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# Accessibility Course Scans

## [Trigger accessibility course scan](#method.accessibility_course_scans.create) <a href="#method.accessibility_course_scans.create" id="method.accessibility_course_scans.create"></a>

[AccessibilityCourseScansController#create](https://github.com/instructure/canvas-lms/blob/master/app/controllers/accessibility_course_scans_controller.rb)

#### `POST /api/v1/users/:user_id/educator_accessibility_course_scan`

**Scope:** `url:POST|/api/v1/users/:user_id/educator_accessibility_course_scan`

Queues a background job that scans all a11y-enabled courses where the user has an active teacher or designer enrollment. Idempotent — if a scan is already queued or running, the existing Progress is returned.

Requires the educator\_dashboard feature flag on the root account and a11y\_checker\_account\_statistics on site admin.

#### Request Parameters:

| Parameter | Type              | Description                                                                                                               |
| --------- | ----------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| `user_id` | Required `string` | <p>The ID of the user, or "self" for the current user.<br>The requesting user may only trigger a scan for themselves.</p> |

Returns a [Progress](/services/canvas/resources/progress.md#progress) object.

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This documentation is generated directly from the Canvas LMS source code, available [on Github](https://github.com/instructure/canvas-lms).


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