Digital Accessibility Initiative

Dear Colleagues, 

As many of you know, recent rule changes regarding digital accessibility under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) will go into effect this semester. As a university, we are dedicated to providing an accessible and welcoming learning environment to students, staff and campus visitors. All digital content must be accessible in accordance with these requirements by April 24, 2026.

These regulations also apply to academic and course material that you utilize in your classrooms and online. The Center for the Enhancement of Learning and Teaching (CELT) has created a Canvas course for all instructors on updating course content for accessibility. 

In this Canvas course, you will find modules detailing the areas you should review and how to update material, if necessary. Some potential areas that may require updates are:

• Images without descriptions or alt text
• Missing titles on documents and files
• OCR (Optical Character Recognition) for PDFs

Making digital content accessible creates greater learning opportunities for all our students. If you have questions, you can reach out via this General Inquiry Form.

Thank you for helping to ensure we continue to put our students first.

Robert DiPaola 
Provost