Universal Design Online Content Inspection Tool

What is it for?

The UDOIT Accessibility Checker in Canvas is a licensed add-on. It was developed at the University of Central Florida under the name UDOIT (Universal Design Online Inspection Tool) and purchased by Cidi Labs. UDOIT (pronounced, “You do it”) scans online course content within a specific course site and creates a report that identifies possible accessibility issues. Additionally, the included U FIX IT tool guides faculty to repair issues found from UDOIT with an easy-to-use user-interface. 

Use UDOIT to check headings, alternative text for images, color contrast, descriptive link texts, and video captions, and more.

This slideshow shows the most common issues: Summary of Accessibility analysis. 

What Does UDOIT Scan in Your Course? 

UDOIT checks the following components in the a course.

• Announcements
• Assignments
• Discussions
• Files (i.e. html files)
• Pages
• Syllabus
• Module URLs

NOTE: The UDOIT Accessibility Checker in Canvas does not scan documents (PDFs, Word documents, Google Docs) you have put in a course.

How to Scan Your Course with UDOIT in Canvas

• Scanning a Course with UDOIT (from the UDOIT User Guide)
• Enabling UDOIT in a Canvas Course (from the UDOIT User Guide)

*NOTE: UDOIT is called “Accessibility Checker” in our Canvas instance.

UDOIT Training Resources

• UDOIT User Guide
• UDOIT Training Series video hub for on-demand training
• Sign Up for UDOIT Training via Email
• Less-Stressed Path to Accessible Canvas Courses webinar (1 hour)

Addressing Common Errors with UDOIT in Canvas

(videos produced and copyrighted by University of Minnesota)

• UDOIT Error: No Closed Captions Found (4:34) 
• UDOIT Suggestion: Alternative text should not be the image file name (4:21) 
• UDOIT Error: No Row or Column Scopes Declarations Found in the Header of Your Table (3:47)
• UDOIT Suggestion: Link Text Should be Descriptive (2:43)
• UDOIT Error: Headings Should Contain Text (1:51)
• UDOIT Error: No Table Headers Found (2:30)
• UDOIT Error: Insufficient Text Color Contrast with the Background (3:13)
• UDOIT Suggestion: Avoid Using Color Alone for Emphasis (2:24)
• UDOIT Suggestion: Avoid Styles for Document Structure (3:10)

Checking Google, Microsoft, and PDF Documents for Accessibility (not available in UDOIT)

• Checking Google Docs: Grackle Docs – Step by Step Guide from UC Berkeley 
• Grackle PDF is available, but is not currently licensed
• Checking Microsoft Office documents (Word document, Excel spreadsheet, PowerPoint presentation): Improve accessibility with the Accessibility Checker
• Create and verify PDF accessibility (Acrobat Pro)