Title II of the Americans with Disabilities Act opens a new website (ADA) has been updated to require full compliance with rules that specify the accessibility requirements of digital content by April 24, 2026. Specifically, the requirement is to meet WCAG 2.1 AA level guidelines opens a new website.
UAB is working campus-wide to address these requirements through the UAB UAB Digital Accessibility committee opens a new website. This group, comprised of Marketing and Communications, DSS, and IT, among others, is working to ensure that general university content on the web, online tools, in videos, and elsewhere is compliant.
April 24 is the last day of classes for the spring semester, but content in spring courses should still be accessible by that date. A more important goal is to ensure that summer courses are fully accessible by the first day of the summer term, May 11.
Faculty are responsible for the digital content they require students to use in whatever modality of the class—online, hybrid, or classroom. If content is digital, it should be accessible. This includes, but is not limited to, web pages, PDFs and other documents, videos, and the applications and tools required to access them such as Canvas.
What is UAB doing to Help Faculty?
This first phase of our effort to support faculty in ensuring their course materials are accessible begins with the release of Panorama. Panorama will help faculty fix many accessibility issues in course content.
Faculty also have access to a resource course in Canvas to guide them through this process. Access the Course Accessibility resource course opens a new website directly, or search for the course titled Course Accessibility from within Canvas. If you find that you are not enrolled, submit a Faculty Accessible Course Content Support request opens a new website to be added as a student.
Watch our introduction to Panorama webinar:
Upcoming Events
Virtual Office Hours
OLT provides virtual office hours for faculty to get quick answers to questions or extended help resolving challenges with making course materials accessible. These times may change as we evaluate usage. Please check this page for updated times.
- Monday to Friday : 9:00am - 4:00pm
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Get Support
Support for Panorama is available 24/7. Learn how to access Panorama support. We encourage you to use their support for how-to questions or troubleshooting using Panorama.
Faculty can ask OLT for help solving issues with remediating or creating accessible content using Panorama, or better understanding course accessibility requirements. Submit a request for help through the course content support form. Nursing and Health Professions faculty have other resources.
- All faculty: Accessible Course Content Support opens a new website
- School of Nursing faculty: submit a SON TEC Team Support Ticket opens a new website
- School of Health Professions faculty: email
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Creating New Accessible Content
As you create new content, follow this quick start guide that addresses some of the primary ways you can create accessible content. While this does not address every standard of digital accessibility, it covers important and relatively easy things you can do on your own to create content that meets accessibility requirements. See also this list of currently available Testing Tools & Checkers opens a new website for checking your content.
More training will be coming to equip you for getting in the habit of creating accessible content that will not need to be remediated.
Frequently Asked Questions
See our Frequently Asked Questions about Title II, making content accessible, and using Panorama.