The Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) is an international standard (ISO/IEC 40500) published by the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C). The WCAG standards are not a law, but a set of guidelines for ensuring that digital information is accessible and complies with nondiscrimination laws like the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA, 1990) and the 508 ICT Refresh (2018).

According to Rice Policy 851, the WCAG version 2.1, levels A and AA is Rice University's standard for creating, sharing, and procuring accessible information and communication technologies (ICT). The standards give guidance for avoiding and removing accessibility barriers so that everyone can independently access and use the digital information we create and share.

Learn about the WCAG standards and how they apply to digital information at Rice on the Digital Accessibility Web Content Accessibility Guidelines page.