Highlights
- Why Title II matters beyond compliance, and how accessibility helps every student
- Which course materials are covered, from Brightspace pages to lecture recordings
- Checker and remediation tools available at Cortland
- Pro-tips for a remediation system future-you will thank you for
Title II of the Americans with Disabilities Act asks us to make sure the digital materials we share with students (slides, PDFs, Word docs, Brightspace pages, and recordings) are usable by everyone, including people using assistive technology. This slide deck from our Title II & You session, led by Lisa Sieg and Morgan Vickery during Adjunct Development Day, 2026. It walks through why it matters, what it covers, and the quick fixes that make the biggest difference.
Click through the slides below, or download the PowerPoint or PDF version from the Downloads section.
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What's inside
- Why do this just for 1–2 students?
- The students who show up are putting in so much labor just to be here, and accessible materials help make sure they aren't left behind. Accessibility also helps everyone: anyone can be "disabled" by their environment or situation, whether that's a cracked phone screen, a broken arm, bright sunlight, or slow internet.
- What does this impact?
- Lecture slides, file uploads (PDFs, Word docs, PowerPoints), Brightspace content pages, lecture recordings, and anything else students are required to read, view, or interact with for your course.
- Checker and remediation tools
- An overview of the tools that help you find accessibility issues (built-in Word, PowerPoint, and Brightspace checkers) and fix them (YuJa captions, Adobe Acrobat for PDFs, and MathPix for handwritten or scanned math).
- Work smarter, not harder
- Pro-tips for creating a system that future-you will thank you for, like centralizing your files, avoiding duplicates, and checking for already-remediated library and publisher materials before fixing your own.
- Where do I even start?
- Step-by-step guidance on the "low-hanging fruit" of remediation: headings, image alt text, color contrast, hyperlinks, and tables.
Need a hand?
You're not expected to become an accessibility expert overnight! Stop by a CTL drop-in or schedule a consultation, and we'll work through your materials with you.