Accessibility
Guidance and resources to help faculty and staff create digital materials that are accessible, usable, and compliant with university and federal standards.
Additional OIT Resources:
Digital Accessibility Handbook | Digital Accessibility Training Courses and Webinars
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Are you ready to learn more about how to make your digital communications (emails, websites, presentations) accessible to all? Our Digital Accessibility Basics presentation from February 2025 has everything you need to know as a communicator at CAES and UGA Extension.
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Ensuring digital accessibility means making your content usable for everyone, regardless of ability. Our new handbook offers resources, training, and best practices to help CAES and UGA Extension personnel meet ADA and WCAG 2.1 Level AA standards.
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A new federal rule requires state and local governments, including public universities, to ensure all digital content—websites, mobile apps, and social media—is accessible to people with disabilities. Issued by the U.S. Department of Justice, this update to Title II of the ADA was published on April 24, 2024, and took effect on June 24. As…
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As we strive to create information and environments that are accessible to all, we are asking that you include an accommodation statement on all forward-facing, public event announcements or invitations.
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While PDFs offer a convenient way to share documents with consistent formatting, they can also frustrate users with slow load times and compatibility issues. And, PDFs should not be used for on-screen reading.
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While PDFs have long been a staple for sharing documents online, there are compelling reasons why HTML web pages reign supreme, especially when it comes to accessibility and user experience.
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As we communicate with diverse audiences through email, it’s important to ensure our messages are inclusive and accessible to all readers, including those with disabilities. This article will go over ways to incorporate accessibility into your emails and newsletter campaigns.
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Closed captioning is an important tool in meeting accessibility requirements and increasing our programming reach. For many, it has been an intimidating process full of timing blocks and formatting that we don’t often use. Enter WeVideo. This program has simplified adding and editing closed captioning, and this demonstration video walks you through the process with…
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Well-chosen images can enhance your web pages and reinforce your message, but search engines cannot interpret images. The image alt text provides text for search engines to crawl and improves the accessibility of your website.
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Want to learn how to create universally accessible PDFs, making your online content inclusive for all? We go over how in our “Digital and Web Accessibility: PDF Accessibility” training. If you’ve missed the training, check out the webinar recording, presentation slides, and additional resources below. Contact the CAES Web Team at caesweb@uga.edu for further assistance with your…