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School of Social & International Studies

Accessibility

It is the policy of the School to make all web-based information and web sites accessible to all users regardless of disability.

The School requires that all new web content conforms to the University WWW Advisory Board Code of Practice , and that web content is periodically updated in order to make web sites compliant with these guidelines.

Please email the content manager for more information, help, or advice if you experience any difficulty or need documents in another format.

The University of Bradford is committed to making its Web site accessible. To this end, the World Wide Web Advisory Board has developed a Code of Practice for Web based materials. The University also offers staff a comprehensive training programme.

If we can make our Web based information more accessible to you, please e-mail your suggestions to suggestions@bradford.ac.uk .

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Access keys

Access keys are keyboard shortcut keys that enable users to access areas of the page or Web site using the assigned character on the keyboard rather than using a mouse to click on links, buttons etc. Another key may need to be pressed at the same time as the access key to make it work (eg in Internet Explorer ALT and the access key need to be pressed).

The following additional access keys are available on the University's top-level internal pages using Internet Explorer:

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Change font size or style

Most Web browsers allow you to increase or decrease the font size or choose a different font style providing the page is written to allow scaling of fonts. The University's supported Web browser is Internet Explorer v6 and v7. With this browser, you can increase or decrease the size of the font by:

  1. opening the View menu (Alt+V),
  2. choosing Text Size (X), and then
  3. selecting your required option from Largest through to Smallest.

To change the font style:

  1. open the Tools menu (Alt+T),
  2. choose Internet Options (O),
  3. select the General tab, and then
  4. click on Fonts

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Change colours

You can set colour preferences in Internet Explorer:

  1. Open the Tools menu.
  2. Choose Internet Options .
  3. Select the General tab.
  4. Click on Colors

You can set colour preferences in Mozilla Firefox:

  1. Open the Tools menu.
  2. Choose Options .
  3. Select the Content tab.
  4. Click on Colors

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Viewers

If you work from off campus using your own computer, you may not have the software supported by the University available. There are, however, viewers/readers that you can download and install to enable you to view the files. These might be particularly helpful for students accessing Blackboard course materials.

From September 2007, all public cluster PCs will have Microsoft Office 2007 installed. Staff who use earlier versions of Microsoft Office can download the Office 2007 File Compatibility Pack, via Start menu - UoB Apps - Application Installers (if the department is supported by IT-Services). Otherwise it can be downloaded from (External) http://www.office.microsoft.com/ .

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PC Clusters

All Learner Support Services PC clusters have at least one machine with a larger screen for visually impaired users. All the computers have the standard Windows Accessibility features enabled. You can find more information about these features on the (External) Microsoft website. In addition, there are a number of useful software packages on our cluster PCs.

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Blackboard

Some students have experienced difficulties opening, reading and printing files from Blackboard. The viewers outlined above should help to resolve issues concerned with opening files, although opening large file sizes over a relatively slow Internet connection may still be a factor.

Opening Blackboard links to files in a new window rather than within the Blackboard window offers more flexibility for reading and printing files. To do this:

  1. Click on the link with the right (not the left) mouse button;
  2. Choose open in a new window from the shortcut menu.

You can then:

If you require documents in a specialised format, make sure you tell your tutor at the start of your module

We are also taking steps to promote good practice in producing accessible online documents .

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Documentation

Learner Support Services provides a variety of IT accessibility documentation to help users.

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Disability Service

The Disability Service can provide more specialist help and equipment, and will do their best to ensure that you receive the advice, information and support disabled staff and students require.

School of Social & International Studies

The Hub student support centre.

Last modified: Tuesday 5 December 2006.

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