Web Accessibility
What is Web Accessibility?
According to the Office of Civil Rights: Accessible means a person with a disability is afforded the opportunity to acquire the same information, engage in the same interactions, and enjoy the same services as a person without a disability in an equally effective and equally integrated manner, with substantially equivalent ease of use. A person with a disability must be able to obtain the information as fully, equally, and independently as a person without a disability. Although this might not result in identical ease of use compared to that of persons without disabilities, it still must ensure equal opportunity to the educational benefits and opportunities afforded by the technology and equal treatment in the use of such technology.
What is UNG Doing About Web Accessibility?
The University of North Georgia (UNG) follows the Board of Regents (BoR) Accessibility Guidelines and is making efforts to ensure that the information available on our ung.edu website is accessible to all. UNG is striving for Section 508 and Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.0 compliance.
The web team is mainly using Dubbot and WebAIM Web Accessibility Evaluation Tool (WAVE) for web governance tools to monitor the UNG website (ung.edu) for accessibility issues.
Internal Resources
External Resources
Web Accessibility Disclaimers & Issues
Links to External Websites
UNG is not responsible for the accessibility of content on external sites linked from ung.edu sites. External websites are third-party websites not hosted on UNG servers, nor hosted on servers funded by UNG.
Google Translate
The Google translation links are provided to improve our website usability to people of non-English speaking backgrounds. Google Translate is a service provided by Google, any problems, translation inaccuracies or accessibility issues are outside of our control.
UNG is not responsible for the effectiveness or the accessibility of Google Translate. Google offers an alternative translation page in non-Java format.
Web Accessibility Issues
If you have trouble accessing content on the ung.edu website, please contact the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) Coordinator at ada@ung.edu. Be sure to include the following in your email to the ADA Coordinator:
- Your full name, phone number and email address
- The web address (URL) of the web page that you are having issues accessing
- Detailed description of accessibility issues you are having with the web page. If you are using assistive technology to access the web page, give us details about the technology you are using and how you are using it - this will allow us to try and duplicate your problem.
The ADA coordinator or a representative will acknowledge receipt of your request within two working days and will provide a solution within 10 working days. You will be notified if there is a delay in providing a solution.