EITAS | Category | Section 508 Rule | Supporting Features | Exceptions and Remarks | Summary of Supported |
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1194.21(a) | Software Applications and Operating Systems | When software is designed to run on a system that has a keyboard, product functions shall be executable from a keyboard where the function itself or the result of performing a function can be discerned textually. | Supports. Keyboard access exists for functions that can be identified with text labels. A mouse or other pointing device is not required for any of these functions. | | Supports |
1194.21(b) | Software Applications and Operating Systems | Applications shall not disrupt or disable activated features of other products that are identified as accessibility features, where those features are developed and documented according to industry standards. Applications also shall not disrupt or disable activated features of any operating system that are identified as accessibility features where the application programming interface for those accessibility features has been documented by the manufacturer of the operating system and is available to the product developer. | Partially Supports. BNCollege.com platform may interfere with some documented accessibility features of the supported operating systems or other products that follow industry standards. | The header text, and the magnifying glass icon for search, disappear in the common Windows display scheme of high contrast black. | Partially Supports |
1194.21(c) | Software Applications and Operating Systems | A well-defined on-screen indication of the current focus shall be provided that moves among interactive interface elements as the input focus changes. The focus shall be programmatically exposed so that assistive technology can track focus and focus changes. | Supports. The current focus is identified visually through the display and audibly through speech output systems. Assistive technology can track the focus as it changes. (For example, when the application runs with a screen enlargement program, the magnified area moves to follow changes in the focus.) | | Supports |
1194.21(d) | Software Applications and Operating Systems | Sufficient information about a user interface element including the identity, operation and state of the element shall be available to assistive technology. When an image represents a program element, the information conveyed by the image must also be available in text. | Partially Supports. Some information about user interface elements may not be available to assistive technology. Text equivalents for some program element images may not exist. | Customized textbook list inaccessible to screenreaders. The change in button text when adding items to the cart, doesn't get passed to a screenreader. | Partially Supports |
1194.21(e) | Software Applications and Operating Systems | When bitmap images are used to identify controls, status indicators, or other programmatic elements, the meaning assigned to those images shall be consistent throughout an application's performance. | Supports. Images used to identify programmatic elements have consistent meaning throughout the application. | | Supports |
1194.21(f) | Software Applications and Operating Systems | Textual information shall be provided through operating system functions for displaying text. The minimum information that shall be made available is text content, text input caret location, and text attributes. | Supports. BNCollege.com platform uses the functions provided by the supported operating systems when displaying text (text content, text input caret location, and text attributes), adhering to standard Windows Application Programming Interfaces (APIs). | | Supports |
1194.21(g) | Software Applications and Operating Systems | Applications shall not override user selected contrast and color selections and other individual display attributes | Partially Supports. BNCollege.com platform may override some user selected contrast and color selections and other individual display attributes set through supported operating systems. | The header text, and the magnifying glass icon for search, disappear in the common Windows display scheme of high contrast black. | Partially Supports |
1194.21(h) | Software Applications and Operating Systems | When animation is displayed, the information shall be displayable in at least one non-animated presentation mode at the option of the user. | Partially Supports. BNCollege.com platform provides the option of displaying animated information in a non-animated mode, with some exceptions. | There is no pause control in the carousel control on the main page. | Partially Supports |
1194.21(I) | Software Applications and Operating Systems | Color coding shall not be used as the only means of conveying information, indicating an action, prompting a response, or distinguishing a visual element. | Supports. BNCollege.com platform provides redundant visual cues when color conveys information, indicates action, prompts for responses, or distinguishes visual elements. (For example, text labels are used with colors to indicate actions.) | | Supports |
