check-mark-3-xxl.png Use the Accessibility Checker for Content Created in Moodle


Whenever users create content with the ATTO text editor, they can click the "Accessibility checker" button in the tool bar. 

The "Accessibility checker" highlighted in the ATTO text editor tool bar

This is a good tool for double checking accessibility of content that was copied and pasted. For example, this is an error report generated by content I copied:

An example of an error page generated by the ATTO accessibility checker.

Faculty can also use the "Accessibility toolkit" which is under the gear menu. To see a comprehensive list of accessibility problems in their courses. 

To launch the "Accessibility toolkit," follow the link under the "More" menu.

The accessibility checked link in the more menu

Click to "Submit for analysis."

The submit for analysis button

The toolkit runs in the background, so check back to see the results.

The announcement of the time when the toolkit will be done with the processing 

After the toolkit is complete, following the link to the toolkit displays a page with multiple tabs detailing the findings.

The error report from the accessibility toolkit


The Accessibility Checker only evaluates content created in the ATTO text editor. Word documents, PowerPoint presentations, PDF files, and other files must be evaluated using the accessibility checkers in the software used to create those files.

Last modified: Tuesday, November 14, 2023, 9:30 AM