Accessibility Policy
ADA Compliance
The Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) of 1990 states that all individuals have equal accessibility, including online instructional opportunities. In addition, the ADA states that all online courses must be fully compliant from the start of the study, which can be challenging.
Windsor Disability Policy
Windsor University is committed to supporting all individuals within the Institute, following the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) of 1990. Disabled applicants and students must contact the Student Affairs Officer at [email protected] to address any challenges. The University is dedicated to ensuring that appropriate assistance is provided to facilitate their participation in educational programs while adhering to all applicable federal and governmental laws. Windsor University will ensure the confidentiality of this process at all times.
Standards and Techniques:
The following standards and techniques will be implemented to ensure that our online facilities comply with the Americans with Disabilities Act:
- Standards and Techniques: Text
- 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.
- Standards and Techniques: Images
- Images will be clear.
- Images files will be optimized for efficient loading.
- The use of animated images will be limited to only those contributing 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.
- Standards and Techniques: Audio
- 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 activity’s goals without adding unnecessary information.
- Audio player requirements will be compatible with multiple operating systems and will require only a standard, free plug-in.
- Standards and Techniques: Video
- 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 activity’s goals without adding unnecessary information.
- Video player requirements will be compatible with multiple operating systems and will require only a standard, free plug-in.
Accessibility Policy
ADA Compliance
The Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) of 1990 states that all individuals have equal accessibility, including online instructional opportunities. In addition, the ADA states that all online courses must be fully compliant from the start of the study, which can be challenging.
Windsor Disability Policy
Windsor University is committed to supporting all individuals within the Institute, following the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) of 1990. Disabled applicants and students must contact the Student Affairs Officer at [email protected] to address any challenges. The University is dedicated to ensuring that appropriate assistance is provided to facilitate their participation in educational programs while adhering to all applicable federal and governmental laws. Windsor University will ensure the confidentiality of this process at all times.
Standards and Techniques:
The following standards and techniques will be implemented to ensure that our online facilities comply with the Americans with Disabilities Act:
- Standards and Techniques: Text
- 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.
- Standards and Techniques: Images
- Images will be clear.
- Images files will be optimized for efficient loading.
- The use of animated images will be limited to only those contributing 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.
- Standards and Techniques: Audio
- 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 activity’s goals without adding unnecessary information.
- Audio player requirements will be compatible with multiple operating systems and will require only a standard, free plug-in.
- Standards and Techniques: Video
- 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 activity’s goals without adding unnecessary information.
- Video player requirements will be compatible with multiple operating systems and will require only a standard, free plug-in.
Accessibility Policy
ADA Compliance
The Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) of 1990 states that all individuals have equal accessibility, including online instructional opportunities. In addition, the ADA states that all online courses must be fully compliant from the start of the study, which can be challenging.
Windsor Disability Policy
Windsor University is committed to supporting all individuals within the Institute, following the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) of 1990. Disabled applicants and students must contact the Student Affairs Officer at [email protected] to address any challenges. The University is dedicated to ensuring that appropriate assistance is provided to facilitate their participation in educational programs while adhering to all applicable federal and governmental laws. Windsor University will ensure the confidentiality of this process at all times.
Standards and Techniques:
The following standards and techniques will be implemented to ensure that our online facilities comply with the Americans with Disabilities Act:
- Standards and Techniques: Text
- 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.
- Standards and Techniques: Images
- Images will be clear.
- Images files will be optimized for efficient loading.
- The use of animated images will be limited to only those contributing 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.
- Standards and Techniques: Audio
- 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 activity’s goals without adding unnecessary information.
- Audio player requirements will be compatible with multiple operating systems and will require only a standard, free plug-in.
- Standards and Techniques: Video
- 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 activity’s goals without adding unnecessary information.
- Video player requirements will be compatible with multiple operating systems and will require only a standard, free plug-in.