Accessibility Notice and Remediation Plan Recommendation

The SUNY New Paltz campus and the Office of Instructional Technology are committed to helping you create accessible content for Brightspace courses.  Continuing to use non-compliant content creates unintentional barriers for some students and violates federal guidelines for accessibility.

The following guidance ensures your awareness of federal and SUNY policies regarding accessibility.  You are also encouraged to create a remediation plan in order to revise your content in a timely manner.  After you have read the following information, please follow the instructions in the acknowledgement statement section at the end of the document to continue the course copy process.

Step 1: Check your Awareness

• Review the SUNY Accessibility Statement

Step 2: Familiarize yourself with accessibility resources

• Accessibility Checklist and Resources
  • Provides a checklist of key accessibility features
  • Provides information about additional on-campus services related to accessibility
• WebAIM (Web Accessibility in Mind)
  • National accessibility service providing training materials
  • This group also developed an important tool for checking color contrast
• Accessibility and Usability at Penn State
  • A great site for information and tutorials related to accessibility
• Accessible U (University of Minnesota)
  • Another great site for information and tutorials related to accessibility
  • Check out the Start Small, Start Now page!

Step 3: Implement a remediation plan

• Identify the course items that need remediation
• Communicate your remediation plan to instructional design team (recommended)
• Come to group trainings or workshops or make an appointment for one-on-one guidance