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What is Accessibility?

Accessibility is about ensuring that things can be used by as many people as possible, working towards equality of opportunity. Our commitment to inclusion is underpinned by both the Equality Act and the more recent . 

Make it Accessible

Converting files to alternative formats - SensusAccess

The University is running SensusAccess, a system that automatically converts documents into alternate formats, allowing you to:

• Convert image PDFs, JPEGS and other files into an e-book, text file, audio or braille.
• Combine more than one .JPG into a single file

Information can be found on the SensusAccess pages.

Accessibility checker in Canvas - Ally

In Canvas you can use a tool called Ally. Ally checks how well your course content meets accessibility standards and provides guidance on what to do to improve accessibility. Ally can also generate alternative formats eg e-Pub, audio (text to speech). 

The Canvas Rich Content Editor has an that can be used as you edit Canvas pages. It will flag up issues like poor contrast and missing alt text.

Immersive Reader

Microsoft immersive reader uses a range of techniques to help aid the reading and editing of documents.  The immersive reader is available in Canvas, as well as several Microsoft applications including Teams, Office 365 (Word and Outlook), OneNote and Microsoft Edge. Further information about Immersive Reader can be found on the and on .

Readability and Accuracy

There are also tools that can support readability and accuracy. The digital design website has information and links for further details.