Improve Accessibility in Your Courses
All course content is expected to meet digital accessibility standards.
How to make accessible Courses
Designing an accessible course empowers learners and accommodates for different abilities, learning styles and backgrounds. Get practical tips for teaching in an accessible way and creating accessible course materials.
Improve Course Accessibility with YuJa Panorama
Texas A&M uses YuJa Panorama to support accessibility in course content within the Canvas Learning Management System (LMS). Panorama provides tools to help identify accessibility issues, improve course materials, and offer flexible viewing options for students.
Improve Course Accessibility with Anthology Ally
Texas A&M uses Anthology Ally to help improve the accessibility of course content in our Canvas Learning Management System (LMS). Ally integrates directly into course environments and provides guidance and tools to make content more accessible for all students.
Help For Instructors
Digital accessibility trainings, consultations and more are available to Texas A&M instructors.
Get HelpGet help with course design, teaching practices and the Canvas learning management system (LMS).
Get help with making course materials accessible.
Create Accessible Resources
All documents you create as part of your course must be made accessible. We have curated advice on making various document types accessible.
Digital documents made available via Texas A&M University websites, email or as course materials are required to meet accessibility standards. Learn how to make accessible documents in Microsoft Word and Google Docs.
To ensure all learners — including those with disabilities — can fully participate, it's essential to design presentations with accessibility in mind. Learn how to make accessible presentations in Microsoft PowerPoint and in Google Slides.
PDFs must be tagged appropriately in order for assistive technology to be able to interact with them. Learn how to make an existing PDF accessible through remediation or how to create an accessible PDF using Adobe InDesign, Microsoft Word or Microsoft PowerPoint.