Pearson Accessibility Template

Version 1

January 2011

Requirements (For Design Development and QA)

Follow the Pearson Guidelines for Accessible Educational Web Media during development. These guidelines mirror industry standards and so should be familiar. Any issues or deviations from these guidelines should be discussed with <enter point person’s name>.

In some cases, industry standards allow exceptions to the rules where compliance would be difficult or impossible. These exceptions:

  • would be silent (not apparent to customers causing unpleasant surprises in class)
  • could easily be misunderstood to apply where they do not

Because of this, the Pearson Guidelines do not include exceptions that would allow a significant issue for some users. If you are not sure how to meet a guideline for your particular product, or if you suspect your product meets an exception, contact . We will either offer solutions or provide you with language for your document on how the feature meets an exception.

Enter commentary on each guideline in the appropriate column

Documenting Accessibility

The Conclusion column is the only column that requires specific language. Please enter one of the following:

  • Not Applicable
  • Supports
  • Partially Supports
  • Does not Support (Plan to support by __/__/__)
  • Does not Support Pearson Guideline (Supports Section 508 through 1194.22 (K))
  • Does not Support Pearson Guideline (Supports WCAG2 through exception)

Pearson Guideline / Product-specific Requirements (if any)
(Product management and/or Design) / Discussion of Accomplishment
(Design and/or Development) / Discussion of Accomplishment
(QA) / Conclusion
PG 1 – Accessible Technologies / Does not Support Pearson Guideline (Supports Section 508 through 1194.22 (K))
PG 2 – Time Limits: User Options / Does not Support
PG 3 – Timed Tests: Instructor Options
PG 4 – Sensible Reading Order
PG 5 - Findable Dynamically-Added Content
PG 6 – Keyboard Access
PG 7 – Keyboard Access: Visibility
PG 8 – Keyboard Access: Instructions
PG 9 – Keyboard Access: In-Page Navigation
PG 10 – Continuity of User's Place
PG 11 – Page Element Roles (Semantic Markup)
PG 12 - No Information through Text Formatting Alone
PG 13 – No Information that depends on Presentation Layers
PG 14 – Form Field Labels / Do not change value of id attributes on form fields without also updating value of for attributes on corresponding label elements.
PG 15 – Human Language / Do not change the doctype without also updating how human language is indicated.
PG 16 – Meaningful Link Text
PG 17 – Titles
PG 18 – Sensory Independent Instructions
PG 19 – Valid Markup & Spelling
PG 20 – UI Controls & Screen Readers
PG 21 – Encoded Text
PG 22 – Text Resize
PG 23 – No Flashing / Flickering
PG 24 – Ability to Stop On-Screen Motion
PG 25 – Still View of Moving Text
PG 26 – Contrast for Text Readability
PG 27 – No Reliance on Color Coding
PG 28 – Color Contrast in Key Images
PG 29 – Images or Animations that Provide Information
PG 30 – Images that Label Active Elements
PG 31 – Alternatives for Visual Elements in Multimedia
PG 32 – Decorative Elements
PG 33 – Hidden Elements
PG 34 – Let Users Control Audio
PG 35 – Audio Foreground/Background Contrast
PG 36 – Transcripts for Audio
PG 37 – Captions
PG 38 – Consistent Content Identifiers
PG 39 - Alternatives for Non-text User Content
PG 40 – Publishing Options & Security
PG 41 – Add-ons
PG 42 – Document Accessibility