To ensure equal access to information for all people, all Palomar College web and digital content should be compliant with Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.1 AA by April 24, 2026. You can review your digital content using our basic accessibility checklist below. Additionally, you may use Pope Tech to scan your websites and courses for accessibility issues.
When considering content accessibility, it is important to keep in mind the different components that will need to be made accessible. For implementation tips and best practices for creating accessible web pages, documents, audio, and video, visit our Content Accessibility and Design section on the Digital Accessibility Hub main page.
Mission
Pursuant to the DOJ Subpart H ruling, Palomar College is committed to achieving compliance in all of its browser-based applications, utilities, and websites by April of 2026.
What You Can do Today
- Assess your “digital” world here at Palomar (e.g., Canvas courses, websites you manage, anything you upload to a website or Canvas course, or other browser-based software) and become acquainted with these accessibility resources.
- Website managers: visit the ATRC Appointments page and choose “Monsido” to get started.
- Canvas Courses: visit the ATRC Appointments page and choose “Canvas” to get started.
- Microsoft (Word, PowerPoint, Excel): explore Microsoft’s Accessibility Resources & Training portal.
- Acrobat PDFs: learn how to make an accessible PDF.
- Google Docs1: see Google’s accessibility extension.
- Accessibility resources and courses:
Accessibility for Digital Documents
- Canvas Accessibility
- MS Word Accessibility
- MS Excel Accessibility
- PowerPoint Accessibility
- PDF Accessibility
- Palomar College holds an enterprise Microsoft 365 license. Therefore, Information Services and Academic Technology Resources Centers (ATRC) do not support Google products. ↩︎