Accessibility for CCNA Discovery and CCNA Exploration

June 2008

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What is Accessibility?
For Cisco Networking Academy, accessibility means providing access to our curricula for people with disabilities There are several types of disabilities, including:
Visual such as blind, low vision, color blindness
Hearing and speech deaf, hard of hearing, mute Physical mobility and dexterity impairment

The accessible CCNA curricula will 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 Tools Low Vision Color Blindness Blindness 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
Accessible curricula will conform with exceptions to WCAG v1.0 Guidelines and will be compatible with the assistive technologies listed below

Screen reading software

JAWS Window Bridge Window Eyes

Magnification and reading software

ZoomText

Voice recognition software

Dragon Naturally Speaking

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Accessibility Product Documentation

Documentation Accessibility Design Requirements Voluntary Product Accessibility Template Description Lists the requirements the product should meet to conform to section 508 Lists the requirements the product should meet to conform to section 508

Web Content Accessibility Guidelines 1.0

Statement indicating the products conformance to WCAG 1.0 guidelines

All documents listed above will be available upon request from

accessibility@cisco.com
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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 will be available on the Course Materials page in two formats for each course
As a downloadable zip file containing only the accessible version 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 will be 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

There will be a third zip file available containing only the accessible version (Windows and Linux)

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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 will the accessible format look like?

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Accessible Content Availability

All CCNA Discovery and CCNA Exploration courses will be available in accessible format on June 24, 2008 Text Descriptions for media objects in curriculum content
Available in CCNA Discovery course 1 on June 24, 2008 Available for CCNA Discovery courses 2-4 by September 2008 Availability in CCNA Exploration courses to follow

The Packet Tracer application and activities will NOT be available in accessible format
Planned for a future release, date TBD

Translated CCNA Discovery and CCNA Exploration courses

All translated courses released after July 1, 2008 will be available in an accessible format Translated courses released before July 1, 2008 do not include the accessibility features, but accessible versions will be available on Academy Connection at a later date.
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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 Launch Plans

Launch/General Availability announced June 24, 2008 Resources available at launch
CCNA Accessibility Overview PPT

CCNA Accessibility FAQ

CCNA Accessibility At-A-Glance (1 page handout) Accessibility Demo Accessibility Training Video

New CCNA Curricula FAQ (updated w/accessibility info)

New CCNA Curricula Overview PPT (updated w/accessibility info) Accessibility Design Requirements Voluntary Product Accessibility Template Web Content Accessibility Guidelines 1.0

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