Wimba Accessibility Mission

Wimba believes that technology can remove barriers and make quality education universally accessible. Our mission is to develop software with the goal of meeting or exceeding globally recognized accessibility guidelines, as defined in Section 508 of the Rehabilitation Act (U.S. Government), as well as W3C-WAI and SENDA (UK). Wimba is committed to creating products so that persons with special needs have equivalent access to a quality education.

Notable examples include:

• Voice-activated video switching
• Real-time closed captioning support
• Closed-captioning preservation and
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• Telephone-only participation/instruction
• Keyboard-only navigation and interaction
• Accessible content creation software

Voluntary Product Accessibility Templates (VPATs)

• VPAT for Wimba Classroom
• VPAT for Wimba Create
• VPAT for Wimba Voice

Additional Wimba Accessibility Tools:

• Accessibility Best Practices Guide for Wimba Classroom
• Product documentation for Wimba Classroom, Wimba Voice,
  Wimba Pronto, Wimba Create

Wimba Accessibility Customer Spotlight:

Bloomsburg University

Watch Bloomsburg University and their use of Wimba technology as highlighted on ABC News "Someone You Should Know" feature



Campus Technology Magazine Features Bloomsburg University Offering Accessible Classes with Wimba

"We're making it possible for deaf and hard of hearing people to have equal access to information via the Internet."

--Samuel Slike, Instructor and Curriculum Coordinator,
Education of the Deaf/Hard of Hearing Program, Bloomsburg University.



Read more in the November 28, 2007 edition of Campus Technology Magazine: http://campustechnology.com/articles/56259/


Feedback:
Wimba aspires to improve the experience for every special needs user; if you have any questions or suggestions, please contact accessibility@wimba.com