Improve Course Content Accessibility

These documents are malformed and therefore cannot be opened and viewed by many or even most people. While some technologies might be able to deal with some malformed documents, there's no guarantee that everyone will be able to view the document or that the formatting and content will be as intended. You may need to review the supported file types and reupload the file.

• Review Supported File Types, and Accepted File Sizes
• Add a Library Reference
• Add a Library Reference (PDF)

These animated images contain flashing or contrasting lights or patterns that can lead to seizures for people that suffer from photosensitive epilepsy, which is a very serious and potentially life-threatening condition. Animated images (e.g. GIFS) with these characteristics can be generally unpleasant to look at, even for those not prone to seizures.

• Remove Potentially Harmful Content
• Remove Potentially Harmful Content (PDF)

These documents are either password-protected or have security settings that can prevent access to the document, causing many or even most people to not be able to open and view the document. These protections could also prevent screen readers or other assistive technology from accessing the document. 

• Add a Library Reference

These images do not have a description or alternative text. People with screen readers or other assistive devices rely on this description to understand the image's contents and purpose. Having a clear description for an image can help everyone better understand the content of the image and how it relates to the context. If your image is only for visual effects, and doesn't contain information relevant to the learning content, select Indicate image is decorative.

• Add Alternative Descriptions to Image Files
• Add Image Descriptions

These documents contain text with low contrast between the text and its background. This can cause the text to be difficult to read, especially for those with low vision, poor eyesight, or color blindness. 

• Fix Text Contrast Issues

These PDF documents are not tagged. PDF tags are hidden labels that clarify the structure of the document and define what's a heading, paragraph, table, list, etc. Without these tags, PDF documents are essentially just a bag of difficult to distinguish words that can be hard to navigate and understand for people with screen readers or other assistive devices.

• Tag a PDF
• Export a Word Document as a Tagged PDF

These documents contain images that don't have a description or alternative text. People with screen readers or other assistive devices rely on these descriptions to understand the image content and purpose. Having a clear description for an image can help everyone better understand the content of the image and how it relates to the context.

• Add Alternative Descriptions to Image Files
• Add Image Descriptions
• Add Alternative Descriptions to PowerPoint Images

The HTML content contains images that don't have a description or alternative text. People with screen readers or other assistive devices rely on these descriptions to understand the image content and purpose. Having a clear description for an image can help everyone better understand the content of the image and how it relates to the context.

• Add Alternative Descriptions to Image Files
• Add Image Descriptions