ACCESSIBILITY STATEMENT

The Pedagogical Vault is committed to ensuring digital accessibility for all educators, regardless of ability.

Last updated: December 2024

OUR COMMITMENT

We believe that access to quality educational technology resources should be available to everyone. We are actively working to increase the accessibility and usability of The Pedagogical Vault to ensure that all educators can benefit from our vetted tool evaluations.

We practice what we preach: accessibility is one of our four gatekeeper criteria that every tool must pass before being listed on our site.

CONFORMANCE STATUS

The Pedagogical Vault strives to conform to the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.1 Level AA standards.

Keyboard navigable interface

Skip-to-content link

High contrast focus indicators

Semantic HTML structure

Descriptive alt text for images

ARIA labels for interactive elements

Color contrast meeting WCAG AA

Reduced motion support

TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS

Accessibility of The Pedagogical Vault relies on the following technologies:

HTML5
WAI-ARIA
CSS
JavaScript

These technologies are relied upon for conformance with the accessibility standards used.

KNOWN LIMITATIONS

Despite our best efforts, some limitations may exist:

Third-party content or links may not meet the same accessibility standards
Some older PDF documents may not be fully accessible
User-submitted content may not always meet accessibility guidelines

We are actively working to address these limitations and improve accessibility across all areas of the site.

FEEDBACK & CONTACT

We welcome your feedback on the accessibility of The Pedagogical Vault. If you encounter accessibility barriers or have suggestions for improvement, please contact us:

connect@techvault.education

We aim to respond to accessibility feedback within 5 business days.

ALTERNATIVE FORMATS

If you need information from The Pedagogical Vault in an alternative format, please contact us at connect@techvault.education. We will work with you to provide the information you need in a format that works for you.