Overview
Grackle Suite (often called GrackleDocs) is an accessibility add-on extension designed for Google Workspace (Google Docs, Google Slides, and Google Sheets) that helps educators create inclusive digital learning materials. Because Google Suite products lack a built-in accessibility assistant, Pima has secured a license for GrackleDocs to help instructors create accessible content.
Operating as an interactive sidebar, GrackleDocs automatically scans documents against Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG 2.1 AA) to detect missing alternative text, improper heading hierarchies, table structure errors, and color contrast issues. Faculty can use its "click and fix" interface to remediate issues directly within their files and export them as fully tagged, screen-reader-compliant PDFs—making it an essential tool for preparing accessible course materials.
This short tutorial demonstrates how to install the Grackle Docs add-on directly from the Google Workspace Marketplace inside a Google Doc. It walks through granting the required account permissions and launching the tool's sidebar to automatically check your document for accessibility errors.
This video provides a detailed demonstration of how the Grackle Suite add-ons improve accessibility across Google Workspace:
- Google Docs: Demonstrates how Grackle Docs scans for accessibility issues, fixes missing alt text, fixes heading structure, configures table headers, adjusts reading order, fixes color contrast, and exports fully tagged, accessible PDFs.
- Google Sheets: Highlights how Grackle Sheets flags nondescriptive sheet names and isolated cells, and converts complex spreadsheets into accessible single-page HTML tables.
- Google Slides: Shows how Grackle Slides flags duplicate titles, manages slide reading order, and explains current beta features and limitations when exporting slides to PDF.
This video introduces Grackle PDF, a remediation tool designed to streamline the creation of PDF/UA-compliant documents. It highlights features like automated accessibility scanning, step-by-step remediation guidance, built-in PDF validation (via Grackle Go), detailed compliance reporting, and tools for tagging images, adding alt text, and fixing reading orders.
- Creating accessible tables with GrackleDocs
- Grackle for Education
- GrackleDocs YouTube Channel
- GrackleDocs Support Form
- How to use Grackle Docs Add-On for Google Docs at the University of Hawai'i.
- Accessing Grackle Docs from Google Docs Extensions at University of South Dakota
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