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Website Accessibility

Our commitment and approach to maintaining an accessible website

Dallas Theological Seminary is committed to:

  • Maintaining an accessible website.
  • Ensuring that this website achieves “Level AA” conformance to the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.1, to comply with the National Disability Authority’s Code of Practice on Accessibility of Public Services and Information Provided by Public Bodies.
  • Ensuring that all new information on the website will achieve “Level AA” conformance to the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.1.
  • Including accessibility when we procure 3rd-party systems or upgrades to existing systems.

This website’s conformance with official accessibility guidelines

We strive to conform to the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.1 at Level AA. We regularly review and improve the accessibility of our website as part of our ongoing digital maintenance efforts.

Areas for improvement and timelines

We are aware of some areas on the website where we could improve accessibility. We are currently working to achieve this. As part of ongoing improvements and a recent website redesign, we are actively working to identify and address areas where accessibility can be enhanced.

How to send feedback on this website's accessibility

We welcome feedback on the accessibility of this website.

  • Email us at: webmaster@dts.edu
  • Phone us at: 214-887-5140
  • Write to us:
    Dallas Theological Seminary
    Marketing and Communications
    3909 Swiss Avenue
    Dallas, TX 75204-6411

Accessibility Features on this website

The following criteria only highlights success criteria for Level A and Level AA. To review the full report, download DTS's Voluntary Product Accessibility Template (PDF 143kb).

Success Criteria, Level A

1.1.1 Non-text Content (Level A) – All non-text content that is presented to the user has a text alternative that serves the equivalent purpose, except for:

  • Controls, Input: If non-text content is a control or accepts user input, then it has a name that describes its purpose.
  • Time-based media
  • CAPTCHA
  • Decoration, formatting, invisible elements.

1.3.1 Info and Relationships (Level A)

  • Using ARIA landmarks to identify regions of a page.
  • Using aria-labelledby to name regions and landmarks.
  • Using semantic elements to mark up structure and semantic markup to mark emphasized or special text.
  • Using table markup to present tabular information.

1.3.2 Meaningful Sequence (Level A)

2.1.1 Keyboard (Level A)

  • All functionality of the content is operable through a keyboard interface without requiring specific timings for individual keystrokes.
  • Manually tested using Silktide browser plugin on Chrome and Firefox and VoiceOver utility on the Mac operating system.

2.4.4 Link Purpose (In Context) (Level A)

Success Criteria, Level AA

1.2.5 Audio Description (Prerecorded) (Level AA)

  • Videos from YouTube have closed captioning and descriptions.

1.3.4 Orientation (Level AA 2.1 only)

  • Site has been tested using different orientations.

1.3.5 Identify Input Purpose (Level AA 2.1 only)

  • Auto fill can occur on forms within the dts.edu site.

2.4.5 Multiple Ways (Level AA)

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