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There are two places to access accessibility reports in your course to get started. The first is the Ally dial sitting to the right of your course file.
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Click on the dial icon. A new window opens which displays your file on the left and the file’s accessibility score on the right.
In this example, the score for the file is 5% and the reason is that the PDF is untagged.
If you click on the What this means button, you’ll find out what a tagged PDF is. In essence, tags in a PDF are hidden labels that clarify the document structure for a screen reader. Without the tags, a screen reader cannot read a PDF document.
By clicking on the All issues button, you’ll find out what all the additional accessibility issues are were found for the file. In this example, the PDF does not have tags, the PDF does not have a language set, and the PDF does not have a title.
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Note: Students do not see the dial icons. Only instructors can see the dials. |
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Begin by clicking on the Accessibility report link on the left side menu on your main course page.
A new window opens which displays your Course accessibility score. In this example, the course accessibility score is 65%. The dial is orange. Remember, green is the goal!
On the right side of the screen, you have two options. We recommend beginning with Content with the easiest issues to fix. Click on the Start button. A new window opens and you see your files on the left side. On the right side you see the Issues and the Score columns.
Choose a file to begin with on the left side of the screen. In this example, the Sample.docx file has two issues and a score of 32%. By clicking on the Sample.docx file, a window opens and displays the file on the left side of the screen, and the Accessibility score on the right side.
The Accessibility score for the Sample.docx file is 32% and we see that the issue is that the file contains images that do not have descriptions. As in our previous example, Ally gives us the option to click on What this means and How to add descriptions, providing support to the user to remediate the file.
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