Accessibility Features of Campus Platforms

Compliance: WCAG 2.1 (Web Content Accessibility Checklist)

For more on D2L Brightspace accessibility standards and features, please see

• Accessibility Standards | D2L
• D2L Accessibility Lab
• D2L Template for Accessibility
• D2L Brightspace Accessibility Checker 
• New Accessibility Checker in Brightspace HTML Editor – YouTube

D2L Use with Assistive Technologies:

• Accessibility Features for Screen Readers
• Accessibility Features for Low-vision Users
• Using personal settings with assistive technology

Compliance: FERPA; Section 508 Standards

• Auto and human captioning 
• Supports multiple caption files in different languages
• Copyright and Accessibility Review
• Accessibility features in Media Player: movable caption bar, keyboard shortcuts
• Downloadable notes, resources and transcripts
• Audio Descriptions for the visually impaired
• Indexing

For more on YuJa accessibility features, please see

• Accessibility – YuJa Official Home Page YuJa
• Managing Accessibility Options – YuJa Help Center 
• Accessibility Features in the Media Player – YuJa Help Center

Compliance: WCAG 2.1 AA Standards, Revised Section 508 Standards, EN 301 549 Accessibility requirements

• Auto-generated, manual and third-party captions
• Live transcription
• Translation from and into multiple languages
• Ability to pin interpreter
• Keyboard shortcuts for easy navigation
• Multiple video view options
• Screen reader support
• Dark mode
• Chat display size
• Manually create breakout rooms (enabling participants to choose a room to join)
• Meeting recording locally and in cloud

For more on accessibility in Zoom:

• Accessibility | Zoom
• Accessibility – FAQ | Zoom
• How To Use Accessibility Features With Zoom – YouTube

Compliance: Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.1 Level AA; Section 508 standards (US).

• Screen Reader Support: Students using assistive technology will be provided with appropriate labelling, as well as skip links, landmarks and headings. 
• Magnification Tools: Students with impaired vision can use assistive technologies, such as ZoomText, to navigate through Top Hat and increase readability up to 200 percent. 
• Keyboard Navigation: Interactive components such as questions and discussions can be operated entirely using a keyboard by students with mobility impairments. 
• Schedule flexibility. Can schedule readings, assignments and tests for specific learners at various times and for different durations

• Can print assessments so students can complete them manually if they are unable to participate within the platform.
• Interactive Textbooks and Assignments: enables adding alternative text for images and headers for easier navigation.
• Various question types accessible to students using assistive technologies. 
• Anonymous responses. Questions and discussions can be anonymized to encourage students to participate even when addressing sensitive topics.
• Text-in responses. Students that do not have a device or have a bad connection can text their responses to in-class questions.
• Note! Slides presented in Top Hat and Math questions written in LaTex are not accessible to students using screen readers.

For more on accessibility in Top Hat:

• Access-and-Equity-with-Top-Hat.pdf (tophat.com)
• Platform Accessibility & Inclusion

• Learning Tools in Word for Office 365
• Accessibility Features | Microsoft Accessibility
• MS Office tools like Word and Powerpoint have an Accessibility Checker: Make your content accessible to everyone with the Accessibility Checker – Microsoft Support; Improve accessibility with the Accessibility Checker – Microsoft Support

For more on creating accessible documents:

• Accessibility in Microsoft Word
• Accessible PDFs