"Countdown to Compliance: What Faculty Need to Know Before April 2026"

In this essential episode of the UM3D podcast, host Lavonnie Perry Claybon and guest Amanda Rodino break down the upcoming digital accessibility requirements for higher education faculty before the April 2026 deadline. The conversation centers on practical implementation of the POUR principles—Perceivable, Operable, Understandable, and Robust—that guide digital accessibility standards. Faculty will learn actionable solutions including using built-in accessibility checkers in Canvas, creating proper alternative text for images, utilizing sans serif fonts, structuring documents with appropriate headings, and ensuring descriptive hyperlinks. The episode highlights three immediate action steps: running videos through Canvas Studio for captioning, using the C ...