RSCs – Stimulating and Supporting Innovation in Learning
RSCs – Stimulating and Supporting Innovation in Learning
We have endeavoured to make this site usable and accessible. We would like all visitors to be able find the information they are looking for quickly and easily. If you find a problem in using this site, please let us know. External links will open in a new browser window.
Usability and Accessibility features of the RSC Wales site
When using this site, you will find a number of features that will help
you to find the information you are looking for:
Finding your place in the site
The navigation menus on the left and top of all pages shows each section
of the site. If a section has more than one page you will find these links
via the section index page. Breadcrumbs are used to assist you in finding
your place within each section. We feel it is unnecessary to use Access
Keys in view of the navigation design. In most cases, external links will
open in a new browser window.
Returning to the home page
When you want to return to the home page, you can click on the Home Link
(at the top of the navigation on every page).
Increasing the size of the text
If you prefer the font size on the web pages to be larger or smaller, you
can control this using your browser settings. Most browsers allow you to
change the size of the font displayed on the screen either permanently or
temporarily. How you increase the font depends upon what browser you are
using. Examples of how to increase or decrease fonts in several popular
browsers follows:
Internet Explorer
Opera
Netscape
Internet Explorer Version 5.5 and above:
Provides 5 font sizes (largest, larger, medium, smaller, and smallest).
Medium is the default size.
You change font size by:
selecting View from the menu bar, and,
selecting Text Size from the View menu, then,
select the size you want from the list.
Or
press and hold the "Alt" key, then
type "V" and "X", then
release "Alt" key, then
select the size you want from the list
The font size you select will remain in effect until you select a different size.
Opera Version 6.0 and above
You increase or decrease the displayed font size by:
press and hold the "Alt" key, then
type "V" and "Z", then
release "Alt" key, then
select the size you want from the list
If you have a wheel on your mouse you can also increase and decrease the
size of the text by:
press and hold the "CTRL" key, then move the wheel up and down
to change the size of the text.
Netscape Navigator Version 4.7x and above
Allows users to increase or decrease font size with shortcut keys.
To increase the displayed font size:
hold down the "Ctrl" key and press the "]" key.
Font size will increase immediately.
If you want to increase the size further simply press the "]"
key while still holding down the "Ctrl" key.
To decrease the displayed font size:
hold down the "Ctrl" key and press the "[" key.
The font size will decrease immediately.
If you want to decrease the size further simply press the "["
key while still holding down the "Ctrl" key.
Your selected font size will remain in effect until you close Netscape.
Visit your browser's help feature for additional information on this and other browser related topics.
Skipping the navigation
If you are using an audio browser and don't wish to have the navigation
read out to you on any page, we have included a 'skip navigation' link as
one of the first entries on the page. If you select this link you will be
taken straight to the page heading, and then the page content.
Accessibility & usability standards
Making a site accessible to everyone who wants to use it is important, and
we have tried to ensure that our site is completely accessible to all. We
endeavour to test both the layout and content of our site to conform to
W3C standards. If you find a page that does not conform to the standards
below then please advise us.
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This site uses CSS and XHTML 1.0 Transitional and in our opinion conforms with level Double-A of the WCAG.
Most pages on this site support XHTML 1.0 Transitional [Extensible HyperText Markup Language version 1.0 transitional DTD].
The valid pages that have been tested against the standards given by World Wide Web Consortium [www.w3c.org] warrant the appropriate W3C icon.
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Most pages on this site features CSS [Cascading Style Sheets]. Some browsers do not support all features in CSS and as a consequence you might experience irregularities in the design.
The most common browsers who are known to cause trouble are:
Microsoft Internet Explorer 4.x
Netscape Navigator 4.x
Opera 3.5
Any older versions of the above mentioned
Netscape Navigator/Communicator 4.x users are deliberately excluded from
some features due to the poor support for Cascading Style Sheets. Netscape
has released a new version (6.01), which supports CSS.
The valid pages that have been tested for conformance against the standards given by World Wide Web Consortium [www.w3c.org] warrant the icon W3C CSS
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This site has been evaluated on the basis of Priority 1 and 2 items in the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) and warrants the icon W3C AA
Pages bearing this logo indicate a claim of conformance by the page author or content provider to conformance level Double-A of the W3C Web Content Accessibility Guidelines 1.0, including all Priority 1 and Priority 2 checkpoints defined in the Guidelines. The Web Content Accessibility Guidelines 1.0 explain how to make Web content accessible to people with disabilities. Conformance to these Guidelines will help make the Web more accessible to users with disabilities and will benefit all users. We feel it unecessary to display the W3C icons on every page in our site to demonstrate this.
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With thanks to TechDis for advice
on Accessibility Statement.
