ADA Compliance
This Voluntary Product Accessibility Template, or VPAT, is a tool that administrators and decision-makers can use to evaluate Study.com's conformance with the accessibility standards under Section 508 of the Rehabilitation Act and the Act WCAG 2.0 AA Standards.
| Criteria | Supporting Features | Remarks and explanations |
|---|---|---|
| A text equivalent for every non-text element shall be provided (e.g., via "alt", "longdesc", or in element content). | Supports with Exceptions | Some elements do not yet have descriptive equivalents. |
| Equivalent alternatives for any multimedia presentation shall be synchronized with the presentation. | Supported | Closed captioning and transcripts are available. |
| Web pages shall be designed so that all information conveyed with color is also available without color, for example from context or markup. | Supported | Icons and Context provide information beyond color use. |
| Documents shall be organized so they are readable without requiring an associated style sheet. | Supported | Pages are navigable and well-structured, however some have extraneous text and delayed layout |
| Redundant text links shall be provided for each active region of a server-side image map. | Supported | We do not use server-side image maps. |
| Client-side image maps shall be provided instead of server-side image maps except where the regions cannot be defined with an available geometric shape. | Supported | We do not use server-side image maps |
| Row and column headers shall be identified for data tables. | Supports with Exceptions | Most tables have column headers |
| Markup shall be used to associate data cells and header cells for data tables that have two or more logical levels of row or column headers. | Supports | No tables have two levels or more. |
| Frames shall be titled with text that facilitates frame identification and navigation | Supports | Study.com does not use Frames. |
| Pages shall be designed to avoid causing the screen to flicker with a frequency greater than 2 Hz and lower than 55 Hz. | Supports | Study.com does not cause flicker |
| A text-only page, with equivalent information or functionality, shall be provided to make a web site comply with the provisions of this part, when compliance cannot be accomplished in any other way. The content of the text-only page shall be updated whenever the primary page changes. | Supported with Exceptions | There are currently no text-only versions of our pages, however lessons contain the entire transcript of the lesson and video use is not required |
| When pages utilize scripting languages to display content, or to create interface elements, the information provided by the script shall be identified with functional text that can be read by Assistive Technology. | Not Supported | We do not make heavy use of custom components |
| When a web page requires that an applet, plug-in or other application be present on the client system to interpret page content, the page must provide a link to a plug-in or applet that complies with §1194.21(a) through (l). | Supports | Study.com does not require any plugins to function in modern browsers |
| When electronic forms are designed to be completed on-line, the form shall allow people using Assistive Technology to access the information, field elements, and functionality required for completion and submission of the form, including all directions and cues. | Supports with Exceptions | Many forms are standard HTML with well-formed markup; error messages are clearly displayed and identified |
| A method shall be provided that permits users to skip repetitive navigation links. | Supports with Exceptions | Content is the main element of the page and navigation is straightforward |
| When a timed response is required, the user shall be alerted and given sufficient time to indicate more time is required. | Supported | Site use is not timed. |