1194.21(j) | Software Applications and Operating Systems | When a product permits a user to adjust color and contrast settings, a variety of color selections capable of producing a range of contrast levels shall be provided. | Not Applicable. BNCollege.com platform does not permit users to adjust color and contrast settings. | | Not Applicable |
1194.21(k) | Software Applications and Operating Systems | Software shall not use flashing or blinking text, objects, or other elements having a flash or blink frequency greater than 2 Hz and lower than 55 Hz. | Supports. BNCollege.com platform does not use elements that flash or blink at frequencies greater than 2 Hz and less than 55 Hz. | | Supports |
1194.21(l) | Software Applications and Operating Systems | When electronic forms are used, the form shall allow people using assistive technology to access the information, field elements, and functionality required for completion and submission of the form, including all directions and cues. | Supports. Assistive technology can access the information and functions required for completion and submission of electronic forms contained in the application. | | Supports |
1194.22(a) | Web-based Intranet and Internet Information and Applications | A text equivalent for every non-text element shall be provided (e.g., via "alt", "longdesc", or in element content). | Partially Supports. Text equivalents exist for non-text elements that are required to comprehend content or to facilitate navigation, with some exceptions. | The links within the imagemap for book rental have no alt text, and neither does the overall image. | Partially Supports |
1194.22(b) | Web-based Intranet and Internet Information and Applications | Equivalent alternatives for any multimedia presentation shall be synchronized with the presentation. | Partially Supports. Multimedia presentations have equivalent alternatives that are synchronized with the presentation, with some exceptions. | There is no pause control in the carousel control on the main page. | Partially Supports |
1194.22(c) | Web-based Intranet and Internet Information and Applications | Web pages shall be designed so that all information conveyed with color is also available without color, for example from context or markup. | Supports. Web pages provide redundant visual cues when color conveys information. (For example, text labels are used with colors to indicate actions.) | | Supports |
1194.22(d) | Web-based Intranet and Internet Information and Applications | Documents shall be organized so they are readable without requiring an associated style sheet | Supports. Documents are readable without requiring an associated style sheet. (For example, user-defined style sheets are not overridden and content can be viewed in browsers that have style sheet support disabled.) | | Supports |
1194.22(e) | Web-based Intranet and Internet Information and Applications | Redundant text links shall be provided for each active region of a server-side image map | Not Applicable. BNCollege.com platform does not have server-side image maps with active regions. | | Not Applicable |
1194.22(f) | Web-based Intranet and Internet Information and Applications | Client-side image maps shall be provided instead of server-side image maps except where the regions cannot be defined with an available geometric shape. | Partially Supports. Client-side image maps are used instead of server-side image maps, with some exceptions. | The links within the imagemap for book rental have no alt text, and neither does the overall image. | Partially Supports |
1194.22(g) | Web-based Intranet and Internet Information and Applications | Row and column headers shall be identified for data tables. | Supports. Row and column headers contain identifying information that is available to assistive technology. | | Supports |
1194.22(h) | Web-based Intranet and Internet Information and Applications | Markup shall be used to associate data cells and header cells for data tables that have two or more logical levels of row or column headers. | Supports. Complex data tables contain attributes that associate data cells and header cells. | | Supports |
1194.22(I) | Web-based Intranet and Internet Information and Applications | Frames shall be titled with text that facilitates frame identification and navigation. | Not Applicable. BNCollege.com platform does not have frames. | | Not Applicable |
1194.22(j) | Web-based Intranet and Internet Information and Applications | Pages shall be designed to avoid causing the screen to flicker with a frequency greater than 2 Hz and lower than 55 Hz. | Supports. Web-based pages do not use elements that flash or blink at frequencies greater than 2 Hz and less than 55 Hz. | | Supports |
1194.22(k) | Web-based Intranet and Internet Information and Applications | A text-only page, with equivalent information or functionality, shall be provided to make a web site comply with the provisions of this part, when compliance cannot be accomplished in any other way. The content of the text-only page shall be updated whenever the primary page changes. | Partially Supports. Web pages support Section 1194.22 or, if support cannot be accomplished any other way, text-only pages provide equivalent information or functionality, with some exceptions. | The links within the imagemap for book rental have no alt text, and neither does the overall image. | Partially Supports |
