When exporting PDFs into and out of Goodnotes, accessibility features like alt text on images, reading pane orders, etc. are totally lost. As an instructor, I have been using Goodnotes to annotate pdfs of notes in class, but I cannot post those annotated pdfs because they do not meet our University's accessibility standards. Exporting as editable or flattened files does not help with this.

Creating a PowerPoint and setting up accessibility info. in it is not difficult, and those translate perfectly to Adobe Acrobat and are recognized by Canvas. Ideally, it seems like Goodnotes handwriting recognition could essentially add alt. text to my annotations for me...but at the very least, it would be nice to be able to export a pdf from Goodnotes that maintains the alt text, reading orders, etc. and I can add annotations for my handwriting or alt text for drawings myself.

I will have to switch programs for annotating notes in the future if this is not implemented, as will many other instructors at Universities that are now required to meet more strict electronic content accessibility standards.