Accessibility statement for e:Vision

This accessibility statement applies to e:Vision, provided by the University of Wolverhampton.  E:Vision is an integral part of how students access a range of information about their courses, including enrolment and accessing results; therefore, the content is designed to be easy for everyone to find, access and use.

Getting the best from your device

We want as many people as possible to be able to use and access information within e:Vision.  For example, that means you should be able to:

  • change contrast levels
  • zoom in up to 300% without the text spilling off the screen
  • navigate most of e:Vision using just a keyboard
  • navigate most of e:Vision using speech recognition software
  • listen to most of the information on the website using a screen reader

It is important before accessing e:Vision that you are aware of the settings available for your hardware, such a laptop computer or mobile devices, including smartphones or tablets.  These devices have individual accessibility settings that will help you access content, including website content.  Depending upon your choice of internet browser of mobile smart device operating system, there are further settings to help you access our content.  Such settings may include the ability to change colours, contract and the size of text and images.

You can find useful advice on making your device easier to use by visiting AbilityNet, which provides step-by-step guides to making individual adjustments to your laptop, tablet or smartphone.  The University also provides a number of assistive software products (e.g. Virtual Magnifying Glass, ssOverlay) as part of its Apps Anywhere software repository.

We know some parts of e:Vision are not fully accessible:

  • you cannot modify the line height or spacing of text
  • you cannot fully navigate e:Vision with one finger
  • some instructions are not stylised properly
  • most older PDF documents are not fully accessible to screen reader software

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We’re always looking to improve the accessibility of e:Vision.  If you find any problems not listed on this page or think we’re not meeting accessibility requirements, contact: itsupport@wlv.ac.uk

The Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) is responsible for enforcing the Public Sector Bodies (Websites and Mobile Applications) (No. 2) Accessibility Regulations 2018 (the ‘accessibility regulations’).  If you have contacted us about an accessibility issue relating to our online content and you are not happy with the outcome of your complaint, you can contact the Equality Advisory and Support Service (EASS).

We consider digital accessibility a key part of our approach to being the University of Opportunity and we want you to be able to use our services in a way that supports a positive learning experience.

The University of Wolverhampton is committed to making e:Vision accessible, in accordance with the Public Sector Bodies (Websites and Mobile Applications) (No. 2) Accessibility Regulations 2018.

e:Vision is partially compliant with the  Web Content Accessibility Guidelines version (WCAG) 2.1 AA standard; the non-compliances are listed below.

Non-accessible content

The content listed below is non-accessible for the following reasons.

Stylised instructions

There may be instances in e:Vision where navigational instructions are symbols or images of a symbol.  A good example of this is the use of a ‘plus’ sign to expand the header menu.

e:Vision is the web portal for SITS and is developed by a third party, with some aspects of content customisable locally by the University.  A good example of content that the University cannot control is the navigation menu in e:Vision.

Operable navigation

Our audit found that when using the Android operating system on a mobile device, it was not possible to zoom in using one finger (WCAG 2.5.1).

e:Vision is the web portal for SITS and is developed by a third party, with some aspects of content customisable locally by the University.  The University is not able to control graphical user interface commands.

PDFs and other documents

The accessibility regulations do not require us to fix PDFs or other documents published before 23 September 2018 if they’re not essential to providing our services.  Some of the University of Wolverhampton e:Vision instances may contain such content.  If you are having problems accessing this information, please consider visiting AbilityNet where you can find useful advice on making your device easier to use.  Please contact  itsupport@wlv.ac.uk if you are unable to access this information.

Third party content

e:Vision links to other resources that are third-party products, that may also contain third-party content that we are not able to control or develop and therefore have no responsibility for.  If you find any of our University of Wolverhampton content hard to access, then please contact itsupport@wlv.ac.uk.

Examples of third-party content that may be found within the University of Wolverhampton website pages include, but are not limited to:

  • links to external sites not owned, managed or maintained by the University
  • links to software or services including Canvas.

For any of the third party products that you may have issues with accessing, you may be able to find accessibility statements in searchBOX.  This is a free, comprehensive directory created by textBox to support accessible content.  The University is not affiliated with searchBOX and is not responsible for its content.

This statement was prepared on 16 September 2020.  It was last reviewed on 11 September 2020.

E:Vision was last tested on 10th September 2020.  The test was carried out by members of staff within The College of Learning and Teaching on the 9th September 2020.  We audited a range of e:Vision webpages that reflect the breadth of access that students and staff will normally make at the University of Wolverhampton.  The audit included testing different pages of forms, that make up a significant amount of content within e:Vision.