Oftentimes, when textbook images are scanned as PDFs, they are saved as “images” instead of “text,” which makes them inaccessible to students using screen-readers or text read aloud options. Follow the steps below to check your PDFs for accessibility and convert them as necessary. Check Your Document for Accessibility The...
The purpose of this tech tip is to assist you in creating alt text for images you use in your course. Alt text cause images to be accessible to all learners. For this example, we will use an image of a horse running: 1. Open Copilot: 2. With copilot open,...
This tech tip comes from Academic and Student Affairs at Minnesota State. This tip is part of digital accessibility. To view this tech tip, please click on the following link Use unique slide titles Please also note the Digital Accessibility Tips section on the page.
This tech tip comes from Academic and Student Affairs at Minnesota State. The Tech Tip focuses on organizing content using headings and why this is important for digital accessibility. To view this tech tip, please click on the following link: Use Headings to Organize Content Please also focus on the...
This tech tip demonstrates how to make sure the color of your text is accessible for all who use D2L Brightspace including those have vision issues. This is a part of Universal Design for Learning (UDL). 1. Click the accessibility checker icon on the HTML toolbar: 2. You will see...
This tech tip focuses on how and why you should use the list tool when creating a list of items in D2L or Word. For users using screen readers, the screen reader will tell the user how many items are in the list. This gives the user the opportunity to...
This week’s tech tip will focus on how to link an announcement to any piece of material in your D2L class site. This includes assignments, checklists, content, etc. The advantage of this is you can direct students where to go in your course. This example will demonstrate how to link...
When you are working with content within a D2L Brightspace course, you may want to delete a topic. Since there are associated files within D2l Brightspace, it's important that you only delete the topic from the content view and not the associated files (such as quizzes, discussions, etc.). From the...
This tech tip shares upcoming changes to the HTML Editor menu and HTML Editor Link Title. HTML Editor Menu Changes: Old View: You had the option of selecting Heading 3 New view: The formatting options will display in a different order and Heading 1 and Heading 2 will appear, rather...
1. From your course navigation bar, go to Materials > Content 2. On the left side of your screen click Table of Contents 3. In the Table of Contents menu, click the dropdown arrow next to Import Course > Copy Existing Course 4. Follow the regular steps to complete...
