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Accessibility Assessment
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  1. Cover
  2. Title Page
  3. Copyright
  4. Table Of Contents
  5. What is an Open Textbook?
  6. How to Access and Use the Books
  7. Introduction to the Series
  8. Praise for the Book
  9. Acknowledgements
  10. Introduction to the Book
  11. Aren’t Right and Wrong Just Matters of Opinion? On Moral Relativism and Subjectivism
  12. Can We Have Ethics without Religion? On Divine Command Theory and Natural Law Theory
  13. How Can I Be a Better Person? On Virtue Ethics
  14. What’s in it for Me? On Egoism and Social Contract Theory
  15. Utilitarianism
  16. Kantian Deontology
  17. Feminism and Feminist Ethics
  18. Evolutionary Ethics
  19. About the Contributors
  20. Feedback and Suggestions
  21. Adoption Form
  22. Licensing and Attribution Information
  23. Review Statement
  24. Accessibility Assessment
  25. Version History

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Accessibility Assessment

Accessibility Assessment

A note from the Rebus Community

We are working to create a new, collaborative model for publishing open textbooks. Critical to our success in reaching this goal is to ensure that all books produced using that model meet the needs of all students who will one day use them. To us, open means inclusive, so for a book to be open, it must also be accessible.

As a result, we are working with accessibility experts and others in the OER community to develop best practices for creating accessible open textbooks, and are building those practices into the Rebus model of publishing. By doing this, we hope to ensure that all books produced using the Rebus Community are accessible by default, and require an absolute minimum of remediation or adaptation to meet any individual student’s needs.

While we work on developing guidelines and implementing support for authoring accessible content, we are making a good faith effort to ensure that books produced with our support meet accessibility standards wherever possible, and to highlight areas where we know there is work to do. It is our hope that by being transparent on our current books, we can begin the process of making sure accessibility is top of mind for all authors, adopters, students and contributors of all kinds on all our open textbook projects.

Below is a short assessment of eight key areas that have been assessed during the production process. The checklist has been drawn from the BCcampus Open Education Accessibility Toolkit. While a checklist such as this is just one part of a holistic approach to accessibility, it is one way to begin our work on embedded good accessibility practices in the books we support.

Wherever possible, we have identified ways in which anyone may contribute their expertise to improve the accessibility of this text.

We also welcome any feedback from students, instructors or others who encounter the book and identify an issue that needs resolving. This book is an ongoing project and will be updated as needed. If you would like to submit a correction or suggestion, please do so using the Introduction to Philosophy series accessibility suggestions form.

Accessibility Checklist

Accessibility Checklist
CategoryItemStatus
Organizing ContentContent is organized under headings and subheadingsYes
Organizing ContentHeadings and subheadings are used sequentially (e.g. Heading 1, Heading 2, etc.) as well as logically (if the title is Heading 1 then there should be no other Heading 1 styles as the title is the uppermost level)Yes
ImagesImages that convey information include Alternative Text (alt-text) descriptions of the image’s content or functionN/A
ImagesGraphs, charts, and maps also include contextual or supporting details in the text surrounding the imageN/A
ImagesImages do not rely on colour to convey informationYes
ImagesImages that are purely decorative contain empty alternative text descriptions. (Descriptive text is unnecessary if the image doesn’t convey contextual content information)Yes
TablesTables include row and column headersYes
TablesTables include a title or captionYes
TablesTables do not have merged or split cellsYes
TablesTables have adequate cell paddingYes
WeblinksThe weblink is meaningful in context, and does not use generic text such as “click here” or “read more”Yes
WeblinksWhere URLs are spelled out, such as in lists of references or footnotes, ARIA labels are usedYes
WeblinksWeblinks do not open new windows or tabsYes
WeblinksIf weblinks must open in a new window, a textual reference is included in the link informationN/A
Embedded MultimediaA transcript has been made available for a multimedia resource that includes audio narration or instructionN/A
Embedded MultimediaCaptions of all speech content and relevant non-speech content are included in the multimedia resource that includes audio synchronized with a video presentationN/A
Embedded MultimediaAudio descriptions of contextual visuals (graphs, charts, etc.) are included in the multimedia resourceN/A
FormulasFormulas have been created using MathMLN/A
FormulasFormulas are images with alternative text descriptions, if MathML is not an optionN/A
Font SizeFont size is 12 point or higher for body textYes
Font SizeFont size is 9 point for footnotes or endnotesYes
Font SizeFont size can be zoomed to 200%Yes

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Copyright © 2019. Introduction to Philosophy: Ethics by Frank Aragbonfoh Abumere, Douglas Giles, Ya-Yun (Sherry) Kao, Michael Klenk, Joseph Kranak, Kathryn MacKay, Jeffrey Morgan, Paul Rezkalla, George Matthews (Book Editor), and Christina Hendricks (Series Editor) is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License, except where otherwise noted.
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