Accessibility Statement
How CourseWise LLC designs and tests CourseWise for users of assistive technology.
Target standard
CourseWise targets conformance with the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.1 at Level AA, which we treat as the working baseline for both K-12 and postsecondary deployments in the United States. This standard is the one referenced in Section 504 program access guidance, in Title II of the ADA, and in most state procurement requirements that apply to institutional buyers of educational software.
Current status
We have built the public marketing site, the authenticated student and teacher experiences, and the institutional administration views with semantic HTML, visible focus states, keyboard operability, and adjustable color and typography. The product runs on a current set of design primitives that produce consistent labels, headings, and landmarks. We test with screen readers (NVDA on Windows and VoiceOver on macOS and iOS) on each significant release and we verify color contrast against the 4.5:1 (normal text) and 3:1 (large text) thresholds as part of our visual review.
Known gaps
CourseWise is in active development and we are honest about the items still on the list. Known gaps as of the date above include: (i) rich-text editing in some discussion contexts does not yet expose a full toolbar to screen readers; (ii) a small number of complex data tables in the teacher analytics views are operable but do not yet emit row and column headers in the ideal pattern; and (iii) certain AI-generated learning materials are produced by a model that may not always honor reading-level or alt-text hints in source documents — teachers can review and edit those outputs before publishing. We track these in our internal accessibility backlog and prioritize them alongside other quality work.
Feedback
If you encounter a barrier using CourseWise — a control you cannot reach with the keyboard, content your screen reader cannot read, a contrast or sizing issue, or anything else — please tell us. Use our Data Requests page or write directly through the general contact form; either route is monitored and we will respond. Where reasonable we will provide an alternative means of access while we work on a fix.