Digital Accessibility
ADA Rule on Digital Accessiblity Deadline Extension
On April 20, 2026, the Department of Justice (DOJ) extended the deadline for compliance with DOJ’s 2024 ADA Title II digital accessibility rule by one year, moving the deadline from April 24, 2026 to April 26, 2027. The university is assessing the impact of this development and will provide additional guidance as it becomes available.
This extension does not remove the university’s ongoing obligation to ensure that its services, programs, and activities offered through web content and mobile apps are accessible to individuals with disabilities in accordance with existing legal obligations (including any other federal rules) and university policy. University units should continue pursuing ongoing plans and otherwise working diligently towards accessibility and compliance of digital environments.
The Division of IT provides digital accessibility services, tools, and resources to support our community and ensure that our services are accessible and usable by all community members. We offer digital accessibility guidance and documentation, training and consultation, accessibility and usability testing and remediation tools, and more.
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Instructors | Web Developers | Students | Content Creators | Everyone
Tools for Instructors
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Tools for Web Developers
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Tools for Students
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Tools for Content Creators
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Resources for Everyone
For updates, please review the slides recently presented to the University Senate.
- UMD Digital Accessibility Interim Guidelines
- UMD Accessible Technology Policy
- Exception to the UMD Accessible Technology Policy
- UMD IT Accessibility Contract Addendum
- USM IT Accessibility Guidelines
- UMD's Panopto Professional Captioning Service
- Software Risk Management
- UMD Social Media Guidelines
- UMD Accessible Media Guidelines
- UMD Website Guidelines
- Digital Accessibility in STEM: Math
- Digital Accessibility in STEM: Science
- Digital Accessibility in STEM: Engineering
- Digital Accessibility in STEM: Data Science & Statistics
- Digital Accessibility in STEM: Computer Science & Information Systems
- Digital Accessibility for LaTex
- Digital Accessibility for Data Visualizations, Charts, and Graphs