WCAG audits built for education sites.
Universities, K-12 districts, and EdTech vendors face the most active ADA Title II enforcement of any sector — over 200 OCR (Office for Civil Rights) cases filed against US schools each year. AccessProof scans your LMS, public site, course catalog, and admissions flow, and ships the dated evidence DOJ reviews require.
Accessibility risks specific to Education.
OCR complaints landing on public-facing pages
Office for Civil Rights complaints against universities and K-12 districts most often cite the public homepage, admissions pages, course catalogs, and athletics pages — not the LMS. These are the surfaces a casual visitor (or complainant) tests first. Continuous audits on them are the simplest defense.
PDF syllabi and course materials
Course syllabi, lecture notes, and assignment PDFs uploaded to faculty pages or public course catalogs are a known accessibility gap. AccessProof flags inaccessible-PDF link patterns on pages and counts them by section — useful for institutional triage.
LMS and faculty-authored content
Canvas, Blackboard, Moodle, and D2L sites have institutional accessibility baselines, but faculty-authored course content rarely does. Decorative images without alt, headings used for styling, color-only emphasis — recurring failures across thousands of courses.
Application and admissions forms
Online admissions, financial aid, and registration forms are high-stakes interactions for students with disabilities. Unlabeled inputs, inaccessible CAPTCHAs, and timeouts are recurring Title II citations.
Live video and recorded lectures
Synchronous classes (Zoom, Teams) and recorded lectures published on the public site need captions and transcripts. AccessProof flags missing-caption metadata and inaccessible video-player patterns on web pages where lectures are embedded.
EdTech procurement gate
When a school district or university procures EdTech, accessibility evidence (VPAT/ACR) is increasingly required. EdTech vendors that produce a current audit win RFPs; those that cannot lose them.
What regulators expect from Education.
ADA Title II applies to all US public schools, K-12 districts, and public colleges and universities. The DOJ's April 2024 Title II rulemaking sets explicit deadlines: April 2026 for entities serving 50,000+ population; April 2027 for smaller entities. The technical standard is WCAG 2.1 Level AA. AccessProof scans against WCAG 2.2 (a superset) and explicitly cross-references the Title II conformance requirements.
Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act applies to any institution receiving federal funds, including private universities and many K-12 voucher-receiving schools. The Office for Civil Rights (OCR) investigates web accessibility under both Title II and Section 504. Continuous audit trails are the single most effective defense in active OCR cases.
Built for the education workflow.
Multi-site for institutional portfolios
A university typically has 20-200+ public-facing subdomains (departments, programs, athletics, alumni). Business plan covers unlimited URLs in one dashboard.
Title II + Section 504 cross-mapping
Every scan maps findings to ADA Title II (WCAG 2.1 AA) and the underlying WCAG criteria cited by OCR. PDFs are admissible in OCR proceedings.
EdTech vendor evidence
EdTech companies use AccessProof to produce VPATs/ACRs for school district and university procurement. Pro plan ($79/mo) covers a typical product portfolio.
Scheduled scans for OCR posture
Weekly or daily scans archived as PDFs build the ongoing-remediation record that affects OCR resolution agreements. Institutions with continuous audit history settle on far better terms.
No JS on student-facing sites
Many institutions prohibit third-party JS for security or privacy review reasons. AccessProof runs externally — no DOM injection, no FERPA review needed for your site.
API for institutional dashboards
Pull scan data into your accessibility office's internal dashboard. Run trend reports across departments. Available on Pro and up.
From $0 to unlimited sites.
1 site · monthly · HTML
5 sites · weekly · PDF + email
25 sites · daily · API + CI/CD
Unlimited · hourly · branding
Full plan comparison on /pricing.
Education-specific questions.
Does AccessProof comply with FERPA for student-data-containing pages?
AccessProof scans the DOM your browser sees — we capture the HTML structure for accessibility analysis, not the data values. For pages containing student records (grades, transcripts, financial aid info), we strongly recommend running scans against staging environments with synthetic data, not production. We do not store page text content beyond what's needed for the audit report.
How does AccessProof handle LMS course pages (Canvas, Blackboard)?
Course-level LMS pages typically require authentication and are unique per student. The typical workflow is to scan the public LMS template pages and a representative authenticated sample using a test-faculty/test-student account. For institution-wide LMS audit, Business plan API integration with your LMS authentication is the right pattern.
What does AccessProof cost vs. a manual VPAT audit?
A typical manual VPAT audit from an accessibility consultancy runs $5,000-$25,000 per product. AccessProof Pro ($79/mo) gives you continuous automated coverage. The two are complementary: automated catches ~30-40% of WCAG issues (the deterministic ones); a manual review catches the cognitive/context issues. Most institutions run both — AccessProof for cadence, manual for periodic depth.
Can AccessProof scan our admissions or financial aid forms specifically?
Yes — any public-facing URL can be added as a site. For multi-step forms behind authentication, configure a test account or use a staging environment. The audit will flag accessibility issues per step and per field.
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