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Help your students succeed by making content in your subject accessible using the LX Accessible Content Practices – use accessibility checkers mindfully.
The accessibility checkers like the Canvas Accessibility Checker are great inbuilt tool that will scan your page and produce a report pointing out different types of accessibility problems and prompt you to fix them. Any automated accessibility checker, will not pick up on all issues, it is a useful way of minimising some content issues. Use accessibility checkers mindfully, mainly as a proofing tool and not as a solution for all accessibility issues.
The best way to use accessibility checkers is by first following the other accessible content practices to format and structure your page with accessibility in mind from the beginning, and then running the checker when you’ve finished creating the page to check if you have missed anything. It is much easier to fix a page that is mostly accessible than to try to retrofit accessibility for an inaccessibly designed page.
The accessibility checkers do not understand your content or the context, which is why you still need to be mindful of accessible content practices when adding your content. Some examples include:
Many programs have automated accessibility checkers, but remember it’s important to use them all mindfully!
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