Technology purchasers

Digital accessibility requirements

Most Electronic and Information Technology ("EIT") products and services will need to comply with IU's digital accessibility standard at minimum.

Indiana University's Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) Policy (UA-02) and legal obligations under the updated Americans with Disabilities Act: Title II criteria, Section 504 of the 1973 Rehabilitation Act, Section 508 of the 1973 Rehabilitation Act, and Indiana Code § 4-13.1-3-1 require EIT products and services to be digitally accessible to individuals with disabilities.

When shopping for digital software or services

You should:

• Share the Big Ten Academic Alliance Digital Accessibility Vendor Cookbook with your current and potential suppliers.
• Treat accessibility as a primary requirement, not optional.
• Request accessibility documentation from the supplier.
• Submit a Product Accessibility Review request for each vendor under consideration.

Your responsibilities after purchase

You should work with the supplier to:

• Address any known or discovered accessibility gaps. This includes any accessibility issues reported to the supplier by IU and any items marked as Does not support or Partially supports in the supplier's Accessibility Conformance Report.
• If required, create a Temporary Equally Effective Alternate Access Plan (TEEAAP) to be used while the supplier is making those required changes.
• Obtain the supplier's accessibility remediation plan with timelines.
• Submit a Product Accessibility Review request to verify fixes were completed.
• Monitor accessibility commitments for the product.