Ensuring an accessible and pleasant experience to all users, regardless of disability, is a key focus of Canvas. The Canvas platform was built using the most modern HTML and CSS technologies, and is committed to W3C's Web Accessibility Initiative and Section 508 guidelines.
The Voluntary Product Accessibility Template, or VPAT, is a tool that administrators and decision-makers can use to evaluate Canvas' conformance with the accessibility standards under Section 508 of the Rehabilitation Act. View more information about the Canvas Voluntary Product Accessibility Template.
General accessibility design guidelines can be found in the General Design Guidelines for Accessibility lesson (accessibility document).
You can read more about the most recent accessibility and feature enhancements in the Canvas Product Release Notes. If you have additional suggestions, please contact accessibility@instructure.com.
In the two years since this document was created, has there been any movement on Crocodoc and accessibility? Being able to give feedback associated with specific parts of a paper would be very useful, but it seems as though we are still limited to an old-fashioned general feedback box for any visually impaired student