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[Chicago, IL, August 1, 2024]—CourseAvenue, a leading provider of eLearning solutions, is proud to announce the launch of AccessibilityGuard, a groundbreaking feature designed to help Federal agencies prevent the publication of non-accessible elearning content.
AccessibilityGuard is part of the CourseAvenue platform, offering automated auditing and compliance checks to guarantee that eLearning courseware meets Section 508 and WCAG 2.x compliance standards. AccessibilityGuard enables course creators to continuously conduct pre-publication compliance checks to integrate accessibility right into the development process. Additionally, AccessibilityGuard ensures continued compliance by integrating accessibility into the course publishing process. Only courses that pass all of the AccessibilityGuard compliance tests are allowed to be published – yet another way to reduce their exposure to civil rights violations.
Key Features of AccessibilityGuard include:
- Automated Auditing: Conducts thorough audits of eLearning content to identify accessibility issues.
- Pre-Publication Compliance Checks: Ensures compliance with Section 508 standards before publishing content.
- Override Capability: Allows designated administrators to make manual adjustments while maintaining compliance integrity.
“We are excited to introduce AccessibilityGuard as part of our commitment to enabling anyone who wants to create an eLearning course can do so while also having their course be fully compliant with the accessibility standards,” said Joe Gorup, President and Co-Founder of CourseAvenue. “With CourseAvenue, organizations can build, review, deliver, and maintain Section 508/WCAG compliant eLearning content faster and more efficiently than ever before.”
CourseAvenue has a proven track record of over a decade in creating Section 508-compliant eLearning content and offers scalable solutions for organizations of all sizes. AccessibilityGuard is seamlessly integrated with CourseAvenue’s suite of tools, providing a comprehensive solution for building, managing, and delivering accessible eLearning content.
To learn more about how CourseAvenue and AccessibilityGuard can benefit your organization, schedule a demo today.
Need more information? Here’s how the USDA creates and delivers accessible e-learning courseware…at scale.
The USDA has published over a million pages of Section 508 and SCORM conformant e-learning titles…with almost zero accessibility issues reported from a learner population of over 150,000 individuals per year for the last 10 years. Most of the courses were developed by USDA personnel, most of whom had never created e-learning before.
