Accessibility Statement for Curriculum Support K-12
Access Keys
Access keys are keyboard shortcuts which allow the user to navigate around a website or program without using a mouse or other pointing device.
On Windows: press ‘ALT’ + ‘an access key’
On Macintosh: press ‘Control’ + ‘an access key’
Following is a list of Access Keys for navigation to parts of this website:
- Access Key 1 — Curriculum K-12 Home
- Access Key 2 — Skip to Main Content
- Access Key 3 — Department of Education and Training Home Page
- Access Key 9 — Contact Us
- Access Key 0 — Accessibility Statement
Navigation Aids
- The left hand navigation of this site is consistent throughout most of the site apart from in the customised documentation for the School Sports Unit which due to particular requirements uses breadcrumb navigation at the top
- You may skip to the main content area of any page by following the ‘Skip to Main Content’ link on top of any page
Text Resizing
This site uses relative font sizes, compatible with the user-specified ‘text size’ option in visual browsers. The recommended ‘text size’ for viewing this site in a visual browser is medium or 100%. To increase or decrease text size:
- CTRL ‘+’ makes text bigger
- CTRL ‘-’ makes text smaller
- CTRL ‘0’ resets text size
If you are using Macintosh please use the ‘Control’ key
Visual Design
- This site uses CSS for visual layout. For optimal viewing, it is recommended that you use a browser with CSS2 support, such as Mozilla Firefox
- The site has been tested and is functional in Internet Explorer 5.5, 6+, Mozilla, Firefox 1.0 and Opera on both Windows and Macintosh
- If your browser or browsing device does not support stylesheets, the content of each page will still be readable
- The first time an abbreviation or an acronym is used in a page, it is identified with a dotted or a dashed orange underline in visual browsers and when the user places their pointer over an abbreviation or acronym a tooltip will display the corresponding definition. When using assistive technology such as a screen reader the full definition for the abbreviation or acronym will be read out.
Accessibility References
Australian Government legislation requires websites both on the Internet and Intranet to be accessible. This helps provide ‘equal access to everybody’ including people with disabilities. These regulations are covered by: