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The Moodle File Scan block—or Moodle PDF Accessibility Check—was developed to help determine how friendly course PDFs are to assistive technology such as Read & Write, Kurzweil, screen readers, and various other tools students might use to help them consume course readings. To access the File Scan (and all other blocks) open the "block drawer" on the right of your moodle course.

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The File Scan provides a Summary report on files in the course.  "View File Details" to get more information.

Summary of how many PDFs are fully accessible, partially accessible and not accessible, along with last date the scan was performed

The Moodle File Scan tool checks the accessibility of PDF files in a Moodle class and provides a report on the accessibility of each file. The status is either pass, fail, check, or question. A PDF file fails if it does not contain any text. A file is marked as "check" if the file has text but does not have other accessibility elements. A PDF passes if it meets all the accessibility checks.  

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