ADA materials for Collaborate

The following standards are excerpted from Section 508 of the Rehabilitation Act, §1194.22. The pass/fail criteria in this document represent an interpretation of Section 508 web standards. This checklist is NOT official Section 508 documentation. For the full text of Section 508, please see the official government 508 web site.

A Checklist for Inclusive Teaching

While making your online courses more accessible may seem foreboding, in many respects you may already be on your way thanks to technology. Webcourses@UCF is quite accessible on its own. However, external material such as PDFs, Powerpoints, presentations with audio, videos, and publisher content you choose to place in your online courses will benefit from additional review for accessibility.

The ADA Home Page provides access to Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) regulations for businesses and State and local governments, technical assistance materials, ADA Standards for Accessible Design, links to Federal agencies with ADA responsibilities and information, updates on new ADA requirements, streaming video, information about Department of Justice ADA settlement agreements, consent decrees, and enforcement activities and access to Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) ADA material

Java Accessibility Guide > Enabling and Testing Java Access Bridge Java Access Bridge is a technology that enables Java applications and applets that implement the Java Accessibility API to be visible to assistive technologies on Microsoft Windows systems. See Java SE Desktop Accessibility for more information.

Blackboard® is committed to ensuring that our e-Education platform is usable and accessible. With valuable input from our clients and a strong set of development tools, we will continue to invest in developing accessible products and capabilities that meet the wide range of our client's needs.