Federal-scale accessibility proof
USDA Adoption Timeline
See how USDA used CourseAvenue to create, deliver, and sustain accessible courseware at federal scale.
Most authoring tools place the accessibility burden on the author. CourseAvenue takes a different approach: accessibility is built into the courseware creation and publishing process, so SMEs and program teams can create Section 508/WCAG-conformant learning without becoming accessibility engineers.
Resource summary
2,000+ titles
Section 508 and SCORM-conformant courseware created and delivered through CourseAvenue.
Zero known software-related accessibility issues
Across more than 10 years of USDA use and roughly 1 million learner interactions per year.
Accessibility at scale cannot depend on every author becoming an expert.
Federal agencies and other complex organizations need courseware that can be created, reviewed, delivered, maintained, and updated over time. That process breaks down when accessibility depends entirely on individual author expertise.
The traditional authoring-tool problem
Many eLearning tools allow authors to create content, but the author still has to understand headings, reading order, alternative text, captions, keyboard behavior, color contrast, form labels, interactive objects, testing procedures, and remediation. For SMEs and program teams, that is a difficult burden to carry.
The CourseAvenue difference
CourseAvenue builds accessibility into the structure of the courseware and the publishing process. Authors are guided toward accessible output before publication, and CourseAvenue stands with customers if a CourseAvenue-created course is questioned for accessibility.
Proven at federal scale
USDA created accessible courseware at a scale most organizations cannot support with traditional development alone.
The USDA adoption timeline shows how a large federal learning ecosystem used CourseAvenue to support Section 508 and SCORM-conformant courseware across programs, authors, reviewers, and learners.
2,000+
CourseAvenue eLearning titles created and delivered by USDA.
10+ years
Sustained use in a large federal learning environment.
~1M/year
Approximate learner interactions across USDA courseware delivery.
Zero
Known accessibility issues attributable to CourseAvenue software or the courseware engine.
What the USDA timeline demonstrates
This resource is useful for organizations that need to understand what happens when learning development moves beyond one-off custom course projects and becomes a sustainable courseware process.
Create closer to the source
Program teams and SMEs can help produce courseware from the operational content they understand best.
Publish with accessibility built in
Accessibility checks and courseware structure support Section 508/WCAG conformance before publication.
Sustain courseware over time
The value is not just creating one course. It is maintaining a courseware library as policies, programs, and source content change.
Request the USDA adoption timeline.
Use the timeline as a practical example of how CourseAvenue supports accessible courseware creation, SME-created learning, and federal-scale courseware operations.