ADA Compliance Services

Websites that are fully accessible for all ability levels.

Understanding Accessibility

Your website is used by many people including those with disabilities.  These disabilities may include, but are not limited to:

  • blind or low vision
  • deaf or hard of hearing
  • physical disability
  • cognitive disability

Assistive technology

Individuals with disabilities use assistive technology ("AT") to help them understand the content on your web pages.  AT like screen readers and text-to-speech translate the words on the page and use a computerized voice to read the information aloud.  In order to be accessible, web pages and documents (Word, PDF, Video files, Audio files) must work in partnership with AT.  

All of the content added to your website must consider the compliance rules.  To learn more please visit Introduction to Web Accessibility.    

Foxbright Can Help!

Foxbright has the skill set required to navigate the complex rules and guidelines for creating an accessible and compliant website. We can work with your school to achieve a compliant website by:

  1. Training your staff
  2. Running audits of your website
  3. Adjusting site content that fails the audit
  4. Providing website designs that meet WCAG 2.0 AA
  5. Continued monitoring of your website

Website Accessibility Scanning

Foxbright provides website ADA scans using SortSite website testing software.  Accessibility issues that are checked include:

Accessibility

  • WCAG 2.0 - 118 tests covering A, AA and AAA guidelines
  • WCAG 1.0 - 86 tests covering A, AA and AAA guidelines
  • Section 508 - 55 tests covering 15 guidelines
  • PDF documents for broken links, untagged content and missing ALT text
  • Office documents for broken links
  • Note: Not all accessibility issues can be identified with automated testing.

Broken Links - check for broken links

Spelling – check for spelling errors

Compatibility - check for HTML, script and image formats that don't work in common browsers

From the website scan results, Foxbright creates a summary report that identifies the issues below and can include any changes made by Foxbright.

  • Non-compliant documents (PDF) Report - includes issues found and how to fix
  • Broken Links Report - Contains a list of all broken links and pages that contain the broken link
  • Misspellings Report - Contains a list of misspellings on website and the pages with misspellings

Resources

4 box checklist of important ADA compliant features: Color Contrast, Image Alt Text, Inaccessible online forms, and keyboard navigation ADA Website Compliance Checklist [2023 Update]
Category: ADA Compliance CMS Best Practices

If you’re responsible for developing and maintaining a school website, then you know exactly how difficult it is to stay on top of trends and best practices. One of the most important things school districts need to ALWAYS stay up to date on is ensuring their website is fully American Disability Act (ADA) compliant.

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Category: ADA Compliance

Over the past few years, we're seeing the best practices of ADA compliance and search engine optimization coalesce. In this article we take a look at the connection between the two and offer three practical website tactics schools can use to improve both web accessibility AND search rankings. 

Foxbright ADA Compliance Service Levels


One Time Report

  • Receive a one time report identifying ADA compliance concerns
  • Foxbright will walk you through the report and explain any issues


Monthly Reports

  • Receive monthly audit scans and reports
  • Report will be reviewed by Foxbright and suggestions for resolving any issues noted
  • Reach out to support at anytime for help reviewing or correcting 


Monthly Reports + Clean Up

  • Receive monthly audit scans and summary reports 
  • Foxbright will provide clean up services and fix Priority 1 and Priority 2 issues (Section 508, WCAG 1.0 A, WCAG 2,0 A and WCAG 2.0 AA)
  • Foxbright will support client and provide assistance with questions in regards to making documents, videos and audio files accessible. Accessibility of these items is the client's responsibility.
  • Any issues that Foxbright identified and cannot fix will be noted and provided to client 

What Foxbright Clients Say

- Grand Ledge Public Schools "Foxbright's client service is second to none!"
- Grand Ledge Public Schools "For many people, a school district's website often provides the first impression... and those are very powerful and influential. I can not imagine using a different website technology provider – I think Foxbright is tops in so many ways!"
- Vicksburg Community Schools "Our Head of Technology and I both marveled at how thorough, seamless, simple, and cost-efficient the site transfer process was last Fall and at how easy it is to maintain and change the site to fit our needs. Thank you for all you do to help us look good!"
- Saline Schools "The PD yesterday was awesome! The hybrid you did for us was great. It was short, quick and covered the areas we wanted to in a short time. Thank you for being flexible and rolling with our PD style yesterday. Excited to be ADA compliant."
- Blissfield Community Schools "We have used Foxbright for almost 9 years now and have had a great working relationship with them. Responses are always quick and courteous."
- Saline Schools "When any issue comes up, the Foxbright support team is only an email or phone call away. They always respond very quickly to the issues which wasn't our experience with our last website vendor."
- Kent ISD “Foxbright is a technology company that knows how to communicate, rather than a communication company that dabbles in technology.”
- Wayland Union Schools "Our experience in working with Foxbright to create the new website was wonderful from start to finish. We finished the project under schedule and our parents, staff and community are happy with the new site."
- Byron Center Public Schools "We are very happy with this organization. They are great to work with! Sharp group of professionals and always helpful."
- Blissfield Community Schools "We recently did a redesign of our website and we are so pleased with the new web interface. Their interface is easy to use and intuitive. Foxbright continues to keep up with the trends and over the past 9 years there have been many new features and functions."
- Muskegon Area ISD "We been very satisfied with the quality and flexibility of Foxbright's CMS. We continue to enjoy a positive and creative partnership with Foxbright and look forward to implementing new features."
- Southfield Public Schools "It has been a joy and a pleasure to work with Foxbright because they are such a responsive company."