Getting Started with UDOIT

What is UDOIT?

The Universal Design Online content Inspection Tool, or UDOIT (pronounced \"You Do It\"), is a free and open-source accessibility checker for online course content developed by the UCF Center for Distributed Learning. It downloads and scans course content, finds accessibility barriers, and provides tools and suggestions for removing them. UDOIT integrates directly with learning management systems like Canvas so that course information is always up-to-date and that fixes made with UDOIT are instantly saved to your online course.

Accessing the tool

Open any Webcourses course, then check the left hand navigation where the course "Announcements", "Settings", "Modules", and other navigation links are.

The link "UDOIT" should appear in the menu like shown below. Clicking on the text "UDOIT" will load up the tool for you to use. If the link is not in your course navigation, follow these steps to add it.

Through Faculty Tools

UCF provides a listing of commonly-requested apps in the Webcourses Faculty Tools link. In your course navigation, click "Faculty Tools", then select "UDOIT".

Adding UDOIT to Course Navigation

UDOIT is enabled by default in all UCF Webcourses, and should show up in your course navigation without your needing to do anything. But if it is not there, or has been disabled in the past, follow these steps:

Select and enter the Webcourses Course where you want to enable UDOIT.
Click on "Settings" at the bottom of the Course Navigation.
Click on the "Navigation" tab near the top of the Settings page.
There will be two lists here: the first is the list of items that are on your Course Navigation menu already. The second list -- which starts under "Drag items here..." -- are of tools that are enabled, but not on the Course Navigation.
If UDOIT is on the first list, you're ready to click on it on the side, and get started! If it is on the second list, click-and-drag it by the three dots, onto the first list, or click on the three dots and select "Enable".
Make sure to scroll to the bottom of the page and select "Save".