UDOIT Accessibility Checker is an optional tool in Canvas. It is available in all Canvas modules but will need to be activated by adding it to the module navigation if you wish to use it.

To activate UDOIT:

  • Click on Settings on the left side bar in the module where you would like to activate UDOIT
  • Click on Navigation from the top menu
  • Scroll down and find UDOIT Accessibility
  • Drag and drop UDOIT Accessibility up to the top list of navigation items. You can arrange the link where you like, students will not see UDOIT Accessibility in their module navigation.
  • Make sure to click Save.
You will now see UDOIT Accessibility in your navigation menu.

When you click on UDOIT Accessibility, you may get a prompt indicating "Cidi Labs UDOIT Cloud is requesting access to your account." Click Authorise to continue.

UDOIT will automatically scan your module (which may take a minute or two for larger modules). Click on the Home navigation item in the UDOIT interface to being. This page will list the top 3 errors and top 3 suggestions, along with ways to get started.

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Click any of the radio buttons under Ways to Get Started to filter the errors and suggestions for the module:

  • Easiest to fix - Clicking this option will filter the results to show those that are easiest to fix, generally these are the ones that can be fixed within the UDOIT interface.
  • Errors only - This option will filter the results to show all of the errors, or the items that are most important to fix.
  • All open issues - This option does not offer any filter and presents all of the issues that need to be fixed.
  • By issue type - This option filters the results based on the particular issue, for instance, showing all heading issues, all alt text issues, etc. This can be useful to help focus on updating similar issues at once.
  • By content type - This option filters results based on the particular area of the Canvas module. It can filter results to show all issues in Pages, all issues in Assignments, etc.
  • By impact type - This option filters results to those that are most important for a particular disability or impairment. For instance, visual issues, auditory issues, cognitive issues or motor issues. This can be particularly useful if a student has disclosed a disability and updates need to be made quickly to reduce impact for that student.