EdTech Education Accessibility Services

For public universities, yes. The Department of Justice’s ADA Title II web rule requires state and local government entities, including public colleges and universities, to make web content and mobile apps conform to WCAG 2.1 Level AA. Under the April 2026 interim final rule, the compliance dates are April 26, 2027 for entities serving populations of 50,000 or more and April 26, 2028 for smaller entities and special districts. Schools that receive federal funding also have obligations under Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act, which the Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights (OCR) enforces. Private universities fall under ADA Title III, which has no specific technical standard, but WCAG is the benchmark used in practice. We recommend auditing to WCAG 2.2 AA, which includes all of the 2.1 AA criteria.

Under the Department of Justice’s April 2026 interim final rule, public entities serving 50,000 or more people must meet WCAG 2.1 AA by April 26, 2027, and smaller entities and special district governments by April 26, 2028. A school district is not a special district: according to the ADA.gov fact sheet, a city or county school district uses the population of its city or county, and an independent school district uses the Census Small Area Income and Poverty Estimates. Our DOJ Title II deadline guide explains what to prioritise, and a $500 Quick Audit shows where you stand today.

We agree the scope first: usually your public website templates plus key journeys such as admissions and financial aid forms, student portal sign-in, LMS course pages, quizzes and assignment uploads, lecture video and the PDFs students rely on. Each journey is tested against WCAG 2.2 AA with automated scans, manual review, keyboard-only navigation and NVDA, JAWS and VoiceOver. You receive a report with severity, the WCAG criterion, affected templates and a code-level fix for each issue. See the sample audit report or start with the $500 Quick Audit.

In practice, yes. The Title II rule covers web content and mobile apps that public schools and universities provide “directly or through contractual, licensing, or other arrangements,” so an LMS, assessment tool or student app licensed by a public institution is part of that institution’s obligation. Procurement teams respond by asking vendors for a current VPAT or Accessibility Conformance Report and audit evidence. We test your product, help fix the gaps and document results through our VPAT and ACR documentation service; you can request a VPAT quote or read how we audited Interstride’s student platform.

Yes. Course catalog and curriculum platforms combine search, filters, long tables, program pages, prerequisites, PDFs and often an embedded third-party catalog tool. We check that search results and filter changes are announced, tables have proper headers, course detail pages use a logical heading structure, links make sense out of context and downloadable catalogs are tagged PDFs. If the catalog comes from a vendor, we separate issues you can fix in your templates from issues to raise with the vendor, and we can remediate catalog PDFs through our PDF remediation service.

No. Scanners are a useful first pass for missing alt text, contrast and some form errors, but W3C notes that evaluation tools cannot check every accessibility requirement. Whether a quiz can be completed with a keyboard, whether alt text describes a diagram correctly, whether captions are accurate and whether a screen reader announces a grade update all need human testing. Our $500 Quick Audit combines automated scanning with manual and screen reader testing of up to 5 representative LMS pages or templates.

No. An overlay toolbar does not change the underlying code of your LMS, course content or PDFs, and it does not make an inaccessible quiz, video player or upload form work with a screen reader. The Title II rule measures conformance with WCAG 2.1 AA itself. Our analysis of accessibility overlays and ADA lawsuits explains the risks. Fixing the source through accessibility remediation is the reliable route.

Interstride, a career and immigration platform for international students, engaged us in November 2025 and again in February 2026. Each round combined automated scanning with NVDA, JAWS and VoiceOver testing, keyboard-only navigation and focus-management review, with every finding mapped to WCAG 2.2 and paired with code-level fix guidance. The second round retested earlier issues alongside new features, and both engagements were rated 5.0 out of 5.0. Read the full EdTech accessibility audit case study.

Schools, universities, and education providers may have accessibility obligations under the ADA, Section 508, state rules, procurement terms, or institutional policies. Public K-12 districts and public colleges are covered by ADA Title II and its WCAG 2.1 AA web rule (see the ADA.gov small entity compliance guide), and federally funded schools must also meet Section 504. We help education teams understand the digital barriers that create risk and prioritize WCAG-based fixes. For context on legal exposure, see our ADA website lawsuit statistics for 2026.

