Sharmaine Mitchell

thumbnail image of cover of Georgia Tech Human Resources Quarterly Report

Multi-Page Canva Document

This document was created in Canva as a template for multiple people on the team to edit. After the data was entered by each team member, I remediated the PDF to ensure compliance with Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) standards.

screenshot of document in Adobe Acrobat with Accessibility Checker interface on the side

Context & Background

  • Canva PDF Accessibility

    I applaud Canva for its accessibility tools; they provide a great start with the ability to check text semantics, color contrast, typography, alternative text, and reading order. But I just learned the hard way that Canva does not natively generate proper PDF/UA or accessible tag structures…at least not currently. So… A PDF created in Canva […]