Working to create a digitally accessible university
Ensuring qualified disabled individuals have access to the university’s programs, services, activities, workspaces, and digital tools and electronic resources is everyone’s responsibility and obligation.
Properly structured headings help people find information faster, result in better information layout for individuals with attention and cognitive disabilities, support screen reader navigation, and make content easier for everyone to use.
In April 2024, the Department of Justice created a new rule for the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) requiring digital tools and electronic resources used at public universities to be accessible by meeting certain technical standards. The new rule is effective in April 2027.
The Office of Strategic Communication and the Center for User Experience are excited to announce the launch of the Social Media Accessibility page, supporting content creators in ensuring our university social media content can be read and understood by everyone. In this guide, we discuss what to keep in mind when posting to social media. …
Effective May 13, UW–Madison’s Kaltura media management service will automatically add machine-generated captions (auto captions) to all new videos. Kaltura’s auto captioning process converts audio content of a video into text and displays the text at the bottom of the video screen. Source: Learn@UW Newsletter