The U.S. Department of Justice has ruled that all higher education institutions must comply with Web Content Accessibility Guidelines 2.2 at the AA level by April 24, 2026. This applies to:
DOJ Ruling – Effective April 2024 | Enforced April 2026
eLDIG has created a timeline of the steps that faculty must take toward meeting this legal requirement. As each milestone approaches, the accordion below will be updated with detailed instructions for the current step. Click on the bars below to open.
This video explores how to meet accessibility standards when creating equations.
This video explores how to meet accessibility standards when creating hyperlinks.
This video explains what Audio Descriptions (AD) are, and how you can incorporate them into your videos.
This video presents the process for video captioning at Smeal.
This in-depth video shows you how to fix the most common accessibility errors in PDFs using Adobe Acrobat Pro.
Note: Due to its length, this video contains chapters. Hover over the broken line that represents the video’s playback timeline to see chapter titles, and click to jump that that chapter.
This brief video shows you how to fix the most common accessibility errors in PowerPoint.
This brief video shows you how to fix the most common accessibility errors in PowerPoint.
This brief video shows you how to fix the most common accessibility errors in Microsoft Word documents.
This brief video shows you how to fix accessibility errors in Canvas pages, announcements, and discussions.
This brief video shows you how to fix color contrast and alt text errors directly in Canvas
Most accessibility issues are not ‘fixable’ directly in Anthology Ally, but a few are. The short video below will walk you through what you can do now, using the Ally tool.
As always, please contact eLDIG with any questions.
