Is your website turning people away?
There are lots of reasons for including accessibility in the design of your website. The best reason is that accessible websites are great for business:
- Governments are increasingly implementing accessibility standards for people with disabilities (e.g. U.S. Section 508 and the Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act)
- Major search engines favor accessible websites over those that aren't.
- At least 4.25 million Canadians live with some form of vision loss. If your site is incompatible with screen reading software and other adaptive technology solutions, you could be missing this audience.
- Accessible websites work better on PDAs, cell phones and similar devices.
- Accessible sites are also more usable sites, especially important for non-technical and older audiences. With demographic trends and the growing cohort of baby boomers, accessible sites reach many more customers.
CNIB Site Check Certification
Tell the world your website is on the cutting edge of accessibility!
CNIB’s Site Check Program is a unique and valued way to demonstrate your organization’s forward-thinking approach to barrier-free web design and your commitment to putting customers first.
After undergoing a CNIB website audit, you will receive a Site Check remediation report within your audit report. Remediation recommendations are those that will make your site accessible and compliant with the internationally recognized W3C WCAG 2.0 guidelines levels A and AA as well as the Section 508 of the U.S. rehabilitation act.
Organizations that choose to participate in the Site Check Program can have their website re-assessed by CNIB once the remediation requests have been addressed. Upon successful completion of this, your organization will then qualify for CNIB’s exclusive Site Check certification mark on your website. CNIB will also list your company and logo on our website as a Site Check recipient.
CNIB Site Check Certification Process
CNIB Site Check only certifies the *Top Pages that were audited. The same pages will be reviewed annually only if the pages have been updated with new content or functionality.
*Top Pages: The customer will submit minimum 25 URL’s to most frequently visited pages based on website analytics.
Optional: The client has the option of choosing and submitting 50% of the pages to be audited.
To qualify for Site Check: the organization must remediate all high priority accessibility recommendations in the audit report;
Guidelines: W3C WCAG 2.0 level A, AA Compliancy and Section 508 of the U.S. Rehabilitation Act
Usability: CNIB testers will also conduct a usability report with screen magnifier and screen reader users
Site Check Certification is renewable every year.
Audit / Usability review of only updated web pages in the original audit would be conducted before the renewal date.
Site Check Packages
The listed price of the Site Check Certification is valid for 1 year only and is a separate service from an Audit Review.
- Enterprise - $ 5,000
250 top pages
- Diamond - $ 3,500
100 top pages
- Platinum - $ 2,000
50 top pages
- Gold - $ 1,000
25 top pages
Site Check Clients
For further information on how we can help your accessibility needs visit our website at www.accesscontent.ca