Module 1 Book: Formatting Course Content so it's Accessible

Moodle

Moodle is designed to be fully accessible, adhering to conformance standards. In other words, the Moodle interface and content uploaded through activities such as labels, pages etc. should be accessible to assistive technologies. That doesn’t mean, however, that measures don’t still need to be taken to ensure that your content is accessible. This is especially relevant when uploading external files, such as Word or PDF documents. You will also need to ensure that images have alt text and videos include transcripts.

How to Make Accessible - A Checklist

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How to Check Accessibility

Moodle has built-in functionality to check your content for accessibility. The Moodle editor includes two features for checking that your content is accessible: the Accessibility Checker and the Screenreader Helper. Note that these two features only check the current activity that you are creating, not your entire course in Moodle.

Accessibility Checker and Screenreader Helper in Moodle Editor

Selecting the Accessibility Checker will provide a short report identifying the following possible accessibility issues:

Selecting the Screenreader Helper icon provides a brief report with information relevant to screen reader users, including styles used (e.g., bold text), a list of hyperlinks, and images that are displayed as alt text.