BCcampus Open Education believes that education must be available to everyone. This means supporting the creation of free, open, and accessible educational resources. We are actively committed to increasing the accessibility and usability of the textbooks we produce.

Accessibility of This Textbook

The web version of this resource Universal Design for Learning: A Practical Guide has been designed to meet 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. It includes:

  • Easy navigation. This text has a linked table of contents and uses headings in each chapter to make navigation easy.
  • Accessible images. All images in this text that convey information have alternative text. Images that are decorative have empty alternative text.
  • Accessible links. All links use descriptive link text.
Accessibility Checklist
Element Requirements Pass?
Headings Content is organized under headings and subheadings that are used sequentially. Yes
Images Images that convey information include alternative text descriptions. These descriptions are provided in the alt text field, in the surrounding text, or linked to as a long description. Yes
Images Images and text do not rely on colour to convey information. Yes?
Images Images that are purely decorative or are already described in the surrounding text contain empty alternative text descriptions. (Descriptive text is unnecessary if the image doesn’t convey contextual content information.) N/A
Tables Tables include row and/or column headers that have the correct scope assigned. Yes
Tables Tables include a title or caption. No
Tables Tables do not have merged or split cells. Yes
Tables Tables have adequate cell padding. Yes
Links The link text describes the destination of the link. Yes
Links Links do not open new windows or tabs. If they do, a textual reference is included in the link text. Yes
Links Links to files include the file type in the link text. N/A
Audio All audio content includes a transcript that includes all speech content and relevant descriptions of non-speach audio and speaker names/headings where necessary. N/A
Video All videos include high-quality (i.e., not machine generated) captions of all speech content and relevant non-speech content. N/A
Video All videos with contextual visuals (graphs, charts, etc.) are described audibly in the video. N/A
H5P All H5P activities have been tested for accessibility by the H5P team and have passed their testing. N/A
H5P All H5P activities that include images, videos, and/or audio content meet the accessibility requirements for those media types. N/A
Formulas Formulas have been created using LaTeX and are rendered with MathJax. N/A
Formulas If LaTeX is not an option, formulas are images with alternative text descriptions. N/A
Font Font size is 12 point or higher for body text. Yes
Font Font size is 9 point for footnotes or endnotes. Yes
Font Font size can be zoomed to 200% in the webbook or eBook formats. Yes

Known Accessibility Issues and Areas for Improvement

  • Not all tables have a title or caption

Let Us Know if You are Having Problems Accessing This Book

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

Please include the following information:

  • The name of the textbook
  • 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 last updated on September 27th, 2021.

The Accessibility Checklist table was adapted from one originally created by the Rebus Community and shared under a CC BY 4.0 License.

License

Icon for the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License

A Comprehensive Guide to Applying Universal Design for Learning Copyright © by Dr. Seanna Takacs, Junsong Zhang, Helen Lee, Lynn Truong, and David Smulders is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License, except where otherwise noted.

Share This Book