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.

Accessibility of This Textbook

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. It includes:

  • Easy navigation. This text has a linked table of contents and uses headings in each chapter to make navigation easy.
  • Accessible videos. Most videos in this text have captions that have been edited.
  • Accessible images. All images in this text that convey information have alternative text. Images that are decorative have empty alternative text.
  • Accessible math equations. All of the equations in this text have been written in LaTeX and rendered with MathJax, which makes them accessible to people using screen readers that are set up to read MathML.
  • 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 that have 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. N/A
Audio All audio content includes a transcript that includes all speech content and relevant descriptions of non-speech audio and speaker names/headings where necessary. 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. No
Formulas Formulas have been created using LaTeX and are rendered with MathJax. 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

The following are videos included in the text that only have automatically generated captions:

  • Study Skills for People Who Hate to Study (Learning Task 1)
  • Boolean Operators (Learning Task 5)

In addition, the videos have not been reviewed to ensure people who cannot see the content of the video get the same information.

Let Us Know if You are Having Problems Accessing This Book

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

Please include the following information:

  • The name of the textbook
  • 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 (e.g., Windows 10, Google Chrome (Version 65.0.3325.181), NVDA screen reader)

You can contact us one of the following ways:

This statement was last updated on November 1, 2021.

The Accessibility Checklist table was adapted from one originally created by the Rebus Community and shared under a CC BY 4.0 License.

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Trades Access Common Core Competency B-1: Apply Study and Learning Skills - 2nd Edition Copyright © 2021 by Camosun College is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License, except where otherwise noted.

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