Online Digital Accessibility

Tri-C is committed to providing online services, software, and electronic information that is accessible and usable by all of our students, including those with disabilities. It is our mission to provide accessible opportunities and services by complying with Federal and State accessibility guidelines. For more information visit the Student Online Digital Accessibility page or the Faculty Online Digital Accessibility page.

Principles of Accessibility

There are four principles of accessibility that can impact content for documents, presentations, labs, and online content for Blackboard Learn courses. Best practices are set forth in the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines 2.1 (WCAG). The four Principles of Accessibility are:

• Perceivable - Information must be presentable to users in ways they can perceive.
  • Information being presented can't be invisible to some users.
• Operable - User interface components and navigation must be operable.
  • This means that all users must be able to navigate a document or site.
• Understandable - Information and the operation of the user interface must be understandable.
  • Users must be able to understand the information as well as how elements like video players and web links operate.
• Robust - Content must be robust enough that it can be interpreted reliably by a wide variety of user agents, including assistive technologies.
  • This includes mobile devices and different screen sizes as well as assistive tools.