NARRATOR: The Universal Design Online content Inspection Tool,
also known as UDOIT, was designed for the purpose
of continuous improvement for accessible online learning.
UDOIT is embedded inside campus courses that support faculty
as they develop, redesign and deliver quality accessible online courses.
The completed scan results generate a report of areas for improvement
along with suggestions to improve the courses accessibility.
UDOIT will identify errors and provide suggestions
in the following areas of your course:
announcements, assignments, discussions,
files, pages, syllabus and module URLs.
Please note that UDOIT does not scan all video types or file types
such as Word and PDF documents.
UDOIT will also check for the appropriate use of the following: use of headings
and page structure, alternative text or images, table headers,
color contrast and video captions.
Once inside your course you will locate the UDOIT link
at the left from your navigation menu.
The first time you use UDOIT you will see a message asking you
to authorize the tool.
Click on the authorize button to proceed with UDOIT.
Once you have activated and started running your scan
UDOIT will produce a detailed report within a few minutes.
After UDOIT completes a thorough scan of your course
it will generate a summary of lengthy results.
These scanned results will reveal a significantly high number
of identified errors and suggestions which will definitely feel
very overwhelming at first glance.
This may initially be very discouraging in your efforts
to ensure accessibility for your course and for its alignment
based on the rubric for online competencies.
We want to reassure you that you will not have to be an expert
in the process to achieve an accessible course.
UDOIT is a helpful tool that will guide you through the scanned results
by providing avenues to fix and address the identified errors and suggestions.
Thank you for taking the time to learn more about UDOIT.
If you have any questions about UDOIT
or creating accessible resources for your course,
please visit a Center for Teaching and Learning Innovation.