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The Universal Design Online content Inspection Tool, or UDOIT (pronounced “You Do It”), helps faculty identify accessibility issues in Canvas course content. With the click of a button, UDOIT scans a course, generates a report, and provides resources on how to address common accessibility issues.

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How to Access

Instructors can enable UDOIT in a Canvas course by accessing the Navigation settings (Course Navigation > Settings > Navigation) and adding UDOIT to the Course Navigation.

Guides/Tutorials

FAQ

Faculty and instructional support staff have access to UDOIT. Students do not have access.

UDOIT scans the HTML of the following content items in a course:

  • Announcements
  • Assignments
  • Discussions
  • Pages
  • Syllabus
  • Module URLs
  • Canvas Classic Quizzes

It looks for the following possible accessibility issues and reports them as either errors or suggestions. For more information, read What Does UDOIT Look For? > Canvas Content

UDOIT scans the description area of Canvas Classic Quizzes. Due to API limitations, it does not scan quiz questions or Question Banks. Additionally, UDOIT does not currently scan New Quizzes.

In the Review Files area, click Review. Next to “Canvas Page,” click Request. Optional: Click the “Replace file with a Page” button to replace all instances of the file in your course with the new page.

For more information, read How do convert a PDF document to a Canvas page in UDOIT?

UDOIT Advantage scans files in a Canvas course, looking for issues that make it difficult for students to use assistive technologies to navigate course files. Currently, UDOIT Advantage scans for issues in Microsoft Word and PowerPoint documents, and PDFs. Files cannot be updated using UDOIT. Updates to files must be made using the specific, offline application (e.g. PowerPoint, Word, Acrobat).

For more information, read What Does UDOIT Look For? > Canvas Content

Discover web accessibility support services and educational resources available to all faculty, staff, and students at UNCG’s Accessibility website, through the Office of Accessibility Resources and Services (OARS), or reach out to our Digital Accessibility team.

Instructor Training

Group, one-on-one, or virtual sessions are available to faculty on workshops.uncg.edu. If you cannot find what you’re looking you can request training.

Request Training

Technical Support

For general support access the UDOIT Knowledge Base. For course-specific questions regarding UDOIT, contact your departmental Academic Technology Specialist (ATS).

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1400 Spring Garden Street Greensboro, NC 27412
Email: 6-TECH@uncg.edu
Technical Support: (336) 256-TECH (8324) 

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Last Updated: October 16, 2025