Video - Audio Description Workshops

The Office of Civil Rights, Title IX, and ADA Compliance (CTAC) and the MRC will be facilitating workshops to support assessment and remediation of videos. This series of workshops will help video content producers understand and adopt the new Audio Description expectations to meet the Title II ADA standards.  

Summary of New ADA Requirements for Video Content

The Department of Justice now requires website content to meet WCAG 2.1 AA standards, which includes audio descriptions for public-facing prerecorded videos when meaningful visual information is not already conveyed through narration.

University Remediation Plan

This plan applies to all videos produced by Wichita State University and all content creators associated with the university, including student creators. 

Many of the stakeholders engaged in video content curation and generation are already working on remediation and have started on the first step of this plan. 

For video creators/owners not yet engaged in this plan, please take the following steps:

Video Audit (March 23 – April 3, 2026): Identify videos requiring audio descriptions, those exempt, and those that can be archived.

    • Identify all videos embedded, linked, or promoted on webpages or social media.
    • Review each video and determine whether it should be removed, archived, or remediated.

Archiving Inactive Videos (Before April 24, 2026): Move inactive videos to clearly labeled ARCHIVE playlists.

Audio Description Production & Distribution: For those videos that do not have audio descriptions, are not exempt, and cannot be archived, create audio-described versions and link appropriately across platforms.

If you need assistance in creating audio descriptions, please contact the Media Resource Center (MRC) at mrc@wichita.edu or 316-978-3588.

Funding Considerations

Audio description services range from $9–$14 per minute through the university’s partner 3PlayMedia. While the MRC can initially help facilitate the creation of audio descriptions for critical videos, strategies will need to be created for long-term compliance, either by purchasing audio description out of departmental funds or adopting creation strategies that are inherently compliant.

Next Steps & Deadlines

March 23 – April 3: Video audit

April 3 – April 24: Archive, delete, or begin audio description production

April 24: Compliance deadline—all materials moving forward need to meet the ADA/WCAG requirements

For questions, contact the Director of ADA and Section 504 Compliance at krystal.iseminger@wichita.edu or 316-978-3205.