Accessibility

Web Accessibility Statement

 

The San Mateo County Community College District, comprised of Cañada College, College of San Mateo and Skyline College is committed to supporting a diverse community that includes students with disabilities and making its websites accessible to the widest possible audience. We strive to meet or exceed the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG 2.1) established by the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C).

We believe a person with a disability must be able to acquire the same information, engage in the same interactions, and enjoy the same services as a person without a disability, and be able to do so in an equally effective manner, with substantially equivalent ease of use. Information and services must be made available at the same time to a person with a disability as to a person without a disability.

Report Accessibility Issue

A web form has been created to allow you to notify us of issues if you encounter something that is not accessible.

Students who need accommodations for coursework should contact our Disability Resource Centers

Faculty or staff who need accommodations for their students should contact their College Instructional Technologist. Each college has a center that provides training and assistance to faculty members to ensure that their use of classroom technology and course materials are accessible to all learners. 

Visitors who need accommodations should contact the person, department or organization sponsoring the event.

Accessible Technology 

To help ensure the accessibility of information and technology, the San Mateo County Community College District has launched an accessibility initiative. The Web Accessibility Task Force meets monthly to discuss web accessibility issues.

Members

District Office

  • Victor Quintanilla - Web Accessibility Programmer (ITS)
  • Chris Smith - Director of Web Services (ITS)
  • Bryan Besnyi - Senior Programmer I (ITS)
  • Sebrianne Ferguson - Programmer Analyst
  • Stephanie Roach - Library Systems and Applications Developer (ITS)
  • Salpy Yousef - IT Support Specialist (ITS)

Cañada College

  • Max Hartman - Dean, Counseling
  • Megan Rodriguez Antone - Director, Community Relations and Marketing
  • Jose Garcia - Visual Communications Coordinator
  • Alessandro Riva - Web Programmer Analyst

College of San Mateo

  • Valerie Tyler - Web Programmer Analyst
  • Erica Reynolds - Instructional Technologist
  • Carol Newkirk-Sakaguchi - Director, DRC
  • Judy Lariviere - Assistive Technology Computer Specialist

Skyline College

  • Christopher Weidman - Instructional Aide II, ASLT
  • Kim Saccio - Assistive Computer Technology Specialist, EAC
  • Cherie Colin - Director, Marketing, Communications and Public Relations
  • Connor Fitzpatrick - Communications Manager
  • Hariklia Frangos - Web Programmer Analyst

Accessibility References

  1. W3C accessibility guidelines, which explains the reasons behind each guideline.
  2. U.S. Federal Government Section 508 accessibility guidelines.
  3.  World Wide Web Consortium (W3C)

Accessibility Software

  1. JAWS, a screen reader for Windows. A time-limited, downloadable demo is available.

  2. VoiceOver - VoiceOver is a screen reader built into Apple Inc.'s macOS, iOS, tvOS, watchOS, and iPod operating systems

Accessibility Services

  1. WAVE, a free service from WebAIM to analyze web pages for compliance to accessibility guidelines.
  2. HTML Validator, a free service for checking that web pages conform to published HTML standards.
  3. Functional Accessibility Evaluator - F.A.E. (web-based, free)

Related Resources

  1. WebAIM, a non-profit organization dedicated to improving accessibility to online learning materials.