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This resource exists to support those participating in the college-wide accessibility initiative. This page is continually being updated so please check back often.

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:
  • WebAIM’s accessibility resources portal.
  • Accessibility Quick Start.
  • Canvas: Accessibility and Universal Design.

Accessibility for Digital Documents

• Canvas Accessibility
• MS Word Accessibility
• MS Excel Accessibility
• PowerPoint Accessibility
• PDF Accessibility

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1. Palomar College holds an enterprise Microsoft 365 license. Therefore, Information Services and Academic Technology Resources Centers (ATRC) do not support Google products. ↩︎