Accessibility Statement

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Accessibility Statement

This is an accessibility statement from the developers and designers of the TransitionU: Community, Identity, and Inquiry course.

We are committed to creating an educational experience and community that acknowledges, understands, values, and respects equity, diversity, and inclusion in our course, TransitionU: Community, Identity, and Inquiry. This means supporting the creation of free, open, and accessible educational resources. We are actively committed to increasing the accessibility and usability of this course.

Conformance status

The Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG)Opens in new tab defines requirements for designers and developers to improve accessibility for people with disabilities. It defines three levels of conformance: Level A, Level AA, and Level AAA. TransitionU: Community, Identity, and Inquiry is partially conformant with WCAG 2.1 level AA. Partially conformant means that some parts of the content do not fully conform to the accessibility standard.

Accessibility features of the web version of this resource

The web version of the TransitionU: Community, Identity, and InquiryOpens in new tab 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 videos created by our team include captions and video transcripts
  •  Most images in this guide are screenshots that are considered non-essential as they are described fully in the text. As such, they do not include alt tags. Any images that have been deemed essential have been provided in an alternative format.
  • Information is not conveyed by colour alone.
  • There is an option to increase font size.

Other file formats available

In addition to the web version, additional files are available in a number of file formats on the eCampus Ontario Open Library site for this course and upon request made to eCampus Ontario SupportOpens in new tab.

Let us know if you are having problems accessing this course

We are always looking for ways to make our resources more accessible. If you have problems accessing this resource, please contact us to let us know, so we can fix the issue.

Please include the following information:

  • The location of the problem by providing a web address or page description
  • A description of the problem
  • The computer, software, browser, and any assistive technology you are using that can help us diagnose and solve your issue
    • e.g., Windows 10, Google Chrome (Version 65.0.3325.181), NVDA screen reader

You can contact us one of the following ways:

This statement was created on 26 February 2022 using the W3C Accessibility Statement Generator ToolOpens in new tab.

License

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TransitionU: Community, Identity, and Inquiry Copyright © by Jill Greenwood, Lakehead University is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License, except where otherwise noted.

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