Our packages are listed on the accessibility audit pricing page. First conversations are a free 30-minute call. A one-hour technical consultation (audit walkthrough, developer Q&A or live issue review) is $100. The Quick Audit is $500 for up to 5 representative pages or templates, with a top-10 issues report mapped to WCAG 2.2. The Complete Audit is $2,000 for up to 25 templates or key user flows, such as admissions forms, portal sign-in and LMS course pages, with a retest of fixed issues. Large LMS deployments, course libraries, lecture video, PDF collections and VPAT documentation are scoped separately. If you are not sure which fits, start with the free call or a free needs assessment.

Small education websites may take one to two weeks. Larger student portals, LMS platforms, and online course libraries can take longer because they include authentication, roles, quizzes, media, documents, forms, and integrations.

Yes. We can audit Moodle themes, course pages, quizzes, forms, navigation, plugins, documents, and learner workflows. We test both common LMS patterns and institution-specific customizations.

Yes. We can review Canvas course content, custom pages, embedded media, documents, quizzes, navigation, and integration points. We focus on the student experience and the content-authoring patterns that affect accessibility over time.

Yes. We can review Blackboard, Brightspace, and other LMS experiences where your institution controls content, configuration, themes, embedded tools, documents, and custom learning flows.

Yes. We remediate education PDFs such as handbooks, prospectuses, course catalogs, policies, certificates, forms, and reports. We can also advise when HTML is a better format for frequently updated documents.

Yes. We help create VPATs and Accessibility Conformance Reports for EdTech vendors, procurement teams, and education software products. VPAT support is based on real testing and clear documentation.

Yes. NVDA testing is part of our assistive technology review when it fits the target platform and browser support. We use screen reader testing to find issues automated tools cannot detect.

Yes. We can test with VoiceOver on macOS and mobile accessibility patterns when relevant. This is useful for education platforms used on Apple devices by students, faculty, and staff.

Yes. We provide practical accessibility training for developers working in React, Next.js, Angular, WordPress, LMS themes, and design systems. Training can include keyboard testing, screen reader basics, semantic HTML, ARIA, forms, focus management, and WCAG interpretation.

Yes. Faculty and content editors influence accessibility through headings, links, documents, videos, images, tables, and LMS publishing choices. We can tailor training to the authoring tools your team uses.

Yes. We can review online course modules, lessons, quizzes, assignments, downloadable resources, videos, and completion flows. The goal is to make learning content usable with keyboards, screen readers, captions, transcripts, zoom, and mobile devices.

Yes. We review captions, transcripts, player controls, keyboard access, focus order, contrast, and media alternatives. We also flag where lecture content needs additional text descriptions or accessible supporting material.

We can help move an LMS toward WCAG 2.2 AA by auditing, prioritizing issues, remediating controlled templates and content, advising plugin choices, and retesting. Full conformance depends on your platform, third-party tools, content practices, and governance. An overlay widget will not get you there; see our analysis of accessibility overlays.

An LMS audit usually includes navigation, login, dashboard, course pages, quizzes, assignments, forms, media, documents, notifications, mobile behavior, keyboard support, screen reader output, and selected learner workflows. For an example, see our Interstride EdTech accessibility audit case study.

Yes. The Revised Section 508 Standards, maintained by the U.S. Access Board, incorporate WCAG 2.0 Level AA and apply to federal agencies; many universities and states reuse them in procurement (see Section508.gov). We test to WCAG 2.2 AA, which covers the 2.0 AA requirements. We can also support documentation such as VPATs for education technology products.

Yes. We can provide audit reports, remediation tickets, code guidance, retesting, office hours, and implementation support so your internal team can fix issues efficiently.

Yes. Ongoing support can include periodic audits, release checks, component reviews, content training, document remediation, procurement documentation, and accessibility governance for education teams.

Book the free 30-minute call if you are starting a project, scoping Title II or LMS work, or need a quote. Book the $100 one-hour consultation when you already have findings, need to talk with a developer or LMS vendor, or want a live review of a course or portal issue. The free call is the first conversation; the $100 hour is a hands-on technical session.

Yes. A free automated scan such as AccessibilityScore.in is a useful starting point for spotting common issues on a public page. It does not replace a manual WCAG audit of signed-in LMS journeys, quizzes, portals or PDFs, and it cannot prove Title II or Section 508 conformance on its own. Use the scan to prioritise, then plan a manual audit of the templates students actually use.