Accessibility & Assistive Technologies

All public sector bodies have a legal and ethical obligation to meet accessibility regulations. 

This means responsibly creating learning environments and developing learning materials that do not exclude or disadvantage any member of staff or student.

Guidance on making your learning materials accessible for staff is available on MyConnect.

There is also a Canvas Accessibility course to help inform your approach to building courses in the VLE.

Immersive Reader is used to read text out loud, change the appearance of text for greater focus. It is available in all Microsoft 365 applications and is integrated with Canvas.

Ally is a Canvas plugin that automatically converts your course materials into different formats to suit different accessibility needs. 

Grammarly is a cloud-based typing assistant that helps you review grammar, spelling and punctuation as you write.

NonVisual Desktop Access (NVDA) is a free and open-source, portable screen reader for Microsoft Windows.

Literacy Support Software from the Addressing Dyslexia website offers an overview of the software and apps that can be used to support learners with dyslexia.

Microsoft Dictation is a tool that converts your spoken words into text in real-time, making it easier to write documents, emails, and more. 

Microsoft Transcribe is a feature that converts spoken audio recordings into written text, allowing you to capture and review conversations, meetings, and other audio content.