At a glance UDOIT Advantage replaces Blackboard Ally as Barry University's primary Canvas accessibility tool starting September 23rd, 2026. It scans course content, flags issues, explains why they matter, and walks you through fixes without leaving Canvas. BarryU Online will offer training and resources to help faculty adopt the tool and build accessibility best practices into their courses.
About UDOIT Advantage 1 What is UDOIT Advantage? UDOIT Advantage (pronounced “you-do-it,” Universal Design Online content Inspection Tool) is an accessibility assistant built directly into Canvas. It scans the content in your course, flags accessibility issues, explains why each one matters, and walks you through fixing it without leaving Canvas. UDOIT Advantage replaces Blackboard Ally as Barry University's primary course accessibility tool in Canvas beginning September 23rd, 2026. 2 What UDOIT Advantage is for Use UDOIT Advantage when you want to: Check a course for accessibility issues in pages, assignments, discussions, announcements, the syllabus, and uploaded files Fix issues in place: heading structure, image alt text, table headers, color contrast, link text, and video captions Convert PDFs and Word documents into accessible Canvas pages Understand the why behind each issue through built-in explanations and guidance Use AI-assisted suggestions for alternative text and link text Track your course's overall accessibility as you add and revise content 3 How to find UDOIT Advantage in your course Open your Canvas course and look for UDOIT Advantage in the course navigation menu on the left. If you don't see it: 1 Go to Settings 2 Select the Navigation tab 3 Find UDOIT Advantage in the lower list 4 Select the three-dot menu to its right and choose Enable 5 Select Save 4 Faculty resources & training Step-by-step guides and on-demand video walkthroughs are available, along with a live training session. Upcoming Training Register here for BarryU Online's UDOIT: October 14th @ 11am Resources UDOIT training videos and guides: how to use UDOIT UDOIT ULearn Accessibility Guide: explains accessibility issues and fixes Cidi Labs UDOIT Help Center: FAQs, release notes, admin guides Questions or need help? Contact BarryU Online and Digital Learning at ahamid@barry.edu for assistance with UDOIT Advantage or for support making your course content accessible.
1 What is UDOIT Advantage? UDOIT Advantage (pronounced “you-do-it,” Universal Design Online content Inspection Tool) is an accessibility assistant built directly into Canvas. It scans the content in your course, flags accessibility issues, explains why each one matters, and walks you through fixing it without leaving Canvas. UDOIT Advantage replaces Blackboard Ally as Barry University's primary course accessibility tool in Canvas beginning September 23rd, 2026.
2 What UDOIT Advantage is for Use UDOIT Advantage when you want to: Check a course for accessibility issues in pages, assignments, discussions, announcements, the syllabus, and uploaded files Fix issues in place: heading structure, image alt text, table headers, color contrast, link text, and video captions Convert PDFs and Word documents into accessible Canvas pages Understand the why behind each issue through built-in explanations and guidance Use AI-assisted suggestions for alternative text and link text Track your course's overall accessibility as you add and revise content
3 How to find UDOIT Advantage in your course Open your Canvas course and look for UDOIT Advantage in the course navigation menu on the left. If you don't see it: 1 Go to Settings 2 Select the Navigation tab 3 Find UDOIT Advantage in the lower list 4 Select the three-dot menu to its right and choose Enable 5 Select Save
4 Faculty resources & training Step-by-step guides and on-demand video walkthroughs are available, along with a live training session. Upcoming Training Register here for BarryU Online's UDOIT: October 14th @ 11am Resources UDOIT training videos and guides: how to use UDOIT UDOIT ULearn Accessibility Guide: explains accessibility issues and fixes Cidi Labs UDOIT Help Center: FAQs, release notes, admin guides