Accessibility Statement for Marketplace® Simulations
Our Commitment
At Marketplace® Simulations, we are fully committed to providing a rewarding experience for all students where they can easily, equally, and independently engage with our simulations. Our development team makes a continual effort to revise and maintain the accessibility of all Marketplace products. We have thoroughly tested our simulation and collaborated with the disabled community to ensure a good experience.
Standards Compliance
Our conformance goal is level AA of the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.0 and Section 508 of the Rehabilitation Act. These guidelines explain how to make web content more accessible for people with disabilities.
Simulations designed by Marketplace are made using standards compliant HTML and CSS code, so our product will be compliant on any browser. If you would like to see full details on how we achieve compliance, view our completed Voluntary Product Accessibility Template (VPAT).
Known Accessibility Issues
Marketplace Simulations are designed to meet current 508 standards; however, we are aware of some products and supplementary content that still needs to be addressed. We are currently working to improve the accessibility of our products by the below timeline. We are also in the process of upgrading our conformance goal to WCAG 2.1 AA.
Our products and their accessibility status
| Product and Description | Issues to Improve | Timeline for Improvement |
|---|---|---|
| Marketplace Student Software Our family of Student-focused games. | Designed and developed to comply with WCAG 2.0 AA/Section 508. Reports exported from the simulation to Excel are not completely compliant due to a third party code library not being compliant. For details and workarounds see our Voluntary Product Accessibility Template (VPAT). | Completed |
| Marketplace Instructor Software Dashboard for instructors, with tools for managing students and teams. | Lacks alt text. Not optimized for keyboard-only navigation, screen reader navigation, or text contrast. | By June 2023 |
The Management of Strategy in the Marketplace Optional PDF textbook add-on. | Not optimized for screen reader navigation. Future editions of the textbook will be compliant. | TBD |
| Marketplace Microsimulations® Student Software Short educational exercises available as a standalone tool, or optionally included in Marketplace. | Designed and developed to comply with WCAG 2.1 AA and Section 508. Requires full audit with VPAT pending. | By Jan 2023 |
| Marketplace Microsimulations® Instructor Software Management dashboard for instructors using Microsimulations stand-alone. | Lacks alt text. Not optimized for keyboard-only navigation, screen reader navigation, or text contrast. | By June 2023 |
| Sales website for Marketplace products | Lacks alt text. Not audited for keyboard-only navigation, screen reader navigation, or text contrast. If you would like alternate accommodation, please email [email protected], or call support directly at +1 (865) 522-1946. | By June 2023 |
Contact Us
We welcome feedback on the accessibility of our products. If you have any questions or feedback regarding accessibility, please fill out a support ticket, or call support directly at +1 (865) 522-1946.
Last revised 10/27/2022