1194.22(l) | Web-based Intranet and Internet Information and Applications | When pages utilize scripting languages to display content, or to create interface elements, the information provided by the script shall be identified with functional text that can be read by assistive technology. | Partially Supports. Functional text describing what is being displayed by scripts is available to assistive technology, with some exceptions. | Customized textbook list inaccessible to screenreaders. The change in button text when adding items to the cart, doesn't get passed to a screenreader. | Partially Supports |
1194.22(m) | Web-based Intranet and Internet Information and Applications | When a web page requires that an applet, plug-in or other application be present on the client system to interpret page content, the page must provide a link to a plug-in or applet that complies with 1194.21(a) through (l). | Partially Supports. Web pages provide links to accessible applets or plug-ins, with some exceptions. | Text indicating where to download the required reader for PDF files is not present on the textbook request info pages. | Partially Supports |
1194.22(n) | Web-based Intranet and Internet Information and Applications | When electronic forms are designed to be completed on-line, the form shall allow people using assistive technology to access the information, field elements, and functionality required for completion and submission of the form, including all directions and cues. | Partially Supports. Assistive technology may not access all the information and functions required for completion and submission of electronic forms designed to be completed on-line. | The change in button text when adding items to the cart, doesn't get passed to a screenreader. | Partially Supports |
1194.22(o) | Web-based Intranet and Internet Information and Applications | A method shall be provided that permits users to skip repetitive navigation links. | Not Applicable. BNCollege.com platform does not have repetitive navigation links. | | Not Applicable |
1194.22(p) | Web-based Intranet and Internet Information and Applications | When a timed response is required, the user shall be alerted and given sufficient time to indicate more time is required. | Partially Supports. When timed responses are required, users are alerted and given the option to request more time, with some exceptions. | There is no pause control in the carousel control on the main page. | Partially Supports |
1194.23(a) | Telecommunications Products | Telecommunications products or systems which provide a function allowing voice communication and which do not themselves provide a TTY functionality shall provide a standard non-acoustic connection point for TTYs. Microphones shall be capable of being turned on and off to allow the user to intermix speech with TTY use. | Not Applicable. BNCollege.com platform is not a telecommunications product or system that provides a function allowing voice communication or TTY functionality. | | Not Applicable |
1194.23(b) | Telecommunications Products | Telecommunications products which include voice communication functionality shall support all commonly used cross-manufacturer non-proprietary standard TTY signal protocols. | Not Applicable. BNCollege.com platform is not a telecommunications product that provides voice communication functionality. | | Not Applicable |
1194.23(c) | Telecommunications Products | Voice mail, auto-attendant, and interactive voice response telecommunications systems shall be usable by TTY users with their TTYs. | Not Applicable. BNCollege.com platform is not a telecommunications system that provides voice mail, auto attendant, or interactive voice response. | | Not Applicable |
1194.23(d) | Telecommunications Products | Voice mail, messaging, auto-attendant, and interactive voice response telecommunications systems that require a response from a user within a time interval, shall give an alert when the time interval is about to run out, and shall provide sufficient time for the user to indicate more time is required. | Not Applicable. BNCollege.com platform is not a telecommunications system that provides voice mail, auto attendant, or interactive voice response requiring timed responses. | | Not Applicable |
1194.23(e) | Telecommunications Products | Where provided, caller identification and similar telecommunications functions shall also be available for users of TTYs, and for users who cannot see displays. | Not Applicable. BNCollege.com platform does not have caller identification or similar telecommunications functions. | | Not Applicable |
1194.23(f) | Telecommunications Products | For transmitted voice signals, telecommunications products shall provide a gain adjustable up to a minimum of 20 dB. For incremental volume control, at least one intermediate step of 12 dB of gain shall be provided. | Not Applicable. BNCollege.com platform is not a telecommunications product that provides voice signals. | | Not Applicable |
