Eastern West Virginia Community & Technical College is committed to providing a fully accessible website experience for all users of all abilities, including those who rely on assistive technologies like screen readers, screen enlargement software, and alternative keyboard input devices to navigate the web.
Ongoing Efforts to Ensure Accessibility
We follow the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) version 2.1 as our guiding principle for determining accessibility. These are internationally agreed-upon standards that cover a wide range of recommendations and best practices for making content useable. As we add new pages and functionality to our website, all designs, code, and content entry practices are checked against these standards.
Website accessibility is an ongoing process. We continually test content and features for WCAG 2.1 Level AA compliance and remediate any issues to ensure we meet or exceed the standards. Testing of our website is performed by using industry-standard tools such as the PopeTech, axe DevTools, Arc Toolkit, Accessibility Checker WordPress Plugin, color contrast analyzers, NVDA Screen Reader, keyboard-only navigation techniques, and Flesch-Kincaid readability tests.
Accessibility Features On Our Website
The following is a list of items we have included in our website to improve its accessibility:
- Warnings for links to open in new tabs
- Labels for documents that link to PDF, Word, PowerPoint, etc.
Where We're Improving
In our efforts to bring our website up to standard, we are targeting the following areas:
- ARIA Attribute Not Allowed - Header Area
- Low Contrast Text & Elements
- Link to Untagged PDF Documents
- Links to PDF Documents with Errors
- Empty Links
- Empty Headings
- Missing Form Labels
- Missing Alternative Text for Images
- Videos Missing Transcripts
This is part of our broader effort to make everyone's experience at Eastern West Virginia Community & Technical College a welcoming and enjoyable one. Please note that while we make every effort to provide information accessible for all users, we cannot guarantee the accessibility of third party websites to which we may link.
Accessibility Support Contact
We welcome comments, questions, and feedback on our website. If you are using assistive technologies and are having difficulty using our website, please email askeastern@easternwv.edu or give us a call at 304-434-8000. We will do our best to assist you and resolve issues.