Imagine: A student discovers that a required open educational resource for their course, which relies heavily on visual imagery to instruct, has images with missing alt text. In order to…
As institutions prepare for the April 2026 accessibility deadline, many faculty and staff are grappling with how to efficiently remediate course content. In a recent webinar, “Navigating the 2026 Accessibility…
With new federal accessibility requirements taking effect in April 2026, colleges and universities across the U.S. are under pressure to ensure their digital environments are inclusive, compliant, and future-ready. We…
At Pressbooks, accessibility has long been central to how we design and build our publishing platform. Our platform has been designed to support the creation of content that is born…
In our previous blog post, we introduced the VPAT—a Voluntary Product Accessibility Template that outlines how digital tools and platforms align with accessibility standards like WCAG 2.1, Section 508, and…
As digital accessibility continues to move to the forefront of education policy and legislation, it’s more important than ever for institutions to understand the tools and documentation that help ensure…
Dr. Joanne Weber to present her findings from an evaluation of Pressbooks as a platform for creating ebooks that are accessible to deaf learners
For much of the world, the web has transformed daily life. How we live, work, communicate, manage our finances, and order dinner looks different than it did even a decade…