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This article lists the Top 10 Accessibility Issues at Boise State University and how to fix them.

Common Accessibility Issues at Boise State University

Click on the Issue to be automatically taken to it’s solution:

  1. Image: The image does not have a description

  2. Document: The document has contrast issues

  3. The HTML's heading structure does not start at the right level

  4. The document contains images without a description

  5. Document: The document does not have a language set

  6. Document: The document does not have any headings

  7. Document: the document is untagged

  8. Document: the document includes images without a description

  9. The HTML content has malformed lists

  10. Document: the document has tables that don’t have any headers

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Identify the Accessibility Issue.

Understand how the issue impacts users.

“Fix it”

Use new knowledge to grow a more accessible Canvas Course.

1) Image: The image does not have a description

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These images do not have a description or alternative text. People with screen readers or other assistive devices rely on this description to understand the image's contents and purpose.

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Having a clear description for an image can help everyone better understand the content of the image and how it relates to the context.

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2) Document: The document has contrast issues

The document has contrast issues

These documents contain text with low contrast between the text and its background. This can cause the text to be difficult to read, especially for those with low vision, poor eyesight or colour blindness.

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3) The HTML's heading structure does not start at the right level

The headings in the HTML content don't begin with the main heading and therefore don't follow a logical order. Having the main heading at the beginning of the document will provide a more logical structure and will make the document much easier to understand and navigate for all users.

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4) The document contains images without a description

These documents contain images that don't have a description or alternative text. People with screen readers or other assistive devices rely on these descriptions to understand the image content and purpose. Having a clear description for an image can help everyone better understand the content of the image and how it relates to the context.

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5) Document: The document does not have a language set

Minor issue

The document does not have a language set

These documents do not specify the language in which they have been created. Certain technologies, such as screen readers, rely on the specified language to determine how to process the content or pronounce the text inside of the document.

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6) Document: The document does not have any headings

The document does not have any headings

These documents don't contain any marked-up headings. Headings are important as they provide structure to a document, especially those that consist of many pages. When headings are properly and consistently used, the document becomes much easier to understand and navigate for all users, and provides additional benefits such as the ability to automatically generate a Table of Contents.

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7) Document: the document is untagged

The document is untagged

These PDF documents are not tagged. PDF tags are hidden labels that clarify the structure of the document and define what's a heading, paragraph, table, list, etc. Without these tags, PDF documents are essentially just a bag of difficult to distinguish words that can be really hard to navigate and understand for people with screen readers or other assistive devices.

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8) Document: the document includes images without a description

gMinor issue

The document is missing a title

These PDF documents are missing a title. PDF titles are used as the document title for a PDF window or tab, making it easier to navigate to the PDF and understand the purpose of the PDF.

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9) The HTML content has malformed lists

The list (<ul> or <ol>) elements in the HTML content contain inappropriate child elements. This can cause screen readers to read out the definition lists incorrectly.

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10) Document: the document has tables that don’t have any headers

The document has tables that don't have any headers

These documents contain tables that don't have or properly specify a header structure. People with screen readers or other assistive devices rely on a semantically meaningful and correct heading structure to help them navigate the table and understand the meaning of every cell, but it can be beneficial to everyone to have a clear structure in the table.

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