Accessibility Statement

BCcampus Open Education believes that education must be available to everyone; this means supporting the creation of free, open, and accessible educational resources. We are actively committed to increasing the accessibility and usability of the textbooks we produce.

The web version of this resource 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.

Accessibility features of the web version of this resource

The web version of Composition and Literature includes the following features:

  • It as been optimized for people who use screen-reader technology:
    • all content can be navigated using a keyboard
    • links, headings, tables use proper markup
    • all images have text descriptions
  • It includes an option to increase font size. (See tab on top right of screen titled, “Increase Font Size.”)

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If you are using a print copy of this textbook, the URLs for websites linked to in this text will be provided directly in the text.

Known accessibility issues and areas for improvement

This textbooks contains links to a number of external websites that may not conform to accessibility guidelines. This includes links to literature pieces that are still under copyright and as such could not be reproduced in this book. The following linked resources are inaccessible:

Inaccessible resources included in this book
Resource Title Chapter Issue
Yellow Woman Leslie Marmon Silko (1948-) A scanned PDF

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Let us know if you are having problems accessing this book

We are always looking for ways to make our resources more accessible. If you have problems accessing this resource, please contact us to let us know, so we can fix the issue.

Please include the following information:

  • The location of the problem by providing a web address or page description
  • A description of the problem
  • The computer, software, browser, and any assistive technology you are using that can help us diagnose and solve your issue
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This statement was last updated on August 19, 2019.

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Composition and Literature Copyright © 2019 by James Sexton and Derek Soles is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License, except where otherwise noted.

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