Using an Accessibility Checker

Accessibility checkers are sometimes built into products such as Canvas and Microsoft Office. They will help you identify certain accessibility issues and provide recommendations to correct the errors:

• Links: Descriptive hyperlinks missing

• Image: Images missing alt text

• Structure: Headings not logically ordered

• Tables: Missing header row

• Color Contrast: Insufficient color contrast between text color and background color

Note: Accessibility checkers are a helpful resource, but they are not able to identify all accessibility errors. For example, an accessibility checker cannot determine whether alt text provides an accurate description of an image.