ADA Compliance for Teachable Websites
Teachable schools sell education, and educational content is held to a high standard of access. The public school and sales pages are part of your commercial website, and the lessons themselves are something customers pay for, so captions and accessible downloads matter as much as the page code.
This Teachable ADA compliance checker runs the same engine as the Teachable accessibility checker with the ADA preset selected, so the results are measured against WCAG 2.1 Level AA. Paste a page address above to see the issues on your own Teachable site.
Teachable ADA Compliance Risks to Check First
These are the barriers most often behind accessibility complaints on Teachable sites. Each one maps to a WCAG success criterion that the scan reports.
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Video lessons without captions
Lessons and promo videos with no accurate captions.
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Sales pages built from images
Pricing and benefits set as images with no text alternative.
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Low-contrast brand colors
Buttons and small print that fail contrast.
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Enrollment and checkout forms
Forms with placeholders and unclear errors.
How the ADA Applies to Your Teachable Site
Title III of the Americans with Disabilities Act requires businesses open to the public to give people with disabilities equal access to their goods and services. The Department of Justice states that this covers a business's web content as well as its physical locations ({ADA.gov web guidance (opens in a new tab)}). The law does not name a technical standard for private websites, so courts, settlements and demand letters tend to point to WCAG 2.1 Level AA, which is why this checker uses it.
- 3,117 website accessibility lawsuits filed in U.S. federal court in 2025, up 27% from 2024 Seyfarth Shaw, ADA Title III blog (opens in a new tab)
- 5,000+ digital accessibility lawsuits filed across federal and state courts in 2025 UsableNet 2025 year-end report (opens in a new tab)
- 1,427 of those 2025 lawsuits were against companies that had already been sued UsableNet 2025 year-end report (opens in a new tab)
- 64% of companies sued in the first half of 2025 had annual revenue under $25 million UsableNet 2025 midyear report (opens in a new tab)
None of this depends on which platform you use: a claim names the barrier on the page, not the software behind it. Read more in our ADA website compliance guide and the general ADA compliance checker.
Teachable ADA Compliance Steps
- Run the ADA check above on your homepage, and then on a page of each type you publish.
- Review captions on every lesson video before publishing.
- Rebuild image-only pricing and benefit sections as real text.
- Run each downloadable PDF through a PDF accessibility check before attaching it.
- Rescan to confirm each fix, and keep dated records. AccessBell Pro monitors up to 500 URLs per domain every day and emails you when something new fails.
What an Automated Teachable ADA Check Can and Cannot Do
Automated testing finds a large share of the machine-detectable WCAG failures, such as missing alt text, unlabeled fields, low contrast and broken ARIA. It cannot judge whether alt text is accurate, whether a keyboard path makes sense or whether a screen reader user can complete a purchase. Test your key journeys by hand as well, and read our methodology for exactly what runs.
No tool, including this one, can certify that a Teachable site is ADA compliant or protect you from a claim. Treat a scan as evidence of ongoing effort, and speak to a lawyer if you receive a demand letter.
Free scan and 3-day free trial
- Free, with no account: every issue found on the page, ranked by severity, with the WCAG criteria each one fails.
- With the trial: the failing HTML, how to fix each issue, scans of up to 500 pages per domain, daily monitoring and a dated record of your fixes.
Publishing an Accessibility Statement on Teachable
Publish a statement page on your school and link it from the footer and course player so students can request accessible materials. Our free accessibility statement generator writes the text, and it should name the standard you follow, any known gaps and a way to contact you.
Teachable ADA Compliance: Frequently Asked Questions
Do online course sellers need ADA compliance?
Courses sold to the public are part of your commercial services. Accessible lessons also reach more customers.
Can the scan check my lessons?
The scan tests public pages. Captions and member lessons need your own check.
Where do I start?
Scan your school’s home and sales pages, then fix captions and downloads.
What standard does the Teachable ADA compliance check use?
WCAG 2.1 Level AA, the technical standard the Department of Justice has adopted for state and local government websites and the one courts and settlements most often cite for businesses. The ADA itself does not name a technical standard for private business websites.
Sources
- ADA.gov: Guidance on Web Accessibility and the ADA (opens in a new tab)
- W3C: Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.1 (opens in a new tab)
- Seyfarth Shaw, ADA Title III blog (opens in a new tab)
- UsableNet 2025 year-end report (opens in a new tab)
- UsableNet 2025 midyear report (opens in a new tab)
This page explains general ADA and accessibility patterns for Teachable sites and is not legal advice. AccessBell is not affiliated with Teachable. Teachable and its logo are trademarks of their owners and are used only to identify the platform. See our disclaimer.
