As part of UW–Madison’s ongoing efforts to meet the federal digital accessibility requirements under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), the University Digital Accessibility Initiative (UDAI) is excited to announce a university-wide solution to create accessible and compliant multimedia.

What’s changing in Kaltura

As of this fall, English-language videos now have human-generated captions and computer-generated audio descriptions automatically applied to them. This application occurs when:

• videos are added to the university’s enterprise Kaltura MediaSpace tool and embedded into Canvas or Kaltura Media Gallery.
• when the video’s permissions are updated from “private” to “public” or “unlisted.” 

This new service makes it much easier for instructors to provide accessible video content and helps support student success.

Become familiar with the new Kaltura accessibility features and workflow so you understand what you’ll need to do for courses in spring 2027 and beyond.

For more on Digital Accessibility, visit the University Digital Accessibility Hub.