Videos, slideshows, photos, and graphs have enhanced the online learning experience for most students. At the same time, these “enhancements” have created a barrier for students with disabilities.

Companies are working to remove these barriers.

We have seen dramatic improvements in the automatic closed-captioning of media in Kaltura, the video platform used at UNG. SoftChalk, the online content-creation software, announced improved accessibility of its products in November.

Brightspace by D2L, Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Adobe Acrobat have useful accessibility checkers built into their software. Use them.

InsideHigherEd.com takes a look at some of the issues educational publishers and universities are dealing with to make their content more accessible. There is no easy fix.

Read the story: The Digital Courseware Accessibility Problem