Accessibility

This is the official accessibility statement for the Banff and Buchan College website. If you have any questions or comments, feel free to contact us.

Standards Compliance

  • Where possible, all pages within the site comply with the Web Accessibility Initiative (WAI) Priority 1 Guidelines.
  • Many Priority 2 and 3 guidelines have also been followed in the creation of this web site.

Navigation Aids

  • Skip Navigation Link is available on all pages within the web site, allows easy access to main content area.
  • The following Access Keys are supported on this site:
    • Home - 1
    • Course - 2
    • About Us - 3
    • College Information - 4
    • Student Stuff - 5
    • International Students - 6
    • News - 7
    • Contact Us - 8
  • Access key functionality is accessed differently across different browsers, the following list gives a brief summary of how to use access keys in the most popular browsers:
    • Internet Explorer 5+: Hold down the Alt key and select the number/letter of the access key, then press Enter.
    • Internet Explorer 4: Hold down the Alt key and select the number/letter of the access key
    • Internet Explorer 5+ for Mac: Hold down the Ctrl key and select the number/letter of the access key
    • Internet Explorer 4.5 for Mac: Access keys are not supported
    • Netscape 6+: Hold down the Alt key and select the number/letter of the access key
    • Mozilla/Firefox: Hold down the Alt key and select the number/letter of the access key
    • Opera (7+ and maybe earlier): Hold down the Shift key and press the Esc key to turn Access Keys on, then select the number/letter of the access key

Links

  • Whever possible, links are written to make sense out of context. Some browsers for example JAWS, Lynx and Opera can extract the list of links on a page and allow the user to browse the list separately.
  • No links open new or popup windows without warning.

Images

  • All content images include descriptive ALT attributes.
  • Structural graphics have been given null ALT attributes.

Accessibility References


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