Purdue Expands ADA Title II Support with New Brightspace Asynchronous Course, FAQs, Updated Accessibility Resources 

Purdue University has launched the second round of support services for instructors as they transition their course materials in alignment with the new digital accessibility standards issued by the Department of Justice (DOJ) under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). The scope of the new standards is broad, applying to all web and mobile content available to the public or used in services, programs, and activities. Three main areas covered in that scope – instructional documents, videos and audio, and images and color contrast – are specifically addressed on the Innovative Learning Accessibility Checklist page. New resources supplement this checklist and are detailed on the Instructional Material ADA Readiness website.

Instructors can now take a self-paced, non-credit, asynchronous Brightspace ADA Accessibility Course. The course, “ADA Title II Instructional Material Readiness,” is available to instructors across all Purdue system campuses, West Lafayette and Indianapolis, Northwest, Fort Wayne, and Global. This course is designed to guide instructors through accessibility fundamentals and practical implementation strategies. The course provides startup resources and guides for instructors seeking to align courses, materials, and media to accessibility standards. Short modules introduce accessibility best practices for Word documents, PowerPoints, PDFs, Brightspace content, media (captions and transcripts), and graphics. These modules may be explored in any order and at your own pace. Steps to register and access this non-credit course are detailed on the Instructional Material ADA Readiness website. 

Another new resource is the ADA Title II Compliance FAQs, a series of frequently asked questions about compliance that have been raised by instructors as they participate in the workshops and drop-ins hosted by Innovative Learning. These FAQs will be updated regularly as new guidance becomes available.  

The new course and FAQs supplement the checklist, a recording of an introduction workshop, and ADA Title II Drop-In Sessions and Workshops (schedules) are on the website. Drop-ins for Spring 2025 begin Jan. 5, 2026.

For further questions and support at your campus, contact: 

Purdue West Lafayette and Indianapolis: Innovative Learning, InnovativeLearningTeam@purdue.edu 

Purdue Fort Wayne:
-For questions or resources on accessibility: PFW’s Disability Accessibility Taskforce.
-For questions about this Purdue system project, Center for the Enhancement of Learning and Teaching celt@pfw.edu 

Purdue Northwest: 
-For resources on accessibility: Accessibility at PNW
-For questions: Center for the Faculty Excellence, cfe@pnw.edu

Purdue Global: Center for Teaching and Learning, askctl@purdueglobal.edu