Digital Accessibility

What is Digital Accessibility?

Digital accessibility is all about making sure that everyone, regardless of their abilities, can access and use online content. At the Center for Teaching Excellence, we are committed to creating a digital environment where all students, faculty, and staff can easily navigate and interact with online courses and other digital content.

Why is Digital Accessibility Important?

Digital accessibility ensures that everyone, including people with disabilities, can access and use digital content and services. The recent Title II revision, the Final Rule, approved by the Department of Justice, requires compliance with the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.1 Level AA accessibility standards for all web content and mobile apps by April 24, 2026, for public entities serving over 50,000 residents. Please note that TAMU system is adopting WCAG 2.2 standards. 

Explore Our Resources

The Center for Teaching Excellence has curated resources to help you create accessible content. Additionally, we offer workshops and department trainings on digital accessibility. Explore these opportunities below.

IT Accessibility Technology services

IT Accessibility Website
ADA Title II FAQs (Requires Texas A&M University login credentials)

Creating Accessible Content with Microsoft Word

Upcoming Canvas Tools for Enhancing Digital Accessibility:

On Demand Resources

Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.1AA Checklist-Digital Content Only

Screen Reader Demo (University of California San Francisco)

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On Demand Videos

Digital Accessibility Trainings

Explore our full range of trainings below and find the one that fits your learning goals and schedule.

CTE Digital Accessibility Trainings
Digital Accessibility Series – Session 1: What is Digital Accessibility?	Wednesday, June 11 (1:00 p.m. - 1:45 p.m.)
Digital Accessibility Series – Session 2: Creating Accessible Content with Microsoft Word and PowerPoint	Wednesday, June 25 (1:00 p.m. - 1:45 p.m.)
Digital Accessibility Series – Session 3: Improving Accessibility of PDF Files	Wednesday, July 9 (1:00 p.m. - 1:45 p.m.)
Digital Accessibility Series – Session 4: Utilizing Canvas to Check for Content Accessibility	Thursday, July 23 (1:00 p.m. - 1:45 p.m.)
Creating Accessible Content with Word and PowerPoint Files	Monday, June 16 (1:00 p.m. - 2:00 p.m.) Thursday, July 31 (1:00 p.m. - 2:00 p.m.)

Check out: CTE’s upcoming Digital Accessibility workshops by visiting our CTE Calendar of Events

More Training Opportunities

Texas A&M System Digital Accessibility Course

We recommend completion of the TAMU System digital accessibility course that can be found in TrainTraq:

Course Number - 2114218 Digital Accessibility Awareness
Course Information: This course provides an introduction to digital accessibility. Participants who successfully complete this course should be able to define digital information resources, apply universal design principles, and understand the benefits of digital accessibility. The intended audience for this course is all persons within the Texas A&M University System who provide, acquire and consume digital information resources. This includes but is not limited to all employees of the A&M system.

Council for Academic Technology and Innovative Education (CATIE) Trainings

Description: To help support the accessibility initiatives across the Texas A&M University System, the CATIE work group on Accessibility & UDL is providing training sessions on accessibility tools for all system members. These trainings are free and led by digital instructional material accessibility experts within the TAMU System. These trainings will be offered the third Friday of each month from 11am-12pm via Zoom. See more information below.

CATIE Accessibility Trainings Information

Topic	Trainer	Date & Time
Acrobat Pro/PDF Remediation	J.J. Hernandez (Texas A&M International University)	Friday, April 18, (11 a.m. - 12 p.m.)

LinkedIn Learning Courses

Foundations of Accessible eLearning

Description: This course explores accessibility and fairness in eLearning, giving you strategies based on best practices to creating accessible digital content for all.

Duration of Course: 51 minutes
Foundations of Accessible eLearning Course Link

Creating Accessible PDFs

Description: This course teaches how to create accessible PDFs using tools like Microsoft Word, PowerPoint, and Adobe InDesign. It covers the importance of accessibility, key features of accessible PDFs, and how to remediate existing files using Adobe Acrobat. Also, this course explains how to test PDFs with screen readers, use third-party tools for faster remediation, and references relevant Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) success criteria.

Duration of Course: 5 hours 33 minutes
Creating Accessible PDFs Course Link

Contact Us
For individual consultation or questions, contact:	Dr. Jamie Thompson: jamiethompson@tamu.edu	Carlos Perez: caperez@tamu.edu