Accessible Slide Presentations: Sharing Slides in D2L Recommended Workflow

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Slide presentations can be tricky to remediate for accessibility. Ally will notify you a presentation is not accessible, but cannot do remediation within Ally. The original file must be downloaded or found and fixed for accessibility, then re-uploaded to your D2L course. Please see the following table and recommended workflow for creating and remediating slide presentations.

Slide Presentation Tool Comparison

Tool	Strengths	Limitations	D2L Insert Method
Microsoft PowerPoint	Microsoft built-in accessibility checker to fix accessibility issues Ally supported format--included in checker and alternative formats provided Share settings are not a problem. All students have access to PowerPoint or they can open the file in Google Slides. View in the Pulse app is very user friendly-opens within the app.	Speaker notes must be deleted or students can access upon download. Fonts from Google may not be compatible.	Upload as a .pptx file
Google Slides	Cloud based access	Not an Ally supported tool. Ally accessibility checker and alternative formats are not available. Opens within a browser window as opposed to the Pulse app on a device. Requires correct share settings or students may not be able to access. Speaker notes must be deleted or students can access. No built-in accessibility checker	Cannot be checked in Ally at this time. If you are certain it is accessible, you can upload to D2L.

Recommended Workflow Using PowerPoint

1. Download your Google Slides as a .pptx (PowerPoint) file. Select File, then Download, and finally Microsoft PowerPoint (.pptx).

Sample Google Slide presentation showing to select File from the navbar, then download, the 7th option in the menu, then Microsoft PowerPoint the first option.

2. Open the file in Microsoft PowerPoint, run the integrated accessibility checker, and fix any accessibility issues.

Microsoft PowerPoint landing screen showing to select Open, the third option on the left navbar, next select Browse, found after Add a Place, to search for downloads on your computer.

After you have completed the accessibility remediation necessary, save the file on your computer.

*Article coming soon! For more information on using Microsoft's Accessibility Checker, see Microsoft PowerPoint: Using the Accessibility Checker

3. Insert your file into D2L by navigating to a module and selecting Upload/Create, then Upload Files.

D2L module with the Upload/Create button selected and next the first option Upload Files.

5. Select the Upload button to open your file explorer and locate your .pptx file for upload. Next, select the Add button.

Add a File pop up window showing to select the first button Upload, from the pop-up file explorer select your file and next the open button at the bottom. In the Add a File pop-up, select the first button in the bottom, Add.

6. The file uploads as a PowerPoint presentation that Ally can provide alternative formats for and check for accessibility.

PowerPoint Presentation in a module showing the alternative formats button and the ally score.

Ally scores and alternative formats can take a few seconds to process. Refresh your screen to see the alternative formats and Ally score buttons.

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