1194.23(g) | Telecommunications Products | Requires that an automatic reset be installed on any telephone that allows the user to adjust the volume higher than the normal level. This is a safety feature to protect people from suffering damage to their hearing if they accidentally answer a telephone with the amplification turned too high | Not Applicable. BNCollege.com platform does not have a telephone that allows users to adjust volume. | | Not Applicable |
1194.23(h) | Telecommunications Products | Where a telecommunications product delivers output by an audio transducer which is normally held up to the ear, a means for effective magnetic wireless coupling to hearing technologies shall be provided | Not Applicable. BNCollege.com platform is not a telecommunications product that delivers output by an audio transducer held to the ear. | | Not Applicable |
1194.23(I) | Telecommunications Products | Interference to hearing technologies (including hearing aids, cochlear implants, and assistive listening devices) shall be reduced to the lowest possible level that allows a user of hearing technologies to utilize the telecommunications product. | Not Applicable. BNCollege.com platform is not a telecommunications product with handsets or other hardware that can interfere with hearing technologies. | | Not Applicable |
1194.23(j) | Telecommunications Products | Products that transmit or conduct information or communication, shall pass through cross-manufacturer, non-proprietary, industry-standard codes, translation protocols, formats or other information necessary to provide the information or communication in a usable format. Technologies which use encoding, signal compression, format transformation, or similar techniques shall not remove information needed for access or shall restore it upon delivery. | Not Applicable. BNCollege.com platform is not a telecommunications product. | | Not Applicable |
1194.23(k.1) | Telecommunications Products | Controls and keys shall be tactilely discernible without activating the controls or keys | Not Applicable. BNCollege.com platform does not have mechanically operated controls or keys. | | Not Applicable |
1194.23(k.2) | Telecommunications Products | Controls and keys shall be operable with one hand and shall not require tight grasping, pinching, or twisting of the wrist. The force required to activate controls and keys shall be 5 lbs. (22.2 N) maximum. | Not Applicable. BNCollege.com platform does not have mechanically operated controls or keys. | | Not Applicable |
1194.23(k.3) | Telecommunications Products | If key repeat is supported, the delay before repeat shall be adjustable to at least 2 seconds. Key repeat rate shall be adjustable to 2 seconds per character. | Not Applicable. BNCollege.com platform does not have mechanically operated controls or keys that support key repeat. | | Not Applicable |
1194.23(k.4) | Telecommunications Products | The status of all locking or toggle controls or keys shall be visually discernible, and discernible either through touch or sound. | Not Applicable. BNCollege.com platform does not have mechanically operated controls or keys that lock or toggle. | | Not Applicable |
1194.24(a) | Video and Multimedia Products | All analog television displays 13 inches and larger, and computer equipment that includes analog television receiver or display circuitry, shall be equipped with caption decoder circuitry which appropriately receives, decodes, and displays closed captions from broadcast, cable, videotape, and DVD signals. As soon as practicable, but not later than July 1, 2002, widescreen digital television (DTV) displays measuring at least 7.8 inches vertically, DTV sets with conventional displays measuring at least 13 inches vertically, and stand-alone DTV tuners, whether or not they are marketed with display screens, and computer equipment that includes DTV receiver or display circuitry, shall be equipped with caption decoder circuitry which appropriately receives, decodes, and displays closed captions from broadcast, cable, videotape, and DVD signals. | Not Applicable. BNCollege.com platform does not have analog television receiver or display circuitry. | | Not Applicable |
1194.24(b) | Video and Multimedia Products | Television tuners, including tuner cards for use in computers, shall be equipped with secondary audio program playback circuitry. | Not Applicable. BNCollege.com platform does not have tuner capabilities. | | Not Applicable |
1194.24(c) | Video and Multimedia Products | All training and informational video and multimedia productions which support the agency's mission, regardless of format, that contain speech or other audio information necessary for the comprehension of the content, shall be open or closed captioned. | Not Applicable. BNCollege.com platform does not have training or informational productions containing audio. | | Not Applicable |
