Accessibility Statement
Accessibility features of the web version of this resource
The web version of Communication Essentials for College has been designed with accessibility in mind by incorporating the following features:
- It has been optimized for people who use screen-reader technology.
- all content can be navigated using a keyboard.
- links, headings, and tables are formatted to work with screen readers.
- All images in this guide are described fully in the text, alt-tag or in an image description section for complex images.
- Information is not conveyed by colour alone.
- Pressbooks has built in features such as the ability to change font size.
Other file formats available
In addition to the web version, additional files are available in a number of file formats including PDF, EPUB (for eReaders).
Known accessibility issues and areas for improvement
This book’s adapters have attempted to improve upon existing features from the original sources and improve these materials for all users.
While we strive to ensure that this resource is as accessible and usable as possible, we might not always get it right. Any issues we identify will be listed below. If you encounter issues with this text, please notify your Professor.
| Location of Issue | Need for Improvement | Timeline | Work Around |
|---|---|---|---|
| Section 7.3 – Developing a Final Draft of a Research Paper | Visual representation of editing markup in writing samples uses colour and graphics to demonstrate necessary changes/editing. | Next update | Provided a link to Microsoft Word file with “track changes” turned on. |
| Chapter 8 – APA Style Tutorial | Several activities rely on images/screenshots to show the location of information in journal articles, on websites, reference list citations, etc. Some H5P activities are difficult to use with keyboard navigation/screen readers. | Next update | Provided a brief textual equivalent, with some description to help explain/improve experience |
| Layout tables | A few layout tables are used in some areas to format large lists of text or align the parts of a sentences. | Next update | These have been used as minimally as possible and have been tagged correctly where possible. |
| APA formatted references (throughout the book) | APA references require the location of resources to be listed as a full URL | Next update | Reference entry URLs are not “linked” but the full URL is listed in text. Plan to optimize using tagging for next update. |
| Video Captioning | All videos have accessible CC & transcripts via YouTube or other provider, but may not have transcripts that fully describe non-speech content. | Current provisions meet AODA requirements. | |
| PDF version of book | PDF version of book may not be fully accessible, as it was generated using Pressbooks export. |
Accessibility standards
The web version of this resource has been designed to meet AODA requirements, along with the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines 2.0, level AA. In addition, it follows all guidelines in Appendix A: Checklist for Accessibility of the Accessibility Toolkit – 2nd Edition.
This statement was last updated on February 25, 2022.
Attributions & References
This information was adapted from “Accessibility statement” In Pressbooks Guide by BCcampus , licensed under CC BY 4.0. / Adapted to match the current OER with relevant deficiencies noted.
