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# How ADA compliant are CTL's services?

We consider a number of factors when we choose new "best of breed" tools to bring to faculty.  Some of our considerations are:

- How well does the tool integrate with Columbia's class rostering and sign-in systems?  Can we add "single sign on" so that students and faculty can easily access the tool?
- How portable is the content that students and faculty create during a semester? Can that content be re-used in other tools or systems? Can they get that content out and take it with them?
- How accessible are the tools? Can users with disabilities access and use the tools? These accessibility considerations can offer improved performance for all users (e.g. "key commands" which allow visually impaired users to skip directly to the first main content block or navigation... this can also help sighted users who wish to use them).

Here's a quick run-down of ADA compliance for some of CUIT's and CTL's services:

**Canvas**: Canvas strives to support accessibility for users of all abilities. You can read specific about which screen readers Canvas supports as well as other accessibility features in the Canvas Guides [here](https://community.canvaslms.com/docs/DOC-2061-accessibility-within-canvas).    

**Google Docs**: See this list of google tools and their respective accessibility status. [G](https://www.google.com/accessibility/products-features.html)[oogle Accessibility](https://www.google.com/accessibility/products-features.html)

**YouTube**: See [this support article](http://support.google.com/youtube/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=189278) on using YouTube with a screenreader.

**EdBlogs**: Since EdBlogs is based on Wordpress, there are a [number of themes and plugins](http://codex.wordpress.org/Accessibility) that can be employed when needed.

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