Accessibility for CCNA Discovery and CCNA Exploration

August 2009

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What is Accessibility?
For Cisco Networking Academy, accessibility means providing access to our curricula for people with disabilities Address the needs of students with visual, physical, cognitive, and auditory limitations, such as:
Visual blind, low vision, color blindness Hearing and speech deaf, hard of hearing, mute Physical mobility and dexterity impairment

The accessible CCNA curricula conform with exceptions to U.S. and international guidelines including:
Section 508 of the Rehabilitation Act (U.S.) Americans with Disabilities Act (U.S.) W3C- Web Content Accessibility Guidelines 1.0 (Global)
* Most countries have employment, design and manufacture, and procurement laws similar to ADA and Section 508 - we highlighted these laws as they are the most typical and stringent
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Addressing Global Accessibility Needs

Visual impairment
Accessible Need Low Vision Color Blindness Blindness Tools Screen Magnifier Software Not relying on color alone Screen Reading Software Keyboard Navigation Functionality Adjust font size and type Using blue background with yellow text Reads elements on screen out loud Use # keypads as pointer All objects can be reached by tab, use of ALT and arrow keys

Hearing impairment (deaf or hard of hearing)

Currently no audio in the course

Physical impairment (mobility and dexterity)

Keyboard access throughout the course
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Assistive Technology
The CCNA curricula and documentation are compatible with the assistive technologies listed below:
Assistive Technology Screen reading software Software JAWS Window Eyes Magnification and reading software Voice recognition software ZoomText Dragon Naturally Speaking

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Accessibility Product Documentation

Documentation Description

Accessibility Design Requirements

Lists the requirements the product should meet to conform to section 508

Voluntary Product Accessibility Template

Lists the requirements the product should meet to conform to section 508, available online

Web Content Accessibility Guidelines 1.0

Statement indicating the products conformance to WCAG 1.0 guidelines

All documents listed above are available upon request from accessibility@cisco.com

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Accessible Content Availability

All CCNA Discovery and CCNA Exploration courses are available in accessible format
The course text, lab text, assessments, and hands-on labs are all available in accessible format Text descriptions are available for all media items embedded in the curricula

Cisco Packet Tracer application and activities are available in limited accessible format
Packet Tracer v5.2 has added keyboard shortcuts to aid navigation Keyboard shortcuts documentation available on the Accessibility page on Academy Connection

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Delivery of Accessible CCNA Curricula

Users must select Accessible in their Academy Connection profile to view assessments in accessible format
Also sets online curricula view to accessible format by default

The accessible CCNA curricula are available on the Course Materials page
Viewable online from the existing launch page users can select either the standard (default) or the accessible version of the course

Instructor materials in accessible format are available on the Tools Page for each course
Interactive Course Guide link to accessible HTML version Instructor Reference Guide and PPT (accessible PDFs)

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Profile on Academy Connection

Under Preferences, select YES to view online content and assessments in accessible format
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Downloadable Version

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Launch Page
Ability to toggle between the accessible and standard versions

If profile is set to YES, the accessible version will launch as the default
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Page Formats

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What does the accessible format look like?

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Highlighted Feature Set

One page display format for text/media content
Content displayed is based on display option selected Display options are chapter (default), section, topic, or page level display

User selected preference settings inherited from OS and browsers

Multiple color contrast schemes Variable text expansion (smaller/larger)

Product navigation is keyboard driven

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Highlighted Feature Set, contd

Media Options
Text Transcript & Visual Media
No media is displayed by default

Each time a media item is encountered in the course the user can select the presentation method to display the media

Visual Interactive Only

Media item is presented in its native format

Visual representation of content - often interactive including, video, drag and drop, animations and activities
Items presented in this format may not be fully accessible to non-visual users

Media Text Transcript Only

Written description of media item

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Accessible Product Resources

Available on the Accessibility page on Academy Connection
CCNA Accessibility Overview PPT CCNA Accessibility FAQ CCNA Accessibility At-A-Glance (1 page handout) Cisco Packet Tracer Keyboard Shortcuts

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