The web version of University to Career: Creating a Successful Transition has been designed to meet Web Content Accessibility Guidelines 2.0, level AA. In addition, it follows all guidelines in Appendix A: Checklist for Accessibility of the Accessibility Toolkit – 2nd Edition. It includes:
- Easy navigation. This resource has a linked table of contents and uses headings in each chapter to make navigation easy.
- Accessible videos. All videos in this resource have captions.
- Accessible images. All images in this resource that convey information have alternative text. Images that are decorative have empty alternative text.
- Accessible links. All links use descriptive link text.
Accessibility Checklist
| Element | Requirements | Pass? |
| Headings | Content is organized under headings and subheadings that are used sequentially. | Yes |
| Images | Images that convey information include alternative text descriptions. These descriptions are provided in the alt text field, in the surrounding text, or linked to as a long description. | Yes |
| Images | Images and text do not rely on colour to convey information. | Yes |
| Images | Images that are purely decorative or are already described in the surrounding text contain empty alternative text descriptions. (Descriptive text is unnecessary if the image doesn’t convey contextual content information.) | Yes |
| Tables | Tables include row and/or column headers with the correct scope assigned. | Yes |
| Tables | Tables include a title or caption. | Yes |
| Tables | Tables do not have merged or split cells. | Yes |
| Tables | Tables have adequate cell padding. | Yes |
| Links | The link text describes the destination of the link. | Yes |
| Links | Links do not open new windows or tabs. If they do, a textual reference is included in the link text. | Yes |
| Links | Links to files include the file type in the link text. | Yes |
| Video | All videos include high-quality (i.e., not machine generated) captions of all speech content and relevant non-speech content. | No |
| Video | All videos with contextual visuals (graphs, charts, etc.) are described audibly in the video. | Yes |
| H5P | All H5P activities have been tested for accessibility by the H5P team and have passed their testing. | Yes |
| H5P | All H5P activities that include images, videos, and/or audio content meet the accessibility requirements for those media types. | Yes |
| Font | Font size is 12 point or higher for body text. | Yes |
| Font | Font size is 9 point for footnotes or endnotes. | Yes |
| Font | Font size can be zoomed to 200% in the webbook or eBook formats. | Yes |
Known Accessibility Issues and Areas for Improvement
These videos do not have edited captions:
- Reverse Engineer LinkedIn for Labour Market Information, by Larry Iles (2022) on YouTube
- Choosing the right resume format, by GCFLearnFree.org. (2018) on YouTube
- The Digital Shadow by Thompson Rivers University (2018) on YouTube
- Job Fair do’s and don’ts by Thompson Rivers University (2019) on YouTube
- TRU Job Fair – Thompson Rivers University (2015), on YouTube
- Scared of a Job Interview? Watch This! by Goddard (2016) on YouTube
- What Is Privilege? #AustraliaDay, from BuzzFeed Australia (2017) on Facebook Watch
- Integrating the social model of disability into FPCTP by FCSUA (2020) on YouTube. (Diagram from video still [12:50] used in chapter.)
- What Is Privilege? (As/Is, 2015)
- An Introduction to the Career Journeys Role Models Series, by FNESC and FNSA (n.d.; 2015) on Vimeo
Adapted from the Accessibility Toolkit – 2nd Edition by BCcampus, licensed under CC-BY.
