Committed to Accessibility in Education

Our R&D philosophy focuses on developing a common platform and control set for use across our product suite. It ensures our development team designs to accessibility requirements that are researched and tested with accessibility experts and end users.

In recognition of our industry leadership in this area, D2L was the first LMS provider to be accepted into the National Federation of the Blind’s Strategic Nonvisual Access Partnership (SNAP) program.

Learn how Brightspace helped Stephen F. Austin State University (SFASU) support students and faculty who are blind or have low vision.

Read the SFASU case study

We ensure our designs are consistent with international accessibility standards. We openly report our compliance through our VPAT (Voluntary Product Accessibility Template) and WCAG (Web Content Accessibility Checklist) 2.0 AA checklists.

In an April 2016 accessibility report from Knowbility Inc., Brightspace was recognized as providing “exceptional accessibility, an interesting feature set, and effective ways to engage students, instructors and administrators”.

We’ve had an accessibility interest group for the past ten years. We regularly consult with this group, our clients and end users about accessible design. We encourage organizations to sign up for the D2L Accessibility Interest Group mailing list.

We received the Dr. Jacob Bolotin Award from the National Federation for the Blind (NFB) for setting an industry-leading example in adhering to accessibility standards. This award recognizes individuals and organizations who demonstrate exemplary leadership toward achieving societal equality for the blind. Other award winners include Ray Kurzweil and Apple.
 
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