1194.24(d) | Video and Multimedia Products | All training and informational video and multimedia productions which support the agency's mission, regardless of format, that contain visual information necessary for the comprehension of the content, shall be audio described. | Not Applicable. BNCollege.com platform does not have training or informational video or multimedia productions. | | Not Applicable |
1194.24(e) | Video and Multimedia Products | Display or presentation of alternate text presentation or audio descriptions shall be user-selectable unless permanent. | Not Applicable. BNCollege.com platform does not have alternate text or audio descriptions. | | Not Applicable |
1194.25(a) | Self Contained, Closed Products | Self contained products shall be usable by people with disabilities without requiring an end-user to attach assistive technology to the product. Personal headsets for private listening are not assistive technology. | Not Applicable. BNCollege.com platform is not a self-contained product. | | Not Applicable |
1194.25(b) | Self Contained, Closed Products | When a timed response is required, the user shall be alerted and given sufficient time to indicate more time is required. | Not Applicable. BNCollege.com platform does not require timed responses. | | Not Applicable |
1194.25(c) | Self Contained, Closed Products | Where a product utilizes touchscreens or contact-sensitive controls, an input method shall be provided that complies with 1194.23 (k) (1) through (4). | Not Applicable. BNCollege.com platform does not utilize touchscreens or contact-sensitive controls. | | Not Applicable |
1194.25(d) | Self Contained, Closed Products | When biometric forms of user identification or control are used, an alternative form of identification or activation, which does not require the user to possess particular biological characteristics, shall also be provided. | Not Applicable. BNCollege.com platform does not use a biometric interface for operation. | | Not Applicable |
1194.25(e) | Self Contained, Closed Products | When products provide auditory output, the audio signal shall be provided at a standard signal level through an industry standard connector that will allow for private listening. The product must provide the ability to interrupt, pause, and restart the audio at anytime. | Not Applicable. BNCollege.com platform does not provide auditory output. | | Not Applicable |
1194.25(f) | Self Contained, Closed Products | When products deliver voice output in a public area, incremental volume control shall be provided with output amplification up to a level of at least 65 dB. Where the ambient noise level of the environment is above 45 dB, a volume gain of at least 20 dB above the ambient level shall be user selectable. A function shall be provided to automatically reset the volume to the default level after every use. | Not Applicable. BNCollege.com platform does not deliver voice output. | | Not Applicable |
1194.25(g) | Self Contained, Closed Products | Color coding shall not be used as the only means of conveying information, indicating an action, prompting a response, or distinguishing a visual element. | Not Applicable. BNCollege.com platform does not use color coding. | | Not Applicable |
1194.25(h) | Self Contained, Closed Products | When a product permits a user to adjust color and contrast settings, a range of color selections capable of producing a variety of contrast levels shall be provided. | Not Applicable. BNCollege.com platform does not permit users to adjust color and contrast settings. | | Not Applicable |
1194.25(i) | Self Contained, Closed Products | Products shall be designed to avoid causing the screen to flicker with a frequency greater than 2 Hz and lower than 55 Hz. | Not Applicable. BNCollege.com platform does not provide a screen or include software that uses a screen. | | Not Applicable |
1194.25(j) | Self Contained, Closed Products | Products which are freestanding, non-portable, and intended to be used in one location and which have operable controls shall comply with the following: | Not Applicable. BNCollege.com platform is not a freestanding, non-portable product with operable controls. | | Not Applicable |
1194.25(j.1) | Self Contained, Closed Products | The position of any operable control shall be determined with respect to a vertical plane, which is 48 inches in length, centered on the operable control, and at the maximum protrusion of the product within the 48 inch length (see Figure 1 of this part). | Not Applicable. BNCollege.com platform does not have operable controls. | | Not Applicable |
1194.25(j.2) | Self Contained, Closed Products | Where any operable control is 10 inches or less behind the reference plane, the height shall be 54 inches maximum and 15 inches minimum above the floor. | Not Applicable. BNCollege.com platform does not have operable controls. | | Not Applicable |
1194.25(j.3) | Self Contained, Closed Products | Where any operable control is more than 10 inches and not more than 24 inches behind the reference plane, the height shall be 46 inches maximum and 15 inches minimum above the floor | Not Applicable. BNCollege.com platform does not have operable controls. | | Not Applicable |
1194.25(j.4) | Self Contained, Closed Products | Operable controls shall not be more than 24 inches behind the reference plane (see Figure 2 of this part). | Not Applicable. BNCollege.com platform does not have operable controls. | | Not Applicable |
