Getting started with TheAccessibleWorksheet

TheAccessibleWorksheet lets academic advisors build spreadsheet-style degree-planning worksheets that export as fully tagged WCAG 2.1 AA PDFs, branded for your institution. It’s a paid product ($199/year per user).

1. Sign in and subscribe

Go to worksheet.theaccessible.org, click Sign in, and authenticate with an email code, Google, LinkedIn, or phone. If you don’t have access yet, you’ll be prompted to Subscribe — $199/year through Stripe. After checkout, the app opens at /app.

Note

When you first subscribe, your institution’s course catalog is ingested in the background — this can take up to 24 hours. You’ll see a “Your course catalog is being prepared” screen with a Start building now button so you can begin immediately; the course typeahead switches on once the catalog is ready.

2. Start a worksheet

The Get started wizard offers four ways to begin:

• Start blank — an empty worksheet with default settings.
• Use a template — e.g. a 4-year bachelor’s on a semester system, or one of your saved templates.
• Scan an existing course map — photograph or upload a printed/handwritten plan and let it extract the terms and courses into an editable draft.
• Open a saved worksheet — restore a .json you exported earlier.

3. Fill in the student info

In the masthead, enter the student’s name, ID, college, major/minor, catalog year (used for course lookups), and advisor name.

4. Arrange courses term by term

The grid is organized by year and term (Fall/Spring/Summer). For each course, set subject, number, title, units, and a status (Completed / In progress / Planned). Start typing a course code (e.g. MATH 1) and the catalog typeahead suggests matches from your institution’s catalog and autofills the details — or type it in manually. Add requirement sections (transfer/AP credit, electives, major requirements) below the grid.

5. Set your institution branding

On Settings, pick your school (auto-selected from your email domain when possible). This applies your school’s colors, logo, name, and term system to the worksheet and the exported PDF.

6. Export a tagged PDF

Use the masthead download button to open the Export dialog. Choose orientation, an extra-large / low-vision type size, and a high-contrast scheme if needed, then Download a tagged, accessible PDF. If the converter is briefly unavailable, use Print → “Save as PDF” in your browser as a fallback.

Next steps

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