Accessibility Resources

As of April 24, 2026, the for content accessibility in higher education will go into effect. These new content accessibility guidelines were adopted by the Department of Justice and all campuses must be compliant with the .

Although this messaging of content accessibility is not new, the date of compliance is important for administration, faculty, and staff to know, understand and act upon. 

Below are a list of resources that are meant to assist 91社区 instructors in making their courses accessible for all students. Contact SSD with questions. 

General

Everything you need to know to write effective alt-text

Adobe

Accessibility features in PDFs

Enhance document accessibility with cloud-based auto-tagging

Create and verify PDF accessibility

Creating accessible PDFs

Edit document structure with the Content and Tags panels

Adjusting reading order

Setting accessibility preferences

Brightspace

Creating accessible courses and course content

Taking steps toward more usable and accessible math online

Using accessible videos for your online courses

Google Suite

Accessibility for Google Docs, Sheets, Slides and Drawings

Edit Google Docs with a screen reader

Edit Google Drawings with a screen reader

Edit Google Forms with a screen reader

Edit Google Slides presentations with a screen reader

Make your document, presentation and sheets more accessible

Present slides with captions

Type with your voice

Use a Braille display with Google Docs, Sheets, Slides and Drawings

Use accessibility features with Gmail

Office Suite

Check accessibility while you work in Office apps

Creating accessible course content in Microsoft PowerPoint

Creating accessible course content in Microsoft Word

Improve accessibility with the Accessibility Checker

Make your PowerPoint presentations accessible to people with disabilities