Both the web browser version of Canvas, the Canvas Student app and the content in Canvas is required to be accessible and able to be used on a wide variety of devices such as mobile phones. These requirements are based on The Authority for Universal Design of ICT in Norway (uutilsynet.no).
Guides and assistive technologies
- General information about accessibility in Canvas: screen readers, keyboard navigation and other recommendations (canvaslms.com)
- Ally is an assistive technology in Canvas that provides students with alternative formats to content
- Microsoft Immersive Reader is integrated in Canvas: a useful tool for the visually impaired and for people with reading challenges such as dyslexia
Accessibility statements
On uustatus.no you can find our own evaluations of accessibility in UiO's Canvas. The statements are in Norwegian only.
Go to the accessibility statement for the web browser version of Canvas, at uustatus.no
Go to the accessibility statement for the Canvas Student iOS app, at uustatus.no
Go to the accessibility statement for the Canvas Student Android app, at uustatus.no
Feedback
If you have any questions or feedback about accessibility in Canvas, send an email to canvas-hjelp@admin.uio.no.