IMS ARCS – Web Accessibility Statement

All academic partners are committed to providing web pages that are accessible to all users, including users with disabilities. To this end, the IMS ARCS website meets W3C Level 2 Web Accessibility guidelines (WAI AA).

Screen Readers

Examples of screen readers are as JAWS and Browsealoud.

Web Design and Web Accessibility

The following technical web design requirements apply to the design and coding of the college websites. All new websites are required to meet W3C Level 2 Web Accessibility guidelines (http://www.w3.org/WAI/).

Navigation and Tables

All data tables have summary tags and blank summary tags for layout tables. Data tables are coded using Row and Column titles. A "Skip Navigation" Link is also used to enable users to go straight to web page content.

Links

Many links use the title attribute, which describes the links in more detail. All images use an alt tag or longdesc tag. Blank alt tags are used for bulleted-list images, spacer images, etc.

Font-sizing and Stylesheets

Standard stylesheets have been developed which size fonts consistently across all supported browsers. Stylesheets are used to control the presentation of all web pages and the use of a sans-serif font is set as default. If a browser does not support stylesheets, the content of each page is still readable.

Forms

All forms are coded using label and id attributes.

Validators

Websites that are designed by and in conjunction with the Web Office are validated for  XHTML 1.0 Transitional using the W3.org markup validator and Level 2 Web Accessibility referencing the WAI guidelines.