Accessibility Statement
We are subject to the EU's accessibility directive, the aim of which is to ensure equality in a digitalised society and set uniform requirements for accessibility.
The site's current accessibility standard is WCAG 2.1, level AA. The requirements of the Directive have been taken into account in the development of the website, and the work continues. The information in this statement is based on self-assessment carried out in the summer of 2020. It has been updated after new platform releases.
We are committed to observing accessibility standards. The following measures are implemented in order to achieve this goal:
- accessibility is part of our mission statement
- accessibility has been taken into account in our practices
- a member of staff has been appointed to be responsible for accessibility.
- the team's objective is to maintain a service that is technically accessible and understandable in terms of its contents and that is clear and easy to use for all types of users.
If you notice any deficiencies regarding the accessibility of the site beyond those listed below, you can provide feedback.
We will respond to your feedback within two weeks, at the latest.
The University of Turku A+ instance is subject to the EU's accessibility directive, the aim of which is to ensure equality in a digitalised society and set uniform requirements for accessibility.
University of Turku and the administrators of this A+ instance are committed to observing accessibility standards. You may request information in different formats than those available in the web site by sending email directly to aplus@utu.fi. You may also use the address for sending informal accessibility feedback or development proposals.
1 Technical information about this website's accessibility
The University of Turku is committed to making its website accessible, in accordance with the Web Accessibility Directive of the European Parliament and Council. In Finland, the Web Accessibility Directive is implemented by the act on offering digital services.
This accessibility statement applies to the aplus.utu.fi website.
1.1 State of the accessibility of the website
The service is partially compliant with the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.1 standard, due to the non-compliance(s) and the exemptions listed below.1.2 Non-accessible content
The content listed below is non-accessible for the following reason(s):
1.2.1 Non compliance with the accessibility regulations
- Some elements of the service are not keyboard accessible. In particular, exercises embedded in content chapters depend on modal dialogs that sometimes can not be easily accessed with the keyboard. The modal dialogs are used to show the feedback of the user's submissions. However, exercises can always be opened in a separate full view that does not use any modal dialogs. In the full view, the feedback can be opened easily with the keyboard. The full view can be accessed from the content chapter when you navigate to the embedded exercise frame with the keyboard. The link to the full view is located right above the exercise frame and it becomes visible only when it is focused on with the keyboard.
- Some interface elements are unlabelled or unclearly labelled. In particular, file upload forms in exercises may have non-unique ID attribute values.
- Links have incorrect roles. In particular, the course front page uses a link (named "Show older assignments") for showing expired course modules, but it should be a button as it changes the visible content in the same page.
- Resizing only the text of the page using the browser does not work reliably. At least, the points table in the Exercise results section in courses has overflowing content when the text size is increased in the browser.
- The language of parts of the content can’t always be ascertained programmatically (the language of pages typically can be).
1.2.2 Disproportionate burden
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1.2.3 Content that is not within the scope of the accessibility regulations
This information concerns the A+ platform, as it is provided. Institutions using A+, as well as creators of course content (teachers) are free to customise their content and styles, which may change the compliance described here.
2 How we tested this website
The statement was prepared on 26.3.2021. The accessibility of this service has been evaluated by A+ development team as self-evalution in the summer of 2020.
The statement was last reviewed on 26.3.2021.
More information available on A+ development team self-evolution report, that was created in the summer of 2020
3 Feedback and contact information
If you notice accessibility problems on the service, first give us feedback by contacting kirjaamo@utu.fi. It may take up to 14 days to reply.
If you are not satisfied with the response received or do not receive a response at all within two weeks, you may notify the Regional State Administrative Agency of Southern Finland The agency website has detailed instructions (in Finnish and Swedish only) on how to make a complaint and how it will be handled.
3.1 Contact details of the Authority
Regional State Administrative Agency for Southern Finland
Supervision of Web Accessibility
www.saavutettavuusvaatimukset.fi
tel. 0295 016 000 (switchboard)