Capacity building resources for Chancellors, Deans and other Administrative Decision-Makers

  1. Section 508 Guidelines for print and electronic versions
    An overview of the Section 508 Guidelines.
  2. University of Minnesota Accessibility of Information Technology(introduction)
    Read this for an exemplary policy that mentions digital documents as well as all campus IT (hardware and software)
  3. University of Minnesota Accessibility Policy
  4. WebAIM Organizational Planning for Web Accessibility
  5. Web Accessibility for All’s “Building Campus Capacity to Achieve & Maintain Electronic Accessibility” (Word)

  6. Web Accessibility for All’s “ Campus Electronic Accessibility Needs Assessment” (Word)
  7. SCALE Survey (Word)
  8. Web Accessibility for All’s Faculty Needs Assessment
  9. CAST-What is Universal Design for Learning
  10. WAFA’s CMS page:
  11. Voluntary Product Accessibility Template (VPAT)
  12. Web Accessibility for All’s Libraries and Digital Collections page
    View our article on Libraries and Digital Collections which addresses the accessibility of electronic documents such as those found in large digital collections.
  13. XML file format levels educational playing field page
  14. NIMAS Introduction
    Specifies the application (i.e. in functional combinations, such as audio and partial text; full text and some audio) of the DAISY elements instructional texts need to follow in order to make accurate and reliable print texts accessible to all users of electronic information.
  15. New Mexico’s NIMAS compliance Act

    PowerPoint Presentations:

  16. Office of Civil Rights: “Web Access: Considerations Under Section 504 and Title II,” presented by Karen Hakel, March 2003