The Department of Justice has given state and local governments until April 2026 to be in compliance with Title II of the Americans with Disabilities Act. This includes ensuring that web content, including Canvas courses, is accessible to people with disabilities. 

More information can be found in the ADA Fact Sheet. 

Canvas Course Accessibility Resources

To ensure your course follows legal requirements, use the following checklist to review your course material:

• All images, graphs, and figures included in my course have alternative text available. 
• I provide official textbooks, high quality PDFs (text is selectable), and/or text-only documents for all readings in my course. 
• All videos used in my course have closed captions available. 
• All colorful content is high contrast and I do not use color alone to emphasize information. (eg, important text is not indicated by being highlighted in a color.)
• All modules, files, and links used in my course have descriptive names. (eg, "click here" is not a descriptive name for a link.)

• View the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) Web Accessibility Quick Reference Guide.
• View the full Web Accessibility In Mind (WebAIM) WCAG Checklist.
• View the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, Section 508 Compliance Checklist.

Accessiblity Resources

• Available Training
  • Teaching for All: Accessibility with CTE Canvas Course.
  • Digital Course Accessibility: What is Required, & How Do I Do It? (Workshop, recorded September 2025)
    • Slide deck for Digital Course Accessibility workshop, 9/2025
• Marriott Library
  • See if the library can help you find accessible versions of PDFs via Course Materials in Canvas!
    • Contact Rachel Haisley r.haisley@utah.edu for more information.
• Martha Bradley Evans Center for Teaching Excellence (MBE CTE)
  • The CTE Resource Libraryshares several great tips and tricks for accessible teaching under the Accessibility tab!
• Digital Learning Technologies (DLT)
  • Learn how to use a variety of accessible technologies available here at the U! Contact  Classhelp@utah.edu to get in touch with a consultant.
• University Connected Learning (UCL)
  • Teaching a course for a UOnline program or continuing education course? Contact UCL to get in touch with an instructional designer for help: Matt.mooney@utah.edu
• University Communications
  • Learn more about the U's commitment to accessibility in branding and communications, as well as how to use university branding assets appropriately! Learn more from University Communications.
• Department-Specific Instructional Designers
  • Does your department have a dedicated instructional designer? Contact them to learn more!
  • Don't know if you do? Contact your department head or chair.