YuJa has a variety of accessibility features that are applied to your video automatically on upload. You can also improve the accessibility of your YuJa videos depending on the needs of your students. For information on accessibility features on the player, see the YuJa support article Accessibility Features in the Media Player. The Accessibility Tab You …
Accessibility Checker The Accessibility Checker will show the Accessibility issues with your text and images and list them in the viewer. Use the up and down arrows to flick through the list of issues. Click on the question mark icon for further information on the specific Accessibility issue in question. The area of concern will …
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The Padlet website answers some questions on Accessibility and Padlet. Does Padlet support screen readers? Yes, Padlet are basically compatible with screen reader software (such as Apple VoiceOver), but are working on becoming even more accessible as they tailor content to screen readers. Does Padlet provide low vision colour contrast? Not at this time. They …
While Turnitin Feedback Studio is not currently completely WCAG compliant, you can use the text-only Similarity Report for a better experience with assistive technologies. To do this click on Text-only Report at the foot of the page. The Text-only Report opens in a new browser window. Please note that this enables you to view …
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You may wish to create audio-only or podcast style content as part of your teaching delivery. YuJa supports the upload of audio files, which are auto-transcribed and captioned for improved accessibility. The auto captions can be edited to further improve accessibility in the same way you would edit a YuJa video. You should not upload …
Important: Stream (Classic) has been replaced with Stream (on SharePoint). To find out more about migration from Stream Classic to Stream on SharePoint please visit DTS’ page Stream on SharePoint. Stream is no longer used for storing Teaching and Learning video content. T&L video content for 2022/23 onwards should be stored in Yuja. Stream Groups will not …
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Blackboard Collaborate is a useful tool for delivering real-time online teaching. These sessions offer greater flexibility to bring students together by removing the barriers of distance or circumstance and enables them to engage in an interactive online learning environment. However, this learning environment may still present barriers or challenges for some students.. To minimise these …
Adding Alt Text in Blackboard You should always add alternative text when you upload an image to Blackboard. Alt Text provides a description of the content of an image for people who are unable to see it. Screen readers will read out the Alt Text as part of a document. For more, see Creating Accessible Learning …
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Adobe guides Creating accessible PDFs Create and verify PDF accessibility (Acrobat Pro)
University templates University of Reading MS Word and PowerPoint templates – redesigned to enhanced accessibility Microsoft Support articles Improve accessibility with the Accessibility Checker Excel / PowerPoint /Word for Office 365, 2019, 2016 Make your Word Documents accessible Word for Office 365, 2019, 2016 Styles in Word Word for Office 365, Word 2019, Word 2016 Make your Excel documents accessible …
