard. This is especially relevant if you are teaching this summer.  As you prepare for summer teaching (or…