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Accessibility Report Glossary

The accessibility glossary is your quick reference for understanding your accessibility report that lists the items which may keep your course from meeting WCAG 2.2 compliance. This includes key terms, error codes and their meanings. Each possible  accessibility concern is listed below and linked to their associated step by step instructions.

Brightspace Accessibility 

BRSP : Alternative Descriptions  

Images in the Brightspace page do not have alternative text.

Brightspace-Alt Text

BRSP: Audio Descriptions  

An audio recording in Brightspace does not have captions and/or a descriptive text.

Brightspace - Video and Audio

BRSP: Captioning & Transcripts  

A video shared or embedded on Brightspace does not have captions.

Brightspace - Video and Audio

BRSP: Color Contrast  

The text, foreground, and background colors on this page do not have enough contrast.

Brightspace - Color Contrast

BRSP: Headings  

Headings are out of order, which mix up the order of the Screen Reader.

Brightspace-Headings

BRSP: Link Text  

There is a hyperlink that is improperly formatted.

Brightspace - Links

BRSP: Lists  

The organization of the list is unclear and could lead to errors with a Screen Reader.

Brightspace - Lists

BRSP: Tables  

The table does not have headings for either the rows or columns and/or lacks a table name.

Brightspace - Tables

BRSP: Unit Cover

The Unit or lesson cover has body text, which cannot be read by a Screen Reader.

Brightspace Unit Cover

Document Accessibility 

Slide Deck: Slide Layouts

The organization of text is unclear and could lead to errors with screen reader.

Slide Layout

Document: Headings

Headings are out of order, which can mix up the order or Screen Reader.

Digital Access Kit: Headings

Document: Alternative Descriptions

Images in the Word document do not have alternative text. Graphs, like those produced by Excel, are converted to images in Word documents. These graphs require alt-text and a descriptive caption.

Digital Access Kit: Alternative Text

Document: Color Contrast

The text, foreground, and background colors on this Word document do not have enough contrast.

Digital Access Kit: Color Contrast

Document: Links

There is a hyperlink that is improperly formatted.
 

Digital Access Kit: Links

Document: Lists

The organization of the list is unclear and could lead to errors wth a Screen Reader.


Digital Access Kit: Lists

Document: Tables

The table does not have headings for either the rows or columns and/or lacks a table name

Digital Access Kit: Tables

Document: Screen Reader

An uploaded file cannot be read with a Screen Reader.
 

Brightspace Documents

Document: Tables

The table does not have headings for either the rows or columns and/or lacks a table name

Digital Access Kit: Tables

Audio & Video Accessibility 

Youtube, Zoom, Panopto: Captions

The video does not have captions

Create Accessible Videos

Youtube, Zoom, Panopto: Captions

The video does not have captions

Create Accessible Videos

Document: Tables

The table does not have headings for either the rows or columns and/or lacks a table name

Digital Access Kit: Tables

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