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A Note on SpeedFIXIT's BETA Status:

SpeedFIXIT is currently in beta and will be available very soon! In the meantime, our team is actively learning how SpeedFIXIT performs and meets users’ needs while gathering valuable feedback to continue perfecting this intuitive tool. Stay tuned!

Introduction to SpeedFIXIT

SpeedFIXIT provides users with the ability to more rapidly fix color contrast and image-related issues.

The feature can be found within the UFIXIT tab of UDOIT, allowing users to easily approve automatically-generated suggestions (some powered by AI) as well as edit and add their own fixes for image and color related issues.

Want to learn more about how we use AI?

Our AI service is designed with flexibility in mind, allowing us to utilize multiple large language models (LLMs) and dynamically select the most appropriate one for each specific tool or task, ensuring optimal performance and results.

When viewing an AI-generated suggestion in the SpeedFIXIT interface, users can learn more about how each specific response was generated by selecting the AI Transparency link located just above the alternative text input field. A window will appear with the following information:

Provider Shows which company is providing the AI services for this action.
Model Shows which of the provider's Large Language Models (LLMs) is used for this action.
Processing Time Indicates how long the AI took to generate the suggestion. This information can be useful when submitting a support ticket in order to better inform our support team as to how fast or slow the AI is operating.

For additional information about how Cidi Labs uses AI, please visit How is Cidi Labs approaching the use of AI?

How Do I Enable SpeedFIXIT?

Read This First!

Interested in enabling SpeedFIXIT? First, you must submit a request to the support team to enable it for your institution. Visit our Cidi Labs Support page to submit a request for SpeedFIXIT.

Once the feature has been successfully enabled, you can then use the guidance provided below to complete setting up SpeedFIXIT for your institution.

Because SpeedFIXIT is currently in BETA status, UDOIT Admins will need to ensure that BETA features are enabled for their institution.

Toggle Beta features and AI suggestions on

Here's how to do it:

Navigate to UDOIT Admin (at the root-level in Canvas), select the kebab menu, then Settings
Go to the General settings area
Ensure that "Enable Beta Features" is toggled on (green with a check mark)
If you'd like to receive AI-generated alt text suggestions for images, turn on the "Enable UFIXIT AI Suggestions" setting. Learn more about which SpeedFIXIT features that require this setting.

Not seeing the "Enable UFIXIT AI Suggestions" toggle?

This setting will only become visible once our support team has successfully enabled SpeedFIXIT for your institution.

How Does SpeedFIXIT Work?

SpeedFIXIT was created to have a quick, efficient workflow, so the process of fixing each error and suggestion has been reimagined with that new workflow in mind.

SpeedFIXIT located when in the UFIXIT area of the UDOIT tool.

When in UFIXIT, a user will see the SpeedFIXIT button appear with an indication of how many issues can be resolved using the SpeedFIXIT interface. This number is determined using a combination of active filters and the issue types that SpeedFIXIT currently works with.

While UFIXIT requires users to manually enter image alt text and configure color contrast, SpeedFIXIT automatically suggests alt text and acceptable color contrast combinations to streamline the process, offering a quicker and more automated workflow within the UDOIT interface.

SpeedFIXIT ProTip:

To see the maximum number of issues in SpeedFIXIT, consider removing some or all of the filters in UFIXIT.

What Can Be Fixed Using SpeedFIXIT?

Currently, issues related to color contrast and images can be fixed using SpeedFIXIT, but we plan to add additional issue types in the future.

You can use the tabs below to learn more about how SpeedFIXIT can help you to remediate issues with color contrast and images.

Color Contrast Issues

Fixing color contrast issues with SpeedFIXIT

Filters Select "color" from the Issue Type dropdown menu to only be shown color contrast issues. You can also choose to hide unpublished or unused content.
Progress Monitors Shows the progress you've made so far in remediating the filtered issues by reflecting number fixed/approved and number skipped. The progress bar also provides a useful visual of the work done so far.
Live Preview of Fixed Color Contrast A box with a yellow dotted border will identify where the original color issue was found as well as a live preview of what the *corrected color (see below) will look like if approved.
Actions Users can either choose to "approve" the corrected color(s) suggested by SpeedFIXIT or "skip" to the next issue and revisit it later if needed. Selecting "approve" will prompt UDOIT to apply the current corrected colors displayed in SpeedFIXIT...no further action is needed on your end!
Suggestions Users can preview different "corrected color" suggestions using the left and right arrows. When toggling between suggestions, the live preview of that suggestion (in the yellow box) will also change in order to assist you in making an informed decision on color choice(s).
*Corrected Color(s) Upon entering SpeedFIXIT, users are automatically given a corrected combination of foreground (text) and background colors with an acceptable contrast ratio. This accessible contrast ratio is listed below the corrected colors along with a green checkmark. From here, users can choose to either skip to the next issue, approve these colors, or adjust these colors further if desired using the "edit colors" feature (see below).
Edit Color(s) Selecting "edit colors" will bring up additional ways to adjust color with SpeedFIXIT
View Original Color Issue Displays the original reason this particular color contrast issue was flagged by UDOIT as well as the option to view the previous colors that were flagged as inaccessible.

Image Issues

SpeedFIXIT interface for approving alt text for images.

Filters Select "images" from the Issue Type dropdown menu to only be shown image alt text issues. You can also choose to hide unpublished or unused content.
Progress Monitors Shows the progress you've made so far in remediating the filtered issues by reflecting number fixed/approved and number skipped. The progress bar also provides a useful visual of the work done so far.
Found In Lists anywhere the flagged image is used in the course. This is also where the changes you approve in SpeedFIXIT will be applied.
Preview Flagged Image The specific image you are working with will have a yellow box with a dotted border around it.
Actions Users can either choose to "approve" the alternative text suggested by SpeedFIXIT or "skip" to the next issue and revisit it later if needed. Selecting "approve" will prompt UDOIT to apply the current alternative text displayed in SpeedFIXIT to the image in the preview window...no further action is needed on your end!
Suggestions SpeedFIXIT will provide multiple AI-generated suggestions for each image flagged by UDOIT as needing proper alt text. Users can toggle through these suggestions using the provided left and right navigation buttons. Users can also select the AI Transparency link to view each AI-generated suggestion's AI Nutrition Label.
Edit Alternative Text Input field containing pre-populated, AI-generated, suggested alt text that adheres to the character count limit. Users can also choose to mark the image as decorative if the image is not important to understanding the content on the page.
Issue SpeedFIXIT will list the original reason the image was flagged by UDOIT as well as the previous (original) alternative text.