April - June 2025 Progress Report


The University of Colorado Denver is committed to ongoing digital accessibility initiatives aligned with the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) version 2.1, levels A and AA criteria. Level A represents the minimum level of accessibility, addressing basic web features necessary for some users to access content, while Level AA provides a more comprehensive standard that accommodates a wider range of users and situations. These efforts aim to enhance accessibility for users with sensory, cognitive, and mobility disabilities, fostering an inclusive online environment for all individuals. The university's commitment to equal access to IT has been more formally stated through the publication of an Information Technology (IT) Digital Accessibility Policy

Organizational Efforts


Campus Accessibility Steering Committee (ASC)

In Progress: Efforts are underway to establish clear governance, roles, and responsibilities related to IT accessibility within the organization. with concerted efforts in the following sub committees: web, training, software, report and response, and procurement. 


Web Subcommittee

In Progress: Working toward our three initial goals for web accessibility.

  • Goal 1: Assess CU Denver’s compliance with level A and AA WCAG  standards, including web-hosted PDF files.
    • Identified ways for the subcommittee to support CU Denver Office of Information Technology (OIT)’s, including: Reach out to users who have not shown any progress in remediating their websites, including a communication plan. 
    • Pitch a message from the Chancellor or other senior leadership to reinforce the importance and shared responsibility of digital accessibility work. 
    • Plan ways to help web editors who are not in Sitefinity. 
    • Plan a broad approach to PDF remediation, including Sensus Access, education about when PDFs should and should not be used on the web, and exploring solutions that can let people turn PDFs into web pages, such as Degree Maps
  • Goal 2: Measure and report progress in Siteimprove, CU Denver’s automated accessibility checker.
    • Determine how to match the different reports in Siteimprove to cabinet members.
  • Goal 3: Create a user-friendly central web page for digital accessibility information and resources.
    • Launched updated CU Denver Accessibility page.
    • Drafting redesign of CU Denver Digital Accessibility pages, which focus more specifically on Digital Accessibility Committee (DAC)’s work. 


Training Subcommittee

In Progress: The Training subcommittee will establish a consistent meeting cadence starting fall semester 2025.  

  • Division for Teaching Innovation and Program Strategy (TIPS) Academic Technology staff completed the WebAIM Document Certification. 
  • University faculty and staff registered for the AHEAD conference being held in Denver, July 2025.  


Software Subcommittee

  • Met with Anschutz Information Security and IT Compliance (ISIC) Risk & Compliance group with Procurement subcommittee regarding assessment process.  Clarified existing Voluntary Product Accessibility Template (VPAT) process within Risk & Compliance
    • Data is collected and stored within Isora – the software utility and database that the Risk & Compliance team uses to collect, store, track, automate, and report on compliance requirements for software tools. Identified one location for both campuses.
    • Follow-up discussions on adding software that isn’t procured, i.e. is free.
  • Working on revised goals / milestones for Software Exemption process
  • Reporting on areas that are responsible for larger systems / shared resources (ex. UIS – UCD Access) 


Report and Response Subcommittee

In Progress: The Report + Response subcommittee meets the first Wednesday of each month.

  • Consulted with Anschutz Digital Accessibility personnel regarding digital accessibility barrier reporting and response best practices.
  • Identified best practices for reporting response times.
  • Working on draft of response process for the resolution of digital accessibility barriers reports.
  • Will connect with key stakeholders to review proposed resolution process.


Procurement Subcommittee

Status: In Progress

  • Procurement and Software Subcommittees received an overview of the current assessment process from the Anschutz ISIC Risk & Compliance team.
  • They began work with Anschutz ISIC to test the process and provide feedback.

Publish Date: June 2025

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