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Screen reader and other assistive technology users can also skip from heading to heading.<\/p>\n<h2>Best Practices<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Headings should be used hierarchically, like an outline.<\/li>\n<li>Document\/page titles should always be Heading 1.\n<ul>\n<li>Use Heading 2 for section titles and Heading 3 for sub-section titles.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Heading levels should not be skipped forward (e.g., if you have a section with a Heading 2, don\u2019t go directly to a Heading 4 just because you prefer the styling on that heading). There are ways to change the styling of headings while still keeping the appropriate hierarchical structure.<\/li>\n<li>Apply the appropriate heading styles rather than only bolding or enlarging text. Formatting heading text with the appropriate heading styles adds a tag to that text which allows assistive technology to easily locate and read headings.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Heading Example<\/h2>\n<p>The image below shows an example of the first three heading levels applied to text on a page within Webcourses@Â鶹ӳ»­´«Ã½.<\/p>\n<figure><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/30\/files\/2024\/08\/HeadingsFig1.png\" alt=\"screenshot of a Canvas wiki page with headings and body content\" width=\"85%\" height=\"auto\" \/><figcaption>Figure 1: A typical Webcourses page, which uses Heading 1 automatically as the page title, and Headings 2 and 3 for subsections.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2>Resources:<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/support.microsoft.com\/en-us\/office\/video-improve-accessibility-with-heading-styles-68f1eeff-6113-410f-8313-b5d382cc3be1\">Microsoft Word: Improve Heading Accessibility<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Refer to Web Accessibility in Mind\u2019s (WebAIM) <a href=\"https:\/\/webaim.org\/techniques\/semanticstructure\/\">Semantic Structure: Regions, Headings, and Lists<\/a> for more information.<\/li>\n<li>For Webcourses@Â鶹ӳ»­´«Ã½ and Canvas: <a href=\"https:\/\/community.canvaslms.com\/t5\/Higher-Ed-Canvas-Users\/Beginner-s-Accessibility-with-the-Rich-Content-Editor\/ba-p\/272937\">Canvas Beginner\u2019s Accessibility with the Rich Content Editor<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/wordpress.com\/support\/wordpress-editor\/blocks\/heading-block\/\">WordPress Heading Block<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Use <a href=\"https:\/\/wave.webaim.org\/\">WAVE (Web Accessibility Evaluation Tools)<\/a> to review the structure of a webpage by entering the URL<\/li>\n<li>Use the <a href=\"https:\/\/cdl.ucf.edu\/teach\/accessibility\/udoit\/\">UDOIT tool<\/a> in Canvas and Webcourses@Â鶹ӳ»­´«Ã½ to check for (AND FIX) existing issues related to headings in a course. 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