This guide pertains to Ultra Course View.
If your course is in Original Course View, see the Original Course View tutorial collection.
Overview of the Ultra Accessibility Checker
The Ultra Accessibility Checker scans content in the content editor for Ultra Documents to identify accessibility issues. It offers explanations about these issues and provides solutions to make your content more accessible.
Understanding How It Works
The Score Gauge displays only while an instructor is actively creating or editing content in the content editor for the Ultra Document. The Ultra Accessibility Checker does not provide any additional checking or guidance for files, reporting, or alternative formats.
- Text with insufficient contrast
- Heading order
- Image without a description
- Image with redundant descriptions
- Tables without headers
- Tables with empty headers
The functionality guides you through one global issue at a time. For example, it will flag all instances of text with insufficient contrast in your document – focusing your attention to correct the issue.
The issue flagged is listed below the accessibility score in the Instructor Feedback panel. Select the What This Means button for a brief explanation of the issue and why it is significant. For example, if the issue listed is “This item contains text with insufficient contrast”, selecting What This Means will give a short explanation of what color contrast is and why using sufficient contrast is important.
More importantly, the Ultra Accessibility Checker offers quick fixes to the issues highlighted. In this case, the feedback panel offers several color choices that would correct the contrast issue. Select a corrected color for each instance that needs correcting. As you correct issues, the Score Gauge’s live score adjusts.