Accessibility Resources for Faculty

• Canvas Accessibility Checklist
• Accessibility checker in the Rich Content Editor (RCE) – this tool is available throughout Canvas (used when creating pages, assessment instructions, etc) and detects common accessibility errors within the editor.
• Link Validator in Canvas – you can use this tool to verify the links in the course content.
• Captioning videos – Panopto and Studio both auto-caption videos that are created in their software by default. It will also add auto-captions to uploaded media.
  • Editing Captions in Studio or Panopto.
• Accessibility Training Workshop – View the Canvas training schedule and recordings.

This tool is now available (as of February 26, 2026).

What is it? The Course Accessibility Checker allows you to perform a scan of your course that provides a high-level report, as well as a detailed breakdown of accessibility issues for learning resources.

• Feature Overview
• How to Use the Accessibility Checker in Canvas

How do I access it? To access the Course Accessibility Checker, select the Accessibility link in the course navigation, or select the Check Accessibility button on the Course Home, then select the Scan Course button. Once the report appears, you will see if there are issues, and you can select to fix the issues.

This tool does not check the accessibility of third-party applications that are integrated with our system. (For example: Publisher content (McGraw Hill, Pearson), H5P, LinkedIn Learning).

If you have received an accommodation request from a student to receive extended time on assignments or quizzes, the information below will provide instructions about how to do this in Canvas.

Add extended time on quizzes for a student

1. Select the three-dot menu to the right of the quiz and choose Build from the menu, or open the quiz and select the Build button at the bottom of the page.
2. Select the Moderate tab

Course Accommodation

This option allows you to set the assessment accommodations that will apply to all quizzes in the course.

1. When viewing the Moderate tab, select the student’s name in the left-hand column.
2. The Course Accommodation options box will appear.
3. Select the Time adjustments drop-down box and select one of the options:
   • Give additional time – allows you to enter additional time in Hours and Minutes.
   • Remove time limit (unlimited)
   • Time limit multiplier – allows you to enter a multiplier to be applied to all quizzes/exams.
4. Reduced answer choices toggle – if selected, will remove one incorrect answer from multiple choice questions that have 4 or more answer choices.
5. If you would like these settings to apply to quizzes already in progress, select the Apply these changes to the in-progress attempts as well option.

Quiz Accommodation

This option allows you to set the assessment accommodations on a particular quiz.

1. When viewing the Moderate tab, select the edit icon to the far right of the student’s name.
2. The Current Quiz Accommodation options will appear.
3. You can allow for the following options:
   • Additional attempts – enter the number of attempts allowed for the particular student.
   • Time adjustments
     • Give additional time – allows you to enter additional time in Hours and Minutes.
     • Remove time limit (unlimited)
4. Reduced answer choices toggle – if selected, will remove one incorrect answer from multiple choice questions that have 4 or more answer choices.

NOTE: These options will only be applied to the current quiz and in-progress attempts for the current quiz.

Due to accommodations or other reasons, you may want to provide an alternative due date for a student. The information below will provide instructions about how to do this in Canvas.

Provide alternative due dates on assessments

1. Select Assignments in the course navigation.
2. Select the three-dot menu to the right of the assessment (this includes assignments, discussions, and quizzes)
3. Choose Assign To… from the menu.
   The first Assign To area tends to be the access for Everyone in the course for that assessment.
4. Select the +Add button.
5. In the first box, begin typing in the student’s name and/or select from the list.
6. Enter a different Due Date that should be associated with the student.
7. Enter different Available and Until Dates, if needed.
8. Click Save

How do the different Assign To dates function?

• Due Dates appear on the calendar. If there is no due date associated with an assessment, it will not be linked to the course calendar. If you set a late policy in the Grades area, it will begin counting submissions late after the due date has passed.
• Available from dates designate when an item opens and is then available to the student(s).
• Until dates are the date the item will no longer be accessible.

Canvas has several built-in accessibility tools that all users can enable in their own accounts.

• Immersive Reader
• Dyslexia Font
• High Contrast UI
• Keyboard Shortcuts – Some users using screenreaders or keyboard navigation will have an improved experience with these shortcuts turned off.

Video: How to set accessibility settings in user accounts