Instructor Training
Instructors have access to a wide range of courses and training opportunities to support their efforts to make instructional content compliant with ADA Title II digital accessibility requirements. These offerings are designed to meet varying levels of experience and provide practical guidance, hands‑on support, and best practices for creating accessible courses and materials that ensure equal access for all learners.
Computer Lab for Texas A&M Faculty
Open computer labs offer hands‑on, individualized support to help instructors create accessible digital content that meets ADA Title II requirements. Instructors can get assistance with making documents and presentations accessible, captioning multimedia, checking accessibility issues, and using built‑in tools to improve digital course materials in real time.
Open Computer Lab Hours
Summer 2026 through August 6; no appointment is needed.
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Weekday |
Hours |
Location |
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Mondays |
8:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. |
HFSB 119X |
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Tuesdays |
8:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. |
HFSB 119X |
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Wednesdays |
8:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. |
HFSB 119X |
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Thursdays |
8:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. |
HFSB 119X |
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Fridays |
8:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. |
HFSB 119X |
Not in College Station?
You can schedule time with student workers via Zoom. For more information, contact digitalaccessibility@tamu.edu.
Center for Teaching Excellence Accessibility Training
The Center for Teaching Excellence (CTE) supports faculty, instructional staff, and graduate educators by offering training and guidance to help create accessible and inclusive digital learning environments.
CTE’s digital accessibility training focuses on helping instructors design and deliver course materials that are usable by all learners, including students with disabilities. Offerings typically include workshops, consultations, and practical resources.
Upcoming Sessions
- Digital Accessibility: Checking Accessibility in Word and PowerPoint Files
Tuesday, June 9; 11:00 am – 12:30 pm - Digital Accessibility: Checking Accessibility of PDF Files
Tuesday, June 23; 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm - Digital Accessibility: Checking Accessibility of PDF Files
Thursday, July 9; 10:00 am – 11:00 am - Digital Accessibility: Checking Accessibility in Word and PowerPoint Files
Wednesday, July 15; 11:00 am – 12:30 pm - Digital Accessibility: Checking for Content Accessibility in Canvas
Wednesday, July 22; 11:00 am – 11:45 am
Digital Accessibility Awareness Course
The Digital Accessibility Awareness course (TrainTraq Course 2114218) provides an introduction to digital accessibility. Participants who successfully complete this course should be able to define digital information resources, apply Universal Design principles, and understand the benefits of digital accessibility. The intended audience for this course is all persons within the Texas A&M University System who provide, acquire and consume digital information resources.
LinkedIn Learning Accessibility Courses
The following on-demand courses are available through your Texas A&M login credentials.
Foundations of Accessible eLearning
This 51 minute course explores accessibility and fairness in eLearning, giving you strategies based on best practices to create accessible digital content for all.
Start the Foundations of Accessible eLearning course
Creating Accessible PDFs
This 5.5 hour course teaches how to create accessible PDFs using tools like Microsoft Word, PowerPoint, and Adobe InDesign. It covers the importance of accessibility, key features of accessible PDFs, and how to remediate existing files using Adobe Acrobat. Also, this course explains how to test PDFs with screen readers, use third-party tools for faster remediation, and references relevant Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) success criteria.
Did you know?
- In the United States, about 55 million people have a disability (src: 2010 U.S. Census).
- About 1 in 5 Americans have some kind of disability (src: 2010 U.S. Census).
- The percentage of people affected by disabilities is growing as our population ages.
- Two popular, free screen readers are VoiceOver (Mac OS and iOS) and NVDA (Win).
- Good accessibility practices can improve the search ranking of your website.
- Form fields without labels can cause problems for some assistive technology users.
- Low color contrast makes content difficult to see, especially for users with low vision.
- Documents linked on a website need to be accessible too (e.g., PDF and Word files).
- Audio content, like podcasts, need transcripts for deaf or hard of hearing users.
- Online videos should be captioned for deaf or hard of hearing users.
- Using HTML tags correctly is very important for accessibility.
- Descriptive link text helps make a website more accessible. Avoid using "Click here" or "Read more."
- A "screen reader" is an application that reads content aloud to a user.
- There is no "alt tag" in HTML. "Alt" is an attribute used with the img tag.
- HTML uses the alt attribute to provide a text description of an image.
- Alt text should describe an image, if the purpose of the image is to convey information.
- If an image is a link, the alt text for the image should explain where the link goes.
- If an image is only being used for decoration, the alt text should be null (i.e., alt="").
- If a table has headers, using header tags (<th>) will make the table more accessible.
- An accessible website is one that can be navigated and understood by everyone.