Web Accessibility

General Accessibility Standards

UND is committed to providing equitable access to its resources, including the University website. To that end, UND recommends compliance with the 2.0 version of the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG).

To be accessible under the WCAG standards, a Web page must be:

Perceivable

Information and user interface components must be presentable to users in ways they can perceive. For example, hearing impaired visitors need transcripts or captions for videos.

Operable

User interface components and navigation must be operable. For example, visually impaired visitors cannot use a mouse, and therefore need controls that work with the keyboard.

Understandable

Information and the operation of user interface must be understandable.

For example, the text fields in forms need to be clearly labeled.

Robust

Content must be robust enough that it can be interpreted reliably by a wide variety of user agents, including assistive technologies. For example, the HTML tags that make up a Web page need to be properly nested and closed.

Compliance Levels

The WCAG standard defines specific criteria for meeting these goals and lays out three levels of compliance:

• Level A covers the features which are absolutely necessary for basic accessibility. UND requires compliance with this level.
• Level AA includes helpful and important accessibility features. UND recommends compliance with this level unless you have a good reason not to comply.
• Level AAA expands the list of features even further. UND encourages compliance with this level when practical.