Accessibility in Educational Technologies

Brightspace, Zoom, VoiceThread, Echo 360 and Microsoft Office all have accessibility features built into their programs. Explore the resources below by educational technology for tips and strategies for creating accessibile documents and course content.

For a more detailed overview, review our self paced Digital Accessibilty resource guide.

Brightspace has many accessibility features built into the digital learning environment. These include:
- Accessibility checker
- Alt Text for Images
- Color contrast checker
- Headings and subheadings
- Ally for Brightspace
There are also features for student accommodations including
- Providing students with extended time on exams/quizzes
- Alternative document formats in Ally
- Echo 360 is a lecture capture and video tool that includes automatic speech recognition (ASR) transcript services. You do have the ability to edit ASR transcripts