The Digital Accessibility Remediation Team works with faculty and staff at UIS to ensure that documents, presentations, and multimedia are accessible. We are also available for short-term or long-term consultations with departments or units on campus.
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For help with your digital accessibility questions or needs, please contact the Office of Digital Accessibility.
We are here to support UIS instructors! Call us at 217-206-8561 or email us for help with teaching strategies, technologies, and accessibility.
Adopting a UDL Attitude within Academia by Mary Quirke et al., Routledge, 2023.
by LetÃcia Seixas Pereira and Carlos Duarte, in Universal Access in the Information Society, 2025.
Digital accessibility is a civil right. It ensures that all students, faculty, and staff—regardless of ability—can fully participate in learning, teaching, research, and campus life. Accessible digital content and tools remove barriers to education, promote equity and inclusion, and are essential for compliance with laws like the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA).
When working with vendors, UIS faculty and staff should try to keep a couple of things in mind in terms of digital accessibility.
Accessibility testing is a crucial aspect of creating an inclusive digital environment. It ensures that all users, including those with disabilities, can access and interact with web content effectively. This testing is not only important for inclusivity but also for compliance with legal standards such as the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) and Section 508.
Designing with accessibility in mind means creating content and products that are usable by people with a wide range of abilities and disabilities. This includes considering visual, auditory, cognitive, and motor impairments. The POUR principle guides accessibility design: Perceivable, Operable, Understandable, and Robust.
ODA and COLRS staff hold open office hours on weekdays that the university is open. We can assist with online, blended, and HyFlex pedagogy, Canvas, multimedia, accessibility concerns, and more!
Join the meeting on weekdays at:
You must be logged into your Zoom account to join the meeting.
Reach out to the ODA Training Team to . During this brief meeting, we’ll learn more about the types of digital content you create and discuss which digital accessibility topics you would like to explore. The topics are flexible and can be customized to meet your individual or departmental needs.