Website Policies

Statement date: 14.05.2024

Conformance Status

The Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) defines requirements for designers and developers to improve accessibility for people with disabilities. It defines three levels of conformance: Level A, Level AA, and Level AAA.

The IADT Website is partially conformant with WCAG 2.1 level AA. Partially conformant means that some parts of the content do not fully conform to the accessibility standard. We have added details below of where the website is not compliant.

Compatibility with Browsers and Assistive Technology

IADT Website is designed to be compatible with the following assistive technologies:

• Windows: Narrator
• Mac OS: VoiceOver
• Android: Talkback
• Apple iOS: VoiceOver

Technical Specifications

Accessibility of IADT Website relies on the following technologies to work with the particular combination of web browser and any assistive technologies or plugins installed on your computer:

• HTML
• WAI-ARIA
• CSS
• JavaScript

These technologies are relied upon for conformance with the accessibility standards used.

Limitations and Alternatives

Despite our best efforts to ensure accessibility of IADT Website, there may be some limitations. Below is a description of known limitations, and potential solutions. Please contact us if you observe an issue not listed below. Our contact information is in the Feedback section below.

Known Limitations for IADT Website:

PDF Accessibility

PDF’s uploaded to our website are not yet fully compliant. We are looking towards training our staff to create accessible PDF’s going forwards. Please contact us if you require an accessible version of any of our PDF’s and we will reach out to you.

IADT Sub Domains

While we strive to be as compliant as possible, our efforts have been focused on the main IADT website. Sub domains such as https://library.iadt.ie/ have not been reviewed.

Assessment Approach

IADT assessed the accessibility of IADT Website by the following approaches:

External evaluation – we used the AXE Monitoring system to assess our accessibility compliance.

• AXE Monitoring Starting score: 3.54%
• AXE Monitoring current score: 82.42%*

*The issues detailed in the ‘Known limitations’ section above are preventing a 100% compliance score.

Technical specifications
Accessibility of IADT relies on the following technologies to work with the particular combination of web browser and any assistive technologies or plugins installed on your computer:

HTML
CSS
JavaScript

These technologies are relied upon for conformance with the accessibility standards used.

Social Media Protocol for the Institute of Art, Design + Technology (IADT)

Facebook

We welcome comments and interactions on the IADT Facebook page. However, please note that:

• Any offensive or inappropriate comments / content will be removed.
• People who repeatedly post offensive or inappropriate comments will be blocked.
• We monitor our Facebook page during normal working hours (Monday to Friday), and endeavour to respond to any comments or queries from users within 24 hours.

Instagram & Twitter

We welcome you to follow us on Instagram (@myiadt) and Twitter (@myiadt). On these channels you can expect updates covering some or all of the following:

• Information about courses at IADT.
• Information about our Open Days and events at IADT.
• Details of activities taking place on our campus.
• Posts about the work and achievements of our students, alumni and our staff.
• Occasional posts about external events / initiatives that we feel may be of interest to our followers.

Retweets and Reposts are not endorsements; if we retweet or repost something, it is because we feel it is of potential interest to our followers.

Who We Follow

If you follow us, we will not automatically follow you back. This is to help our followers easily identify other Twitter accounts that we are following, such as other third-level institutions and accounts of particular relevance.

@Replies and Direct Messages

We welcome feedback from our followers and try to join the conversation, where possible.  However, we may not be able to reply individually to all the messages we receive via Twitter. The best way to contact us is via info@iadt.ie or via our CHAT function on our website www.iadt.ie.

Availability

Facebook and Twitter may occasionally be unavailable and we accept no responsibility for lack of service due to downtime.