Universities guarantee students equal access to educational content. This guarantee extends to students who use assistive technology to interact with digital information. Templatization can help institutions ensure that all students have equal access to the content they need to succeed and avoid common web accessibility errors.
Accessible website design requires a specific set of web development skills. Instead of requiring site managers and editors to have this skill set, templatization embeds code and offers tools designed to ensure digital accessibility.
For example, the decision to move websites to a standard, templatized model helped Texas State University ensure students who use assistive technology have access to all digital content published by the university.
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