Accessible Digital Course Content
ADA Rule on Digital Accessibility
On April 24, 2024, the Department of Justice (DOJ) published a new rule on digital accessibility under Title II of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). This rule requires the University’s web content, including academic course content, to be accessible starting on April 24, 2026.
Accessibility Basics: Using Ally and TidyUP
This five-part foundational series introduces you to two powerful tools for improving course accessibility in Canvas. You’ll start by learning how to use the Ally Course Accessibility Report to identify and prioritize accessibility issues, and then discover how TidyUP can help you clean up duplicate or outdated files that may be affecting your course’s accessibility score.
Enabling the Ally Course Accessibility Report Accordion Closed
In this video, you will learn how to enable the Ally Course Accessibility Report tool for a Canvas course.
Ally Course Accessibility Report Dashboard Accordion Closed
In this video, you will learn the basics of the Ally Course Accessibility Report dashboard and how you can use it to start remediating your course.
TidyUP: Creating Backups Accordion Closed
In this video, we will cover an integral step you should take before deleting any content with TidyUP, which is to backup your course!
TidyUP: Protecting your Content Accordion Closed
In this video, we demonstrate one of the first steps that you will want to do when working with TidyUP, protecting your question banks, and New Quizzes.
TidyUP: Deleting Content Accordion Closed
In this video, we demonstrate how to delete files and Canvas content from your course using the TidyUP.
Accessibility is our Shared Responsibility
The work in front of us is immense, as everything the University does includes web content. The scope covers research, academic courses, and all services and programs we deliver to our communities. Complying with the new rule will require collaboration and partnership to ensure websites, electronic documents, digital tools, and other web content are readily usable by all.
The Teaching and Learning Center, Office of Disability Resources, Cline Library, and Information Technology Services are coordinating efforts to implement compliance at Northern Arizona University.
Self-enroll in the course A Guide to Accessibility to assist you in meeting these accessibility requirements.
For additional guidance on improving your Canvas course to meet the digital accessibility requirements, contact TLC-Help@nau.edu. Or come to an Instructional Design Open Lab.