Accessibility

The Victoria College is committed to providing access to our website for all individuals with disabilities.

To meet this committment, we will comply with the requirements of Section 508 of the Rehabilitation Act. Section 508 requires that individuals with disabilities, who are members of the public seeking information or services from us, have access to and use of information and data that is comparable to that provided to the public who are not individuals with disabilities, unless an undue burden would be imposed on us. Listed below are the requirements to comply with Section 508 of the Rehabilitation Act.

If you use assistive technology and the format of any material on our website interferes with your ability to access the information, please contact the VC Webmaster at webmaster@victoriacollege.edu. To enable us to respond in a manner most helpful to you, please indicate the nature of your accessibility problem, the preferred format in which to receive the material, the web address of the requested material, and your contact information.

Verification Checklist
Checkpoints: 508 Standards, Section 1194.22
A. 508 Standards, Section 1194.22, (a) A text equivalent for every non-text element shall be provided (e.g., via "alt", "longdesc", or in element content). Rule: 1.1.1 - All IMG elements are required to contain either the alt or the longdesc attribute. Rule: 1.1.2 - All INPUT elements are required to contain the alt attribute or use a LABEL. Rule: 1.1.3 - All OBJECT elements are required to contain element content. Rule: 1.1.4 - All APPLET elements are required to contain both element content and the alt attribute. Rule: 1.1.6 - All IFRAME elements are required to contain element content. Rule: 1.1.7 - All Anchor elements found within MAP elements are required to contain the alt attribute. Rule: 1.1.8 - All AREA elements are required to contain the alt attribute. Rule: 1.1.9 - When EMBED Elements are used, the NOEMBED element is required in the document.
B. 508 Standards, Section 1194.22, (b) Equivalent alternatives for any multimedia presentation shall be synchronized with the presentation. Rule: 1.4.1 - Identify all OBJECT Elements that have a multimedia MIME type as the type attribute value. Rule: 1.4.2 - Identify all OBJECT Elements that have a 'data' attribute value with a multimedia file extension. Rule: 1.4.3 - Identify all EMBED Elements that have a 'src' attribute value with a multimedia file extension.
C. 508 Standards, Section 1194.22, (c) Web pages shall be designed so that all information conveyed with color is also available without color, for example from context or markup.
D. 508 Standards, Section 1194.22, (d) Documents shall be organized so they are readable without requiring an associated style sheet.
E. 508 Standards, Section 1194.22, (e) Redundant text links shall be provided for each active region of a server-side image map. Rule: 1.2.1 - Locate any IMG element that contains the 'ismap' attribute. Rule: 1.2.2 - Locate any INPUT element that contains the 'ismap' attribute.
F. 508 Standards, Section 1194.22, (f) Client-side image maps shall be provided instead of server-side image maps except where the regions cannot be defined with an available geometric shape. Rule: 9.1.1 - No IMG element should contain the 'ismap' attribute. Rule: 9.1.2 - No INPUT element should contain the 'ismap' attribute.
G. 508 Standards, Section 1194.22, (g) Row and column headers shall be identified for data tables. Rule: 5.1.1 - Identify all Data TABLE elements.
H. 508 Standards, Section 1194.22, (h) Markup shall be used to associate data cells and header cells for data tables that have two or more logical levels of row or column headers. Rule: 5.2.1 - Identify all Data TABLE elements.
I. 508 Standards, Section 1194.22, (i) Frames shall be titled with text that facilitates frame identification and navigation.
J. 508 Standards, Section 1194.22, (j) Pages shall be designed to avoid causing the screen to flicker with a frequency greater than 2 Hz and lower than 55 Hz. Rule: 7.1.1 - Documents are required not to contain the BLINK element. Rule: 7.1.2 - Documents are required not to contain the MARQUEE element.
K. 508 Standards, Section 1194.22, (k) A text-only page, with equivalent information or functionality, shall be provided to make a web site comply with the provisions of this part, when compliance cannot be accomplished in any other way. The content of the text-only page shall be updated whenever the primary page changes.
(k) Option A - Check for the string 'Text Version' within the document.
(k) Option B - Check for a Global Text Version Link within the document.
(k) Option C - Check for an Accessibility Policy Link within the document.
L. 508 Standards, Section 1194.22, (l) When pages utilize scripting languages to display content, or to create interface elements, the information provided by the script shall be identified with functional text that can be read by assistive technology. Rule: 6.3.1 - Anchor elements are required not to use javascript for the link target when the NOSCRIPT element is not present in the document. These elements will not cause a failure of the checkpoint if the NOSCRIPT element is found, however, they will be identified. Rule: 6.3.2 - AREA elements are required not to use javascript for the link target when the NOSCRIPT element is not present in the document. These elements will not cause a failure of the checkpoint if the NOSCRIPT element is found, however, they will be identified. Rule: 6.3.3 - Locate elements that use HTML event handlers. Rule: 6.3.4 - When SCRIPT Elements are used, the NOSCRIPT element is required in the document.
M. 508 Standards, Section 1194.22, (m) When a web page requires that an applet, plug-in or other application be present on the client system to interpret page content, the page must provide a link to a plug-in or applet that complies with §1194.21(a) through (l). Rule: 6.3.5 - All OBJECT elements are required to contain element content. Rule: 6.3.6 - All APPLET elements are required to contain both element content and the alt attribute. Rule: 6.3.7 - When EMBED Elements are used, the NOEMBED element is required in the document. Rule: 6.3.8 - All pages that have links to files that require a special reader or plug-in are required to contain the specified text indicating a link to the reader or plug-in.
N. 508 Standards, Section 1194.22, (n) When electronic forms are designed to be completed on-line, the form shall allow people using assistive technology to access the information, field elements, and functionality required for completion and submission of the form, including all directions and cues.
O. 508 Standards, Section 1194.22, (o) A method shall be provided that permits users to skip repetitive navigation links. Rule: (o).1 - All pages are required to contain a bookmark link to skip navigation that has the specified text in either the link text or the 'title' attribute value. Skip Navigation Text:
P. 508 Standards, Section 1194.22, (p) When a timed response is required, the user shall be alerted and given sufficient time to indicate more time is required.