10 Day Accessibility Challenge

Accessibility Challenge | Day Three | Heading vs Text Formatting

Heading vs Text Formatting

As you learned from Day One and Day Two of the Accessibility Challenge, headings are the backbone of the content on your content page in Canvas and each unique heading levels has significant meaning for screen reader users. Today is our last day focusing on headings. What more could you possibly learn? Well, today you will explore the HTML editor, explore the codes that create headings, and learn how assistive technology reads the HTML.

Screen readers are an important and popular assistive technology. They enable the independent use of digital devices by those who otherwise would not be able to do so, or who would face significant difficulty. Screen readers use HTML tags to understand the content and regions of the page, and what elements are available for the user to select. For this reason, the most effective way to make your content pages accessible is to structure and use the built in heading features in Canvas to ensure the HTML code will contain semantically rich tags.

Screen Reader with Headings

Check out this example of a screen reader reading the headings and how it allows the student navigate the page efficiently.

Submit the Challenge

For today's challenge we invite you to submit one more Canvas page demonstrating what you have learned over the past three days. Check to make sure your headings are accessible by ensuring structure is consistent and heading levels are ordered. Submit the URL of the Canvas page to the following submission portal: Accessibility Day Three Challenge.

Please keep in mind the following friendly reminders:

Keep your headings short, brief, and focused.
Avoid making your heading a full sentence.
Be sure your heading is 120 characters or less.

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