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Web Accessibility Help

There are various types of physical disabilities that impact user interaction on the web. Vision loss, hearing loss, limited manual dexterity, and cognitive disabilities are examples, with each having different means by which to access electronic information effectively. The goal of the University of Memphis is to provide a good web experience for all visitors. Resources below will help when developing great web pages in keeping with web accessibility requirements.

Consistent Layout / Appearance

  • Clean, Simple and Consistent: Our web site uses simple information architecture with uniform navigation and reliable headings throughout. Content layout is consistent on every page.
  • Style Sheets: Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) are used for content layout and graphical elements; color, font styles, custom titles and subtitles, etc. Using CSS for styling keeps our HTML clean, streamlined, easier to maintain, and it downloads faster. Style sheets can be replaced by the user's own styles.
  • To turn CSS off, and access the content without any formatting, download and install the Firefox Web Developer toolbar . With these toolbars turning CSS on and off is just a click away, plus they offer many other helpful tools. If you use a different browser, do an Internet search for accessibility for your particular browser.
  • Accessible Via Mouse or Keyboard: You can use the mouse or keyboard to navigate through our information. The tab key will move the cursor from link to link.

Alt Tags

Images and objects include alternative or HTML ALT tags supplying information about images and objects.

  • Images With Alternative Text: Photographs and other relevant images on the site are accompanied by alternative text (the ALT tag.) Alt tags provide a written description of the image, which is accessible to screen readers, and it is visible when the mouse is placed over the image. This is also useful for people who have images turned off on their browser, in which case description will display where the image used to be.

Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) Web Accessibility Tutorials provides help ensuring Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) compliance with Complex Images.

Plug-in Downloads

The University of Memphis web site may include numerous different formats of files that require external applications called plug-ins in order to view them. Some formats include PDF, DOC, XLS, PPT, Flash and more. Listed below are plug-ins you may wish to download in order to view such files.

Web Forms

Web forms include <FIELDSET> and <LABEL> tags to distinguish association of form elements.

If you have difficulty accessing any material on this site because of a disability, please contact TN.gov Webmaster .