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All Canvas files, such as Word documents, PowerPoint Presentations, and PDFs, should be easily accessible to all students. These accessibility standards include:
- Use a font of at least 12 pts.
- Use Arial, Arial Black, or Calibre for better readability.
- Use high-contrast colors (e.g. black against white).
- Use the heading styles found in the word processor's style gallery, rather than using bold styles and enlarging text.
- Use the proper heading style to create a logical document structure (Heading 1 for first-level information, Heading 2 for second-level information, etc.).
- Give images alternative text that conveys the image's meaning.
- Only use tables for tabular data (not for design).
- Give all tables column headings.
- Use list styles (e.g. 1, 2, 3 or bullets) found in the word processor's style gallery.
- Hyperlink descriptive text rather than phrases like "click here."