U.S. Justice Department finds that Berkeley MOOCs and YouTube content don’t meet federal requirements. So, the University is planning to remove the content as they think it is too costly co comply. More here.

Most frequently cited violations for online content:

• Many videos do not have captions.
• Many videos lack “an alternative way to access images or visual information (e.g., graphs, charts, animations or URLs on slides), such as audio description, alternative text, PDF files or Word documents).
• Many documents “associated with online courses were inaccessible to individuals with vision disabilities who use screen readers because the document was not formatted properly.”
• Some videos that had automatically generated captions were “inaccurate and incomplete.”

It is important to consider accessibility guidelines and regulations when designing any content: either for online or on-campus learning.