Digital Accessibility Standards & Resources

The CU Denver Division for Teaching Innovation and Program Strategy (TIPS) offers resources and workshops open to CU Anschutz faculty. Visit their Digital Accessibility webpage for faculty and staff digital content resources and the Workshops and Events webpage for faculty training opportunities.

For instructors using Canvas, Anthology Ally is a valuable tool that enhances the accessibility of course content for both students and instructors. Built into Canvas, Anthology Ally helps improve the accessibility of course materials, ensuring that all students have equal access to learning resources. CU Denver has purchased  SensusAccess for faculty and staff on both campuses to help with document remediation including PDF files.

Our sister campus' CU Boulder Digital Accessibility Office offers resources available for instructions and additional help with Canvas accessibility.

The CU Anschutz Office of Disability, Access and Inclusion has various teaching resources related to digital accessibility including tips for universal design for learning.

Visual format on digital signs should follow the most recently adopted/published WCAG guidelines for distinguishable color and accessibility best practices for text readability. 

The CU Anschutz branding colors and branding fonts should only be used in combinations that have sufficient color contrast. Learn how to use the TPGI Color Contrast Analyzer. 

Follow and stay up to date on the most recent WCAG standards with respect to animation and flicker rates.

Ensure you are following ADA requirements around sign placement as indicated on the Facilities Management Campus Planning Resources page.

For questions and support inquiries with respect to Digital Signage accessibility, please contact the CU Anschutz Office of Information Technology.

The CU Anschutz Office of University Communications outlines key guidelines for digital asset accessibility here.

The CU System eComm program offers tutorials and best practices for Marketing Cloud and Cvent. Visit the CU eComm Wiki for more information. Additional resources include:

Accessibility Best Practices

Creating Accessible Content

Plan Accessible Events

The University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus strives to ensure that ICT products developed at, purchased by, or used at the university are accessible to all faculty, students, and staff. To reach this goal, those responsible for making decisions about which ICT product to procure must consider accessibility as a key criterion for acquisition. This is especially important for enterprise-level systems and other technologies that affect a large number of students, faculty, and staff.

In order to facilitate the procurement of accessible ICT, CU Anschutz adheres to the State of Colorado Office of Information Technology's process steps to procuring accessible IT, as outlined at the link below.

All CU Anschutz websites must follow the WCAG 2.1 guidelines for web accessibility. 

Members of the university web community can access resources on creating accessible websites on the CU Anschutz AtWeb website.

For support and guidance on web accessibility, contact the CU Anschutz Office of Information Technology Web Services and Development team by visiting this page or emailing websitehelp@ucdenver.edu. 

To learn more regarding web accessibility, visit Web Accessibility Laws and Practices and Web Accessibility in Mind (WebAIM).