EVERY STUDENT DESERVES EQUAL ACCESS TO LEARNING.
1 in 4 of your students navigates course content with a disability. Most course content was never built with them in mind. We're changing that – one institution at a time.
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“Accessible learning was never an afterthought for us. It has always been the foundation of how we design.”
BUILDING LEARNING EXPERIENCES SINCE 2003
ansrsource was founded in 2003 with a mission to make learning more effective, accessible, and affordable. We’ve been working ever since to build well-designed learning experiences that serve every learner, regardless of ability or circumstance.
Over the span of two decades, we have developed something that technology alone cannot replicate: a deep understanding of how people learn, what barriers they face, and how inclusive design not only widen access but also makes learning more effective for every student who encounters it.
Chapter One
ansrsource is founded to help institutions bring learning directly to learners through digital platforms.
Chapter Two
Higher education starts taking digital accessibility seriously. ansrsource is already in the conversation.
Chapter Three
ansrAccess is launched bringing accessibility expertise into a dedicated platform for higher education institutions.
Chapter Four
ansrAccess expands as a Canvas-based solution meeting institutions directly inside the LMS where faculty already work.
Long before WCAG compliance entered most institutions’ procurement conversations, ansrsource was building accessible learning experiences that set the benchmark for what inclusive digital education could look like. ansrAccess is the platform we built to bring this expertise, at scale, to education institutions and learning organizations.
With 200+ learning designers, instructional technologists, accessibility practitioners, and product specialists, ansrAccess is not just a software product with a help desk. It is a platform backed by a team that has been solving complex learning design challenges for higher education for more than two decades.
When you work within ansrAccess, you are not buying a tool and figuring it out alone. You are partnering with a multidisciplinary team that understands how higher education institutions actually work – how faculty think about their courses, how administrators report progress, and how accessible learning design differs from accessibility compliance checkboxes. This depth of understanding cannot be replicated by a software company that entered higher education when the DOJ deadlines appeared.
Accessibility is the defining
challenge of digital education.
A Human Right
The UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities recognizes the right to access information on equal terms. In higher education, this means every student – regardless of visual, auditory, cognitive, or motor ability – has a right to access the same course materials, at the same time, in a format that works for them. Accessibility is not a feature; it is the baseline for equitable education.
A Legal Imperative
In 2023 alone, more than 4,600 ADA lawsuits targeted websites and digital content. The DOJ's updated Title II rule has set formal WCAG compliance deadlines for public higher education. Non-compliance is not a design oversight; it is a documented institutional liability.
A Global Scale Problem
1.3 billion people globally live with a disability. However, research consistently shows that the majority of higher education course content fails to meet basic WCAG 2 criteria. The gap between the scale of the need and the state of institutional content is one of the defining equity failures of digital education.
A Competitive Advantage
Institutions that build accessible learning environments do more than meet legal requirements – they outperform peers. Accessible course design correlates with higher student engagement, stronger retention, and superior satisfaction scores. Institutions with documented accessibility practices carry significantly lower legal and reputational risk. And an accessible institution attracts a broader, more diverse student body.
Build an accessibility practice that elevates learning
Scan, remediate, and sustain accessibility compliance, affordably, all directly inside Canvas, with ansrAccess.
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