1194.26(a) | Desktop and Portable Computers | All mechanically operated controls and keys shall comply with 1194.23 (k) (1) through (4). | Not Applicable. BNCollege.com platform does not have mechanically operated controls or keys. | | Not Applicable |
1194.26(b) | Desktop and Portable Computers | If a product utilizes touchscreens or touch-operated controls, an input method shall be provided that complies with 1194.23 (k) (1) through (4). | Not Applicable. BNCollege.com platform does not utilize touchscreens or touch-operated controls. | | Not Applicable |
1194.26(c) | Desktop and Portable Computers | When biometric forms of user identification or control are used, an alternative form of identification or activation, which does not require the user to possess particular biological characteristics, shall also be provided. | Not Applicable. BNCollege.com platform does not use a biometric interface for operation. | | Not Applicable |
1194.26(d) | Desktop and Portable Computers | Where provided, at least one of each type of expansion slots, ports and connectors shall comply with publicly available industry standards. | Not Applicable. BNCollege.com platform does not provide expansion slots, ports or connectors. | | Not Applicable |
1194.31(a) | Functional Performance Criteria | At least one mode of operation and information retrieval that does not require user vision shall be provided, or support for assistive technology used by people who are blind or visually impaired shall be provided. | Partially Supports. Some operations and functions for information retrieval require user vision. These operations and functions may not be available to assistive technology used by people who are blind or visually impaired. | The header text, and the magnifying glass icon for search, disappear in the common Windows display scheme of high contrast black. | Partially Supports |
1194.31(b) | Functional Performance Criteria | At least one mode of operation and information retrieval that does not require visual acuity greater than 20/70 shall be provided in audio and enlarged print output working together or independently, or support for assistive technology used by people who are visually impaired shall be provided. | Supports. BNCollege.com platform does not require visual acuity greater than 20/70 for operation or information retrieval, and/or support for assistive technology is provided. | | Supports |
1194.31(c) | Functional Performance Criteria | At least one mode of operation and information retrieval that does not require user hearing shall be provided, or support for assistive technology used by people who are deaf or hard of hearing shall be provided. | Supports. BNCollege.com platform does not require user hearing for operation or information retrieval, and/or support for assistive technology is provided. | | Supports |
1194.31(d) | Functional Performance Criteria | Where audio information is important for the use of a product, at least one mode of operation and information retrieval shall be provided in an enhanced auditory fashion, or support for assistive hearing devices shall be provided. | Supports. BNCollege.com platform does not require audio information for use of this product, and/or support for assistive hearing devices is provided. | | Supports |
1194.31(e) | Functional Performance Criteria | At least one mode of operation and information retrieval that does not require user speech shall be provided, or support for assistive technology used by people with disabilities shall be provided. | Supports. BNCollege.com platform does not require user speech for operation or information retrieval, and/or support for assistive technology is provided. | | Supports |
1194.31(f) | Functional Performance Criteria | At least one mode of operation and information retrieval that does not require fine motor control or simultaneous actions and that is operable with limited reach and strength shall be provided. | Supports. BNCollege.com platform does not require fine motor control or simultaneous actions. The product is operable with limited reach and strength. | | Supports |
1194.41(a) | Information, Documentation, and Support | Product support documentation provided to end-users shall be made available in alternate formats upon request, at no additional charge. | Supports. End-user documentation is available electronically in formats that can be used by screen readers or printed by Braille embossers. | | Supports |
1194.41(b) | Information, Documentation, and Support | End-users shall have access to a description of the accessibility and compatibility features of products in alternate formats or alternate methods upon request, at no additional charge. | Supports. Accessibility information is available in a prominent link in the footer of all pages. | | Supports |
1194.41(c) | Information, Documentation, and Support | Support services for products shall accommodate the communication needs of end-users with disabilities. | Supports. Accessibility information is available in a prominent link in the footer of all pages. | | Supports |