Accessibility compliance form
Guidelines for online accessibility (opens in new window/tab)

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Rule Compliant Comments
1. Alternate Text (ALT tags) (508 a)
  • All non-text elements such as images, applets or image maps have text equivalents.
  • ALT tags are descriptive of the image, etc.
  • Decorative images, redundant images, and images used for spacing have empty ALT text.
  • Charts, graphs, etc. that need long descriptions use the "LONG DESC" attribute.
YES
NO
 
2. Multi-media (508 b)
  • Multi-media files with audio have synchronized captioning of the audio portion.
  • Audio only files have a text equivalent such as a transcript.
  • A silent web slide show presentation has text alternatives associated with the graphics.
  • Moving visual information have text equivalents of the auditory description of the movements or ALT text for short animations.
YES
NO
 
3. Color (508 c)
  • Color is not used to convey information or indicate an action
  • Foreground and background colors have sufficient contrast
YES
NO
 
4 Style Sheets (508 d)
  • Correct order and structure of pages are intact when the style sheet is turned off.
YES
NO
 
5. Image Maps (508 e and f)
  • Image maps are client-side.
  • If a server-side image map is used, redundant text links for each hotspot are used.
YES
NO
 
6. Tables used for data (508 g and h)
  • TH tags are used for row and column headers.
  • ID and TH tags are used for data tables that have two or more levels of row or column headers.
YES
NO
 
7. Frames (508 i)
  • Each frame has sufficient information to determine the purpose and relationship to the other frames.
YES
NO
 
8. Moving, blinking, scrolling & auto-updating (508 j)
  • Moving or auto-updating objects have a mechanism to freeze motion.
  • Auto refreshing or timed response pages have a second copy of the page where refresh happens only after a link is selected.
  • No elements on the page flicker at a rate of 2 to 55 cycles per second.
YES
NO
 
9. Text-only pages (508 k)
  • If compliance cannot be accomplished in any other way, a text-only page, with equivalent information or functionality is provided to make the page accessibility compliant.
  • The text-only page contains equivalent information or functionality as the primary page.
  • The text-only page has been updated with any changes made to the primary page.
YES
NO
 
10. Scripts (508 l)
  • Any scripts that present critical information or functions, are readable by assistive technology or provide an alternative, equivalent presentation or mechanism.
YES
NO
 
11. Applets, plug-ins and other applications (PDFs, QuickTime Movies, etc.) (508 m)
  • A link is provided to download any applet, plug-in or other application needed to play or display the required content.
YES
NO
 
12. Electronic forms (508 n)
  • All form elements except for buttons use the
  • An acceptable alternative to the
  • Wherever possible, place labels adjacent to input fields, not in separate cells of a table. To better tie the form element to its associated label, use the "ID" attribute in the associated form element. Set this attribute to the identifier used in the "FOR" attribute of the associated
  • Dynamic HTML scripting of the form does not interfere with assistive technologies and is keyboard accessible.
YES
NO
 
13. Skip repetitive navigation (508 o)
  • If there is a long list of navigation links, a link is provided to skip the navigation and jump to the beginning of the main content of the page.
YES
NO
 
14. Timed responses (508 p)
  • If a timed response is required, the user can be alerted and given sufficient time to indicate more time is required or given a link to a second copy of the page that does not require a timed response.
YES
NO
 
15. Linked documents are accessible
  • Word documents are accessible
  • PDFs are accessible
  • PowerPoint files have HTML or PDF alternative
YES
NO
 

What online materials need to be made accessible?

All Web-based HTML files, PDF files, PowerPoint presentations, Word documents, Excel spreadsheets, video files, audio files, and other content on the Internet. That includes:

When provided or hosted by textbook publishers or other third-party sites beyond the control of the instructor, all materials "required or realistically necessary" for students must be accessible.


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