Accessibility

Accessibility has become an increasingly important topic in web design and development. TU continuously puts effort into the goal of making the TU website accessible and compliant with Section 508 of the US Rehabilitation Act. These self-help documents step through making content accessible for publishing to the web.

Section 508 of the Rehabilitation Act requires that federal agencies’ electronic and information technology be accessible to people with disabilities. Towson University is committed to aligning documentation to the same standards set for the Federal Government.

Digitally Accessible PDFs

Learn how to take a Microsoft Word Document and make it accessible and available as a PDF.

Closed Captioning

The Closed Captioning: Style Guide defines the rules of closed captioning as designated by the Described and Captioned Media Program (DCMP) which is funded by the U.S. Department of Education and administered by the National Association for the Deaf.

Get a captioning & transcription overview including terminology and definitions, and how to use the built-in captioning/transcription tools.

Website Accessibility Reports

All towson.edu website owners will be emailed a quarterly website accessibility report, highlighting any accessibility issues with their content. See how to interpret the results of the report and fix some of the more common issues.