Year: 2025
Type: article
Abstract: People with disabilities often have less engagement with and access to online resources (Lissitsa & Madar, 2018). Accordingly, the Department of Justice’s (DOJ) Final Rule (89 FR 31320, 2024) for Title II of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (ADA) requires many public educational institutions and others to comply with the Web Content Accessibility (WCAG) Guidelines Version 2.1 AA by April 24, 2026. Compliance officers and technology specialists across the country have been working to make sure institutional websites and apps meet the Guidelines. Despite spirited debate during the rulemaking process, the updated rule also requires instructional content within Learning Management Systems (e.g., documents, slide decks, audio, videos) to be compliant. The purpose of this paper is to shed light on the duty to make digital course content accessible, and to provide insights for creating and updating course content to be usable by all.
Authors: Edwards, Karen, Pinkston, Lena
Institution: University of South Carolina
Language: English
Subfield: Human Factors and Ergonomics
Field: Social Sciences
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W7167873395