LaTeX template for digitally accessible Electronic Thesis or Dissertation (ETD) for the Auburn University Graduate School
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% ACCESSIBILITY METADATA -- MUST BE THE VERY FIRST LINE OF THE FILE
% (before \documentclass, before everything except these comments).
% This is what turns on tagged-PDF output for WCAG 2.1 AA / PDF/UA-2.
% Do NOT delete it, and keep compiling with LuaLaTeX.
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\DocumentMetadata{
lang = en-US, % document language (screen readers announce it)
pdfstandard = ua-2, % PDF/UA-2 (PDF 2.0): MathML goes into the tag tree
% as REAL structure elements (mfrac, mi, mn, ...),
% so screen readers (NVDA + Acrobat) read mathematics
% naturally. Validate with PAC 2024 / veraPDF in
% UA-2 mode -- a UA-1 checker will wrongly flag the
% MathML types as "non-standard" and ask for formula
% alt text (both are UA-1 rules that do not apply).
tagging = on,
tagging-setup = {
math/setup = {mathml-AF,mathml-SE}, % MathML as attachments AND tags
extra-modules = {verbatim-mo},
}
}
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%% Auburn University Thesis / Dissertation -- accessible LuaLaTeX template
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%% COMPILE WITH LuaLaTeX (required -- not pdflatex/xelatex):
%% latexmk -lualatex main.tex
%%
%% ON OVERLEAF: Menu -> Compiler -> LuaLaTeX, and Menu -> TeX Live version
%% -> the latest. The project is fully self-contained: every font
%% (Source Sans 3 for the body; STIX Two Math for formulas;
%% Atkinson Hyperlegible Mono for code) is bundled in fonts/
%% together with its OFL licence.
%%
%% THIS IS THE QUIET VARIANT WITH ACCESSIBLE SIGNPOST COLOUR: the body is
%% black, no running header, no rules, every visible size 12 pt, page
%% numbers centred at the bottom, hierarchy carried by weight and space.
%% The only colour is on the teaching signposts -- the "Why:"/"How:" and
%% "Good:"/"Poor:" labels -- in WCAG-AA shades, always paired with a bold
%% word so colour is never the sole cue. (Version 9 is the all-black one.)
%%
%% Class options (see auburn-thesis.cls):
%% dissertation | thesis (title-page wording)
%% doublespacing | onehalfspacing | singlespacing
%% binding (1.5" left margin for bound copies)
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\documentclass[dissertation,doublespacing]{auburn-thesis}
%% --- Bibliography database --------------------------------------------
\addbibresource{references.bib}
%% --- Work on one chapter at a time (optional, for DRAFTING only) ------
%% Each chapter is \include'd below, so you can build just one with
%% \includeonly (cross-references to the others come from their .aux files,
%% so compile the whole thesis once first). CAVEAT: the PDF tagging engine
%% does not support \includeonly, so to use it you must ALSO turn tagging
%% off -- comment out "tagging = on" in \DocumentMetadata above. Restore
%% tagging and remove \includeonly for the final, accessible PDF.
% \includeonly{chapters/chapter3}
%% ===================== TITLE-PAGE INFORMATION =======================
\auTitle{An Accessible (WCAG 2.1 AA) LaTeX Template for Auburn University Theses and Dissertations}
\auAuthor{Franklin Wang}
\auDegree{Doctor of Philosophy} % e.g. Master of Science
\auGradDate{May 14, 2026} % Month day, year
\auKeywords{accessibility, WCAG 2.1 AA, tagged PDF, LaTeX, Auburn University}
\auCopyrightYear{2026} % optional; comment out to omit
% First "Approved by" line is the committee chair (include "Chair"):
\auChair{Dr. Ash Abebe, Chair, Professor of Mathematics and Statistics}
% Then one line per remaining committee member, in order:
\auCommitteeMember{Libby Anderson, Communications \& Marketing Specialist III}
\auCommitteeMember{Dr. Maria Witte, Professor of Adult Education}
\auCommitteeMember{Dr. Michael Brown, Associate Professor of Mathematics and Statistics}
\begin{document}
%% ========================= FRONT MATTER =============================
\auMakeTitlePage % title page (counted, not numbered)
\input{frontmatter/abstract} % required
\input{frontmatter/ai-use-disclosure} % required
\input{frontmatter/acknowledgments} % optional
\auTableOfContents % required
\auListOfTables % include if the document has tables
\auListOfFigures % include if the document has figures
\input{frontmatter/list-of-abbreviations} % optional
%% ============================= BODY =================================
\include{chapters/chapter1} % Ch. 1: why accessibility (the motivation)
\include{chapters/chapter2} % Ch. 2: what to do and how, with examples
\include{chapters/chapter3} % Ch. 3: a full sample chapter (replace me)
%% ========================= BACK MATTER ==============================
\printbibliography[heading=auetd, title={References}] % required
\auAppendices % relabels chapters as "Appendix N"
\include{appendices/appendix1} % optional
\end{document}