Digital Accessibility at ISU Vet Med
On April 24, 2024, the Federal Register published the Department of Justice’s (Department) final rule updating its regulations for Title II of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). The final rule has specific requirements about how to ensure that web content and mobile applications (apps) are accessible to people with disabilities.
Digital Accessibility Compliance Deadline: April 24, 2026
Digital Accessibility Government Fact Sheet
Iowa State Veterinary Medicine Digital Accessibility Liaison: Lisa Lund (gestrine@iastate.edu)
ISU Vet Med Digital Accessibility Timeline
The timeline is a live document that provides real-time updates as items are completed or added. It includes all scheduled training dates, online resource releases, and upcoming email communications. In addition to tracking future initiatives, the timeline also serves as a visual representation of completed milestones, highlighting the ongoing progress toward full compliance.
Important Information Needed
ISU Vet Med Digital Content Collection
All digital content must be documented by each individual college. In order to collect all digital content being used, we are asking all faculty and staff to fill out our short survey with the digital content that they use.
Digital content can include Canvas courses, educational technology, internal software, external software, webpages, podcasts, video recordings, clinical software, medical records software, etc. If you are not sure if it should be reported, please report the digital content and we can decide if any actions need to be taken at a later date.
Digital Accessibility In-Person Trainings
Monthly one-hour, in-person trainings will be offered at ISU Vet Med. Each session will focus on a practical checklist designed to help you make your Canvas course compliant with federal digital accessibility requirements. All sessions will cover the same content, and for those unable to attend in person, a recorded version with slides is available to view at your convenience.
All In-Person Training Dates with times and locations can be found in the ISU Vet Med Digital Accessibility Timeline.
In-Person Training Recording
In-Person Training Slides
Digital Accessibility Online Training
A Digital Accessibility online training is available via WorkDay. The training is not required, and it is an online course where you can go at your pace.
To access the training, follow the Digital Accessibility Online Training directions.
Digital Accessibility Online Resources
ISU Digital Accessibility Toolkit
Digital Accessibility Checklist for Canvas Courses (created by Lisa)
This one page document will help you narrow down the most important items to improve within your Canvas course(s). This is to be used as you check over each Canvas course for compliance.
Digital Accessibility Checklist for Canvas Courses (with Examples)
This document the checklist for Canvas with added examples for each item. If you are not sure what one item is referring to in the checklist, this document has a visual and written example to help clarify certain items.
Alt Text Generator
A website to help generate alt texts for images within your course. This does not have to be used for all images, but it can be very helpful for images you may have trouble explaining in an alt text format.
Color Contrast Checker
A website to help identify color palettes to use within your course. It will verify if your color choices “pass” to meet the federal mandate.+
Creating Accessible Emails in Microsoft Outlook (Web and Desktop)
Creating Accessible Social Media Posts