• Index Accessibility

    At GCC, Moodle is the supported learning management system. There are steps both faculty and students can take to improve the accessibility of the installation. Some of these are intended to be temporary solutions until the IT department has the opportunity to more completely audit and address some issues.

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      What Do We Mean by Accessibility?
      Improving accessibility is something we do to improve the learning experience for all students.
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      Introduction to "Improving Accessibility"
      This video was created in August 2020. This was when Google Workspaces was still known as G Suite.
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      Closed Captions in YouTube

      This page shows how to open the closed captions that are automatically generated by YouTube.  

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      Enable Live Captioning in Google Chrome

      Chrome allows users to turn on live captioning which presents the text of audio presented in the Chrome browser.

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      Basic Accessibility Tools Microsoft Office

      Two of the most important steps for making files accessible is to use headings and to add alternative text to images. These tools are described on this page.

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      Basic Accessibility Tools Microsoft Office (copy)

      Two of the most important steps for making files accessible is to use headings and to add alternative text to images. These tools are described on this page.

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      Working with Hyperlinks

      Follow thee steps when adding hyperlinks to files created using Microsoft Office. 

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      Using the Colour Contrast Analyzer

      A video tutorial for using the CCA.

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      Change your Moodle Theme

      The theme which controls colors, fonts, some navigation controls, and some other aspects of how classrooms are displayed. We have identified some difficulties with the theme that do interfere with accessibility particularly for certain users. Until we have the capacity to address those, we are supporting individual users to change their theme which reduces those obstacles to accessibility

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      Accessibility Block

      The Accessibility block can be added by individual users (both faculty and students) that displays tools to adjust the colors and size of fonts on the classroom as well a displaying and optional toolbar with a larger collection of tools. This is installed by individuals, to it does not affect how others see the pages. 

      screenshot of the accessibility block and toolbar in Moodle

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      Navigate by Keyboard

      You can experience navigating your Moodle classroom with keyboard shortcuts by following these steps. 

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      Suggestions for Making Courses Easy to Navigate

      When creating Moodle classrooms, these steps may help make it easy for both you and your students to find what they need.

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      Adding Alt Text to Images in Moodle

      See the two options for adding alternative text to images added to items created with the ATTO text editor in Moodle.

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      Accessibility Checker in Moodle

      Moodle has two tools for checking items created within Moodle.

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      AM: Word Processing Files or Slide Shows

      Our series of tutorials on creating accessible Moodle classrooms.

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      AM: Slide Shows with Voice-Over

      Our series of tutorials on creating accessible Moodle classrooms.

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      AM: Starter Files

      Our series of tutorials on creating accessible Moodle classrooms.

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      AM: Recording of Video Conference

      Our series of tutorials on creating accessible Moodle classrooms.

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      AM: Interactive Content

      Our series of tutorials on creating accessible Moodle classrooms.

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      AM: PDF Articles from a Publisher

      Our series of tutorials on creating accessible Moodle classrooms.

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      AM: Pages in Moodle

      Our series of tutorials on creating accessible Moodle classrooms.

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      AM: Audio and Video from ATTO

      Our series of tutorials on creating accessible Moodle classrooms.

    • Item linked form the course template

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      Preview Your Content in a Screen Reader

      Use these tools to preview how your course or materials might be read using a screen reader. It should be noted that different screen readers operate differently, so this may not be exactly what your students experience. 

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      Using Headings in Moodle

      When creating content in the ATTO text editor, use the headings menu for large text objects.

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      Preview Your Content in a Screen Reader

      Use these tools to preview how your course or materials might be read using a screen reader. It should be noted that different screen readers operate differently, so this may not be exactly what your students experience. 

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      Accessibility Checker in Google Documents

      Use the Grackle add-on to check Google Documents

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      Accessibility Checker in Microsoft Office

      Microsoft provides a tool that identifies parts of your files that interfere with accessibility

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      Accessibility Checker in Moodle (copy)

      Moodle has two tools for checking items created within Moodle.

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      Set as Slide Title in PowerPoint

      If your slide has a text box, but it isn't recognized as the title by the accessibility checker