{"id":130853,"date":"2026-04-01T01:58:00","date_gmt":"2026-04-01T06:58:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/?p=130853"},"modified":"2026-04-13T07:05:40","modified_gmt":"2026-04-13T12:05:40","slug":"date-approaching-to-fully-enact-digital-accessibility-changes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/2026\/04\/01\/date-approaching-to-fully-enact-digital-accessibility-changes\/","title":{"rendered":"Date approaching to fully enact digital accessibility changes"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"panel body-content\"><div class=\"panel__container\">\n<p>UNMC continues to update the wide variety of digital content around the institution as the date for fully enacting the federal government\u2019s new accessibility guidelines approaches.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>While UNMC has been diligently remediating existing digital content to make it more accessible, the guidelines will become the new standard going forward when they take effect on April 24.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Resources are available (see below) for faculty and staff to help adapt to this new way of handling digital content.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The federal regulations are meant to make such content more accessible to all users under Title II of the Americans with Disabilities Act. All local and state governments, including universities, must comply with Web Content Accessibility Guidelines 2.1 Level AA or risk penalties for non-compliance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The guidelines cover such content as websites, classroom teaching materials, digital documents like PDFs, videos, and computer and mobile applications. Employees across UNMC \u2013 web content editors, faculty and staff who handle digital content \u2013 all share responsibility for meeting the new standards.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The changes cover digital content that includes:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Digital instructional materials, such as lecture slides, recorded classes and electronic resources delivered through platforms such as Canvas.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Official university websites, which provide central access to academic information, employment information, course catalogs and program details.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Office and productivity software such as Office 365.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Administrative systems, including ticketing platforms, online registration portals, employee information systems and application systems for student admissions, housing and employment.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Library services, such as online, electronic books and academic databases.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Digital communications, including official university social media channels and multimedia elements encompassing audio, video and text-based content.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>A note on email accessibility: The University of Nebraska considers it best practice that email and attached documents meet accessibility standards, but email and emailed document accessibility is not required under statute.\u00a0If someone is emailing a large group, such as sending out a newsletter, or sending information to prospective students about UNMC programs, that information needs to meet accessibility requirements.\u00a0<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>The following links offer accessibility tools and resources that are available to digital content creators (availability may depend on the creator\u2019s role within the organization).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Web content editors<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a 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Pro accessibility<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Faculty<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/academicaffairs\/faculty-affairs\/faculty-ada\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"UNMC Faculty Affairs guidance, opens in a new window\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">UNMC Faculty Affairs guidance<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/unmc.instructure.com\/courses\/18306\/modules\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"UNMC Academic Technologies training courses for remediating documents, opens in a new window\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">UNMC Academic Technologies training courses for remediating documents<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/teaching.unl.edu\/resources\/accessibility-and-universal-design-learning\/checklist\/\">Digital accessibility checklists available from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Staff<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a 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