Digital Accessibility Deadline Extended
The U.S. Department of Justice has extended the Title II digital accessibility compliance timeline from April 24, 2026, to April 26, 2027. The regulations have not changed, and neither has 91黑料网's commitment to ensuring digital accessibility — we are simply being provided more time to follow recommended processes and implement robust accessibility functionality in place of stopgap measures. Work to improve digital accessibility should continue as planned so we can fully build digital accessibility into our content before the new deadline. We know many people across campus have worked hard and we appreciate everything that has been done so far. We will continue to monitor for any updates in the ruling and communicate changes as necessary.
Presentations and Spreadsheets
Presentation and spreadsheet content must align with the general accessible content best practices.
Presentations
- Use a unique title on each slide
- Use accessible PowerPoint templates
- Make changes to the template design within the slide master
- Use slide layouts to ensure consistent structure
- Check slide reading order
Use the to ensure your PowerPoint presentations are compliant.
Readability and text formatting
- Use sans serif fonts (such as Arial or Helvetica)
- Use a font size of about 24 points or larger
- Be concise; your presentation should have more slides with fewer words per slide
- Use bullets and ordered lists
- Avoid using italics, underlining, bold, or all-caps text unless necessary and use high-contrast colors
Audio and video
- Embedded media (video and audio files) need captions or subtitles
Spreadsheets
- Include info about each sheet in cell A1
- Provide links to other sheets when there are multiple sheets in the file
Accessible tables
- Use a simple table structure
- Give tables a descriptive name
- Use table headers
- Avoid blank cells, columns, and rows
- If you must have blank cells, enter “no data”
- Place tables on a separate sheet for simpler navigation
- Use cell styles to indicate row headings
- Give tables a meaningful name on the Table Tools Design tab
- Create clear labels for columns and rows