Accessibility Policy
The Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) of 1990 states that all individuals have equal accessibility, including online instructional opportunities. In addition, ADA states that all online courses be fully compliant from the start of the study, which can be challenging.
Windsor University is obligated to provide the necessary support to all individuals in the Institute by the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) of 1990. Disabled applicants and students are advised to contact the Student Affairs Officer regarding any issues they face. Windsor University is obligated to provide the necessary support to aid them in their educational program without violating any federal or governmental law. Windsor University will maintain the confidentiality of this process.
The following are standards and techniques that will be taken to ensure the online facilities are compliant with the Americans with Disabilities Act:
- Sans Serif fonts will be used for easy readability.
- Dark font colors will be used on a light background (i.e., black text on a white background.
- Extremely bright colors as background colors will be avoided.
- Overuse of all CAPS, bold or italics, will be avoided.
- Underlining words will be avoided as the screen reader can mistake it for a navigation link.
- Images will be clear.
- Images files will be optimized for efficient loading.
- The use of animated images will be limited to only those that contribute to the course content's learning experience.
- Animated or blinking images, text, or cursors will be avoided since these can cause seizures for some people.
- All images will have alt texts/long descriptions attached to them.
- Audio quality will be clear.
- Audio file length will be adequate to meet the activity's goals without being too large to restrict users' ability to download the file on computers with all audio files.
- A written transcript will be provided with all audio files.
- Audio file length will be adequate to meet the goals of the activity without adding unnecessary information.
- Audio player requirements will be compatible with multiple operating systems and will require only a standard, free plug-in.
- Video quality will be clear.
- Video file length will be adequate to meet the activity's goals without being too large to restrict users' ability to download the file on computers with all audio files.
- Closed-captioning or text-based scripts will be provided for all videos.
- Video file length will be adequate to meet the goals of the activity without adding unnecessary information.
- Video player requirements will be compatible with multiple operating systems and will require only a standard, free plug-in.