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From Policy to Practice: Implementing Title II Accessibility in a Medical School Environment

taught by: Jean-Marc Buytaert


Session Summary

Many institutions struggle to move from policy to practice when implementing Title II compliance. This session shares practical strategies for testing, remediating, and retesting websites, PDFs, and forms, and building repeatable accessibility workflows that content creators and developers can actually use.


Description

This session provides a step-by-step approach to moving from Title II accessibility policy to real-world implementation in a medical school environment. Attendees will learn strategies for testing, remediating, and retesting websites, PDFs, and digital resources, and how to build repeatable workflows that content creators and developers can use to maintain ongoing compliance. Practical examples and lessons learned from maintaining and modernizing a large academic website will illustrate how to turn accessibility requirements into actionable, scalable processes.


Practical Skills

  • How to test and remediate websites, PDFs, and digital resources for accessibility issues in a higher education environment.
  • How to develop repeatable workflows and strategies to maintain Title II compliance for digital content.
  • How to train staff and faculty to create accessible content for websites, PDFs, and digital resources using best practices.