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Accessibility

All about Accessibility, and how to author your content in a way for those using special screen readers to easily access.

ADA Service Inforrmation

SchoolNow ADA Service Plan FAQ's

PDF Remediation Manager Setup and Overview

ADA Service Dashboard

Accessibility Dashboard

PDF Management

Monthly Scans

Training & Resources

PDF

ADA - Handling PDF and other Documents

What are your general suggestions regarding ADA compliant options for presenting the info we have in PDFs?

Tagging and Optimizing PDF's

Can PDF documents be read by a screen reader?

Video & Misc

ADA - Handling Videos

If we embed a YouTube video into the website, doesn’t YouTube automatically handle the accessibility issues?

ADA - Flash, Audio, Frames, Fonts and Miscellaneous

Between Vimeo and YouTube, which has better support for accessibility?

Must transcripts have to be created for the entire website, or just multi-media portions?

Accessibility for other applications

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General Information

Are image maps ADA compliant?

Introduction to ADA at SchoolNow

If we decided we need to have something be a document and not a web page, what is the more preferred format, PDF or Google doc?

Does WebAIM provide a service to test for accessibility, broken links and spelling errors?

Are charter schools and private schools required to be compliant in the same way public schools are?

Are there any smartphone apps subject to accessibility requirements?

What are SchoolNow's recommendations on personal sites and ADA compliance?

Are the WCAG 2.0 guidelines applicable to all websites or only public school district sites?

Additional helpful links

How SchoolNow helps you manage ADA Compliance

ADA Resource Center

Accessibility videos for users of Assistive Technology

Can you recommend companies or organizations that can coordinate website compliance?

Can we link to another site that is not ADA compliant? For example, we use a special site to manage our Board of Education policies. We need this site, but it is not compliant.

Will embedded content, such as a Google calendar or a Facebook feed create issues with screen readers?

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Best Practices

Key Tips for better ADA Compliance

ADA - Assets

ADA - Links

ADA - Handling Forms