Web Site Accessibility Information
Accessibility statement
We are committed to ensuring that our Web site is accessible to everyone. If you have any questions regarding the accessibility of the university's Web site or are having problems accessing any information in our site, please e-mail us - we want to improve the experience for all of our visitors.
To that end, we've taken the following steps:
- We offer a high-contrast, large-font layout & color scheme for low-vision users.
- We have avoided fixed font sizes, so you can use your browser controls to increase or decrease the size of the text at our site.
- We have added links at the top of all of our pages that offer screen reader users an easy way to jump directly to page navigation or main content blocks.
- We have coded our Web site so that the content is still accessible, and the navigation still works, if all the "bells and whistles" of visual browsers (i.e. stylesheets, JavaScript, images) are removed.
- We have tried to ensure that our Web pages are, wherever possible, semantically correct. This improves the navigation options of visually and motor-impaired users.
Access keys
Access keys are keyboard shortcuts used to quickly navigate through a Web site. To use Access keys on a PC, press Alt+<key>. On a Macintosh, press Shift+Control+<key>.
Browser Differences
- In Internet Explorer for the PC, press Alt+<key>, then press Enter.
- In FireFox, press Shift+Alt+<key>. It is not necessary to press Enter.
- In Netscape 7+, press the Access key combination. It is not necessary to press Enter.
- In Opera, Shift+Escape shows a menu of all accesskeys on the current Web page. Shift+Escape+<key> goes directly to the target of the Access key.
The following access keys are currently defined on the university home page:
| Access Key | Target Link |
|---|---|
| a | alumni |
| c | current students |
| d | directories |
| e | events (campus calendar) |
| f | future students |
| g | graduate students |
| m | campus map |
| n | news (Daily Headlines) |
| s | faculty & staff |
| v | visitors |
| w | webmail |
| z | a - z index |
Accessibility software
The software found at the links below may enhance your browsing experience if you are a low-vision, blind or motor-impaired user.
- JAWS, a screen reader for Windows. A time-limited, downloadable demo is available.
- Home Page Reader, a screen reader for Windows. A downloadable demo is available.
- Lynx, a free text-only web browser for visual users whose connection has low bandwidth.
- Firefox, a free visual browser with many accessibility-related features for visually or motor-impaired users.
- Opera, a free visual browser with many accessibility-related features, including text zooming, user stylesheets, image toggle. Compatible with Windows, Macintosh, Linux, and several other operating systems.