5 principles for creating accessible Canvas pages

Accessibility is an important aspect of our course development and teaching processes because it provides each student equal access and opportunities. Accessibility within education is a very important concept because it allows students with disabilities to access and interact with course content, regardless their conditions. A course that is designed around aspects of accessibility will allow all students to actively participate in course activities and access the information they need to excel. What is accessibility? - 0:27 Principle 1: Use Headings - 1:02 Principle 2: Use Alternative (alt) Text for Images - 4:41 Principle 3: Use Tables for Data and Information - Not Layouts - 6:23 Principle 4: Use Descriptive Text for Links - 7:58 Principle 5: Canvas Accessibility Checker - 10:27 Bonus Principle: Caption Videos - 11:44 Visit our blog post: https://www.howtocanvas.com/accessibility/5-principle-of-accessibility And feel free to follow along in the Canvas course while watching the tutorial: https://canvas.instructure.com/courses/2560052/pages/5-principles-for-creating-accessible-canvas-pages Please consider subscribing for more Canvas tips and tricks: http://bit.ly/how2canvas​​​ And follow us on our companion website and social media Website: www.HowToCanvas.com​​ Twitter: twitter.com/HowToCanvas​​ Instagram: www.instagram.com/HowToCanvas​​ Facebook: www.facebook.com/HowToCanvas