Accessibility in D2L
D2L is designed to meet web accessibility standards, offering tools and resources to support both instructors and students in creating and engaging with accessible course content.
Ally
Ally is an accessibility tool, integrated into D2L, designed to improve the usability and accessibility of course content created and uploaded into D2L, as well as provide students with the opportunity to access and download accessible alternative formats for course files.
D2L Accessibility Checker
The D2L Accessibility Checker helps instructors create accessible HTML content created in D2L by scanning and identifying potential accessibility issues and offering suggestions for improvement.
D2L Provide Alt Text for Images
Adding images through the HTML Editor prompts users to provide alt text, or descriptive text, to ensure visual content is fully accessible.
Kaltura
The Kaltura integration in D2L provides instructors and students access to LCC’s Media Platform for creating, uploading and sharing media within D2L courses. Videos uploaded into the Kaltura platform are automatically closed captioned and allow instructors to edit captions, add speaker labels, and adjust timing to ensure video content is fully accessible.
ReadSpeaker
The ReadSpeaker integration in D2L provides instructors and students access to text-to-speech and reading/writing tools for listening to and interacting with uploaded documents and HTML webpages in D2L courses.
TextAid
The TextAid integration in D2L provides instructors and students access to a web-based, personal reading and writing support tool that supports written content both inside and outside of D2L.