Since 2026 every EULE Institute course, from UX to interior design, from project management to artificial intelligence, has been hosted on Eduspera, an e-learning platform designed from the ground up around accessibility. It was not a change of vendor. It was a decision about who we want to be able to study with us. This article explains why we made it, what the platform actually does, and what changes for the students of each of our programmes.
An online school is for the people who can use it
EULE Institute trains thousands of people every year across Italy, Spain and the rest of Europe. Among them are students with a hearing impairment who lose parts of the explanation in videos, people with dyslexia who struggle through dense text, people with low vision who need large type and strong contrast, people who use a keyboard or voice control instead of a mouse. And there is the silent majority of people who study in difficult conditions: on a train without headphones, on a slow connection, in the evening after work with little attention left.
For years our lessons lived on a platform that was not designed for any of these people. Captions were unreliable, the player only worked with a mouse, text could not be enlarged without breaking the page. We knew it and made up for it with the availability of our mentors. But a school that teaches how to design products and spaces for people cannot accept that its main tool excludes some of those people.
The regulatory context has changed too: since 28 June 2025 the European Accessibility Act applies to digital services sold in the European Union, online training included. We cover it in our guide to digital accessibility and WCAG. But we would have made this decision anyway.
What an accessible platform really means
Almost every e-learning platform describes itself as accessible. In practice that means a widget that enlarges text and a conformance document written once. The experience of a blind or deaf student remains that of a product designed for someone else. We looked for a platform that met four conditions:
- The standard is a product requirement. Every screen meets WCAG 2.2 level AA and every release is checked before it goes live.
- Content is born accessible. Captions and transcript are generated together with the video; alternative text for images is mandatory when a lesson is created.
- Learners adapt the interface to themselves, without asking permission: text size, spacing, contrast, a dyslexia-friendly font, and the choices follow them across every course.
- Teachers are measured. The platform tells the instructor, before publishing, where their course excludes someone.
Eduspera was built on these four conditions, and that is why we chose it.
What Eduspera does for our students
Captions and a transcript on every video
Every video gets automatically generated captions, corrected by the instructor before publishing. Below the player sits the full, searchable transcript: for people who cannot hear, for people studying without headphones, and for anyone who wants to find a passage without rewatching twenty minutes of lesson. The player is fully keyboard-operable.
Keyboard and screen readers
The whole platform works without a mouse, with a consistent navigation order and an always-visible focus indicator. The most common screen readers, NVDA and VoiceOver, read structure, buttons and states correctly. When an assignment is approved or sent back, the change of state is announced, not just coloured.
Personal reading preferences
From the toolbar each student adjusts text size, line height, spacing, contrast and typeface, including a font designed for dyslexia. Preferences belong to the person, not the course: set them once and they apply everywhere.
Needs that are declared, not guessed
Students who wish to can declare their accessibility needs privately, with explicit consent and in line with the GDPR. The platform suggests useful tools and mentors know, in aggregate, what the class needs. No setting is applied without the student's consent.
The accessibility score of every course
The part that convinced us most is invisible to students. Eduspera gives every course an accessibility score from 0 to 100, computed from three measurable signals: ready captions on videos (40 points), alternative text on images (40 points) and the contrast of the brand's main colour (20 points). It works like a traffic light: green can be published, amber needs some fixes, red stays blocked until the problem is solved, with a direct link to the lesson to correct.
For us it was an exam. Some of our older courses, imported from the previous platform, were not green: years-old videos without captions, exercise images without a description. The score surfaced them immediately and we are fixing them one by one.
What changes for each programme
- UX and UI Design. You study accessibility inside a product that applies it: focus order, contrast and alternative text can be checked on the platform itself. Wireframes and screenshots in lessons always carry a description.
- Interior Design. Universal design for spaces and for interfaces follow the same logic: contrast, obstacle-free paths, redundant signals, the ability to adjust. Floor plans and renders in lessons are described for those who cannot see them.
- Project Management. The accessibility score is a concrete example of a non-functional requirement turned into a quality metric with an acceptance threshold: the model we teach you to put into project plans.
- Artificial Intelligence. The shortest and densest courses are the ones that benefit most from searchable transcripts and adjustable text.
What changes, in practice, when you enrol
- Lessons can be followed without audio, with captions and a transcript.
- Everything can be navigated by keyboard or with a screen reader, assignments and submissions included.
- Larger, more spaced or dyslexia-friendly text is set once, for every course.
- Mentor feedback arrives in a format readable by any assistive technology.
- Students with specific needs can declare them privately and get adapted deadlines.
If you hit a barrier, write to us: we work directly with the Eduspera team and student reports are the fastest way to improve the platform for everyone. Our accessibility page summarises the tools available and how to reach us.
Frequently asked questions
Are EULE Institute courses WCAG 2.2 compliant?
The platform hosting them, Eduspera, treats WCAG 2.2 level AA conformance as a product requirement checked at every release, and every course must pass an accessibility score before it is published.
Can I follow lessons without audio?
Yes. Every video has captions and a full transcript available below the player.
I use a screen reader: can I submit assignments?
Yes. Upload, submission and review status are keyboard-operable and announced to screen readers.
Do I have to disclose a disability to use these tools?
No. The tools are available to everyone. Declaring your needs is optional, private and only serves to receive more targeted suggestions.
