Loyola Support Documentation

How do I add site role permissions for all sites?

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Select the Admin Site Perms tool from the Tool Menu in the Administration Workspace.

How do I remove site role permissions for all sites?

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Select the Admin Site Perms tool from the Tool Menu in the Administration Workspace.

How do I check my content for accessibility?

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Note: The Accessibility Checker is a third party add-on for the Rich Text Editor. While it is open source software, the licensing guidelines do not allow it to come packaged with Sakai. If your institution has installed this add-on, the features described below will be available. If you do not see the Accessibility Checker icon, that means that your institution has not installed this add-on.

Why should I use paragraph breaks in my document?

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A paragraph break (hitting Enter or Return on the keyboard) is always more meaningful than a line break (hitting Shift + Enter or Return on the keyboard). A paragraph break inserts what looks like a double-space between one line of text and another, and it allows screen reader users to parse the information on the page more readily.

Although programs like Microsoft Word have options to create single-spaced documents with paragraph breaks, web pages do not. You may find using a line break more aesthetically pleasing than a paragraph break, but line breaks can create problems for screen reader users.

While a screen reader can interpret a paragraph break as "blank," a line break may not be indicated to the user. The text on the new line may sound like a new sentence, instead of the start of a new paragraph.

What is the Admin Site Perms tool?

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The Admin Site Perms tool allows admin users to add or remove permissions across all sites for specified roles. If you would like to modify the permissions for existing roles in your instance, this tool makes it easy to implement the change system-wide.

How can I structure my document to make it more accessible?

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Organizing your page with helpful titles and headings creates an outline that helps your audience access the most important information more quickly and easily.

Assistive technology users rely heavily on page titles and headings to navigate complex content. Structuring complex content will help all users parse it as well. Headings allow users to jump from one part of a document to another without using a mouse. Screen readers will interpret headings for those who use them.

Note that for this reason, you should not use headings for typographical effects. If you need to increase or decrease the font size of large blocks of text, please use the Normal Paragraph Format and select a new Font size from the Size menu, or use Styles.

How do I add a new term?

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Select the Academic Term Manager tool from the Tool Menu in the Administration Workspace.

How do I edit an academic term?

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Select the Academic Term Manager tool from the Tool Menu in the Administration Workspace.

How can I make lists of items accessible?

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If you think of a vertical series of items as a list, you should include it in your page as a numbered or bulleted list. Screen readers can identify lists; for example, a bulleted list containing two items may begin "List of  two items. Bullet 1."

How can choices in background and text color affect accessibility?

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Many users will have visual impediments that will require good contrast in the documents you are producing. The best way to help these users is to make sure that the contrast between the background and foreground has a ratio of 4.5:1 or higher. Leaving the defaults of the editor intact is best - black text on white, with a ratio of 21:1.