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Our Commitment
We are dedicated to ensuring that the KWL Hub is accessible to everyone, including individuals with disabilities, by adhering to or surpassing the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines 2.0 and 2.1 Level A/AA (WCAG 2.0 A/AA and WCAG 2.1 A/AA) standards, as well as the Revised Section 508. Our goal is to provide an equal experience for all users.
Our Commitment
We are dedicated to ensuring that the KWL Hub is accessible to everyone, including individuals with disabilities, by adhering to or surpassing the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines 2.0 and 2.1 Level A/AA (WCAG 2.0 A/AA and WCAG 2.1 A/AA) standards, as well as the Revised Section 508. Our goal is to provide an equal experience for all users.
Technical Functionality and Features
The KWL Hub features functionalities that meet educational requirements and ensure accessibility for people with disabilities, providing an inclusive learning environment for all students.
Technical Functionalities and Features
Technical Functionalities and Features
The KWL Hub features functionalities that meet educational requirements and ensure accessibility for people with disabilities, providing an inclusive learning environment for all students.
- Screen reader compatibility: The platform is compatible with screen readers like NVDA and JAWS, providing accessibility for visually impaired users.
- Audio control: Audio elements have functional playback controls, allowing users to play, pause, and adjust volume.
- Keyboard navigation: The platform is keyboard navigable, essential for users who don’t use a mouse.
- Color contrast: The platform meets color contrast standards, making text readable against its background.
- Text scalability: Text can be enlarged up to 200% without losing functionality or clarity.
- Compatibility with multiple devices and browsers: The platform works on various devices and supports multiple browsers, ensuring accessibility for all users.
- Touch technology support: The platform supports touch interaction on tablets and mobile devices.
- Compliance with accessibility standards: The platform meets WCAG 2.0/2.1 guidelines and revised Section 508 standards, ensuring broad accessibility.
- Customization of visual presentation: Users can adjust font sizes for better readability.
- Visible focus state: The platform ensures that the current focus is visible, aiding navigation for keyboard users.
- Screen reader compatibility: The platform is compatible with screen readers like NVDA and JAWS, providing accessibility for visually impaired users.
- Audio control: Audio elements have functional playback controls, allowing users to play, pause, and adjust volume.
- Keyboard navigation: The platform is keyboard navigable, essential for users who don’t use a mouse.
- Color contrast: The platform meets color contrast standards, making text readable against its background.
- Text scalability: Text can be enlarged up to 200% without losing functionality or clarity.
- Compatibility with multiple devices and browsers: The platform works on various devices and supports multiple browsers, ensuring accessibility for all users.
- Touch technology support: The platform supports touch interaction on tablets and mobile devices.
- Compliance with accessibility standards: The platform meets WCAG 2.0/2.1 guidelines and revised Section 508 standards, ensuring broad accessibility.
- Customization of visual presentation: Users can adjust font sizes for better readability.
- Visible focus state: The platform ensures that the current focus is visible, aiding navigation for keyboard users.
Content and Product Features
Ensuring accessibility in our world language materials at Klett World Languages is crucial for fostering an inclusive learning environment. Below is an overview of the accessibility features integrated into our language teaching materials.
Content and Product Features
Ensuring accessibility in our world language materials at Klett World Languages is crucial for fostering an inclusive learning environment. Below is an overview of the accessibility features integrated into our language teaching materials.
1. Text and Font
- Simplify instructions in all our materials for clarity.
- Use of action verbs in bold throughout the content.
- One instruction per line.
- All fonts are carefully selected to balance font weight, character spacing, X-height, and line height and are designed to enhance readability for students with dyslexia.
2. Visuals
- All images, infographics, diagrams, and visual content include alt text to describe their content for visually impaired students.
3. Captions and Audio Description
- Pre-recorded media includes closed captions and audio descriptions to support students with hearing and visual impairments.
4. Audio and Video Transcripts
- Downloadable transcripts are available for audio and video content to support students who are deaf or hard of hearing.
5. Language and Clarity
- We use clear, simple language to explain complex concepts in our materials, avoiding unnecessary jargon.
- Glossaries are included in all our textbook series.
6. Structure and Navigation
- Our materials are organized with headings, subheadings, and consistent formatting to make navigation easy and intuitive.
- Navigation aids such as tables of contents, indexes, and clear hyperlinks are provided to enhance user experience.
7. Alternative Formats
- We offer our materials in multiple formats, including PDF, HTML, and ePub, to cater to various preferences and needs.
- Our materials are available on the NIMAC repository. NIMAC is a federally funded, online file repository of source files in the NIMAS format.
- Identical print and digital versions of Student, Workbook, and Teacher Editions.
8. Universal Design for Learning (UDL)
- We have begun to integrate accessibility considerations from the start of the content creation process.
- We strive to make all our language learning content available in as many formats as possible to accommodate all learners.
Text and Font
- Simplify instructions in all our materials for clarity.
- Use of action verbs in bold throughout the content.
- One instruction per line.
- All fonts are carefully selected to balance font weight, character spacing, X-height, and line height and are designed to enhance readability for students with dyslexia.
Visuals
- All images, diagrams, and visual content include alt text to describe their content for visually impaired students.
Captions and Audio Description
- Pre-recorded media includes closed captions and audio descriptions to support students with hearing and visual impairments.
Audio and Video Transcripts
- Downloadable transcripts are available for audio and video content to support students who are deaf or hard of hearing.
Language and Clarity
- We use clear, simple language to explain complex concepts in our materials, avoiding unnecessary jargon.
- Glossaries are included in all our textbook series.
Structure and Navigation
- Our materials are organized with headings, subheadings, and consistent formatting to make navigation easy and intuitive.
- Navigation aids such as tables of contents, indexes, and clear hyperlinks are provided to enhance user experience.
Alternative Formats
Universal Design for Learning (UDL)
- We have begun to integrate accessibility considerations from the start of the content creation process.
- We strive to make all our language learning content available in as many formats as possible to accommodate all learners.
VPAT
We have a Voluntary Product Accessibility Template (VPAT) for The KWL Hub.
If you’re a qualified instructor or an administrator and would like to see our VPAT, please email us at [email protected].
Contact Us
Please email us at [email protected] if you have any requests, questions, or feedback regarding our accessibility commitment and available offering.
