The University of Gävle strives to ensure that as many as poosible can use our learning platform Canvas. This information describes how the University complies with the Act on the Accessibility of Digital Public Services in its use of the learning platform, outlines possible accessibility issues and gives you information on how you can report problems to us so that we can fix them.
The learning platform Canvas partly complies with the Act on the Accessibility of Digital Public Services (2018:1937). We are aware that certain parts of the learning platform are not fully accessible, primarily certain material and content published on the platform. We are constantly striving to improve accessibility.
Read Canvas’ own information regarding accessibility
If you need to access content from Canvas på Högskolan i Gävle but are unable to do so, and this content is not within the scope of accessibility regulations as described below, please notify us via learningcenter@hig.se. During office hours, our response time is usually between 6-8 hours, but you may not receive a response until the following day.
We are constantly striving to improve accessibility in the learning platform. If you discover any problems that are not described on this page, or if you think that we fail to comply with the act, please let us know.
Form to report instances of poor accessibility
Content described below is not fully accessible. Our ambition is to handle all known instances of poor accessibility.
Poor accessibility according to legal requirements can be found in:
The learning platform Canvas contains a tool to test accessibility. Together with our teachers, we have tested this function. We have also read Canvas’ own documentation concerning accessibility in its technologies and interface.
We use this Canvas tool to follow up and handle all instances of poor accessibility in code and with editorial measures on a regular basis.
Act on the Accessibility of Digital Public Services (2018:1937).
