UPDATE, April 20, 2026: The DOJ has extended the ADA Title II compliance deadline by one year. Large public universities now have until April 26, 2027. The requirements haven't changed, and neither has the need to get your web governance infrastructure in order.

Most large universities don't have a web accessibility problem — they have a web governance problem. Departments publish independently. Properties multiply faster than compliance teams can audit them. And every new page that goes live without an accessibility check is a gap your institution owns.

This checklist is built for the web operations and IT leaders responsible for closing those gaps at scale. It covers the requirements where higher ed institutions are most frequently out of compliance — from images and documents to navigation, color contrast, and third-party content — along with a self-assessment to help you identify where your biggest structural challenges are likely to be before you start.

What's inside:

• A four-question self-assessment to surface your governance and infrastructure gaps before you audit a single page
• A requirement-by-requirement checklist across images, video and audio, documents, navigation, color and contrast, and third-party content
• The most common mistakes institutions make at each requirement — so you know what to look for, not just what to check