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Accessibility

Revised: 4/17/2023

Vocareum believes strongly in preserving free speech and expression for our instructors and students as well as academic freedom for our partner institutions. We want to make sure that all of our students and instructors feel safe and comfortable while using our Services. We have drafted this acceptable use policy (“Acceptable Use Policy”) to ensure that people understand our expectations when participating in our online community and otherwise using our Services. Vocareum reserves the right to remove or edit any content or activity in violation of this Acceptable Use Policy or suspend, disable, or terminate a user’s access to all or part of the Services. This Acceptable Use Policy applies along with our Terms of Use and Privacy Policy.  Any terms defined in such other documents shall apply as defined in this Acceptable Use Policy.


You agree not to do any of the following:


  • Use the Services in any way, or post, upload, publish, submit or transmit any User Content, that: (i) infringes, misappropriates or violates a third party’s patent, copyright, trademark, trade secret, moral rights or other intellectual property rights, or rights of publicity,  privacy or confidentiality; (ii) violates, or encourages any conduct that would violate, any applicable law or regulation or would give rise to civil liability; (iii) is fraudulent, false, misleading or deceptive; (iv) is defamatory, obscene, pornographic, vulgar or offensive; (v) promotes discrimination, bigotry, racism, hatred, harassment or harm against any individual or group; (vi) is violent or threatening or promotes violence or actions that creates a genuine risk of physical injury or property damage, credibly threatens people or public safety, or organizes or encourages harm; or (vii) promotes illegal or harmful activities or substances.
  • Use, display, mirror or frame the Services or any individual element within the Services, Vocareum’s name, any Vocareum trademark or logo, or the layout and design of any page or form contained on a page of the Services, without Vocareum’s express written consent;
  • Use any meta tags or other hidden text or metadata utilizing a Vocareum trademark, logo, URL or product name without Vocareum’s express written consent;
  • Access, tamper with, or use non-public areas of the Services, Vocareum’s computer systems, or the technical delivery systems of Vocareum’s providers;
  • Attempt to probe, scan or test the vulnerability of any Vocareum system or network or breach any security or authentication measures;
  • Avoid, bypass, remove, deactivate, impair, descramble or otherwise circumvent any technological measure implemented by Vocareum or any of Vocareum’s providers or any other third party (including another user) to protect the Services or Content;
  • Attempt to access or search the Services or Content or download Content from the Services through the use of any engine, software, tool, agent, device or mechanism (including spiders, robots, crawlers, data mining tools or the like) other than the software or search agents provided by Vocareum or other generally available third-party web browsers;
  • Use the Services to send any unsolicited or unauthorized advertising, promotional materials, email, junk mail, spam, chain letters or other form of solicitation;
  • Collect or store any personally identifiable information from the Services from other users of the Services without their express permission;
  • Impersonate or misrepresent your affiliation with any person or entity;
  • Violate any applicable law or regulation, or promote or endorse any illegal activity. User acknowledges and agrees to comply with all applicable export control and economic sanctions laws, including those of the United States, in connection with its use of the Vocareum platform. Specifically, Customer shall not export, re-export, transfer, disclose,or release technical data via the platform to any destination, entity, or person prohibited by applicable laws. Furthermore, Customer agrees not to provide services on the platform in violation of any economic sanctions law, including the comprehensive sanctions targeting Cuba, Iran, North Korea, Syria, and Russian-controlled areas of Ukraine, which currently include the Crimea, Donetsk, and Luhansk regions. This clause shall survive the termination or expiration of this Agreement; or
  • Encourage or enable any other individual to do any of the foregoing.

Accessibility Statement and Digital Property Disclaimer

Vocareum Course is committed to making the digital property accessible to all users, including those with disabilities. Our goal is to provide an accessible digital property that conforms to Section 508 Guidelines and the World Wide Web Consortium’s Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.1 Level AA. Some existing content may not be in compliance, and some content may meet only the minimum required compliance standards. This will be resolved as we continue our efforts to monitor and maintain acceptable compliance levels.

We continue to make every effort to test the digital property and to remove barriers that prevent persons with disabilities from interacting with or accessing information made available on our website. If we become aware of content that does not conform to the WCAG 2.1 Level AA standards, we will make every reasonably good faith effort to make the content conform.

While we strive to adhere to the accepted guidelines and standards for accessibility and usability, it is not always possible to do so in all areas of the digital property, particularly as it relates to content by third parties. Vocareum, Inc. is not responsible for ensuring that third-party content, software/tools, widgets, Add-ins, APIs, etc., which are not owned by Vocareum, Inc. but are otherwise located on or linked to the Vocareum, Inc. digital property, conform to WCAG 2.1 Level AA, and shall not be liable if they are inaccessible to individuals with disabilities.

While this policy does provide the standard for individuals with disabilities to access digital property-based information, this policy cannot anticipate every accessibility need, due to known limitations of existing technology. There may be other circumstances, independent of technology that may limit the accessibility of the Vocareum, Inc.

Ongoing Efforts to Ensure Accessible Content:

Vocareum, Inc. uses the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) version 2.1 as its guiding principle. As we develop new pages and functionality, the principles of accessible design and development are an integral part of conception and realization.

We continually test content and features for WCAG 2.1 Level AA compliance and remediate any issues to ensure we meet or exceed the standards. Testing of our digital content is performed by our accessibility experts using automated testing, screen readers, a color contrast analyzer, keyboard-only navigation techniques, and a variety of bookmarklets.

Summary of Accessibility Features

  • Navigational aids are provided on all pages. Skip navigation links have been incorporated to facilitate keyboard navigation and to bypass groups of links on a page and jump directly to main content.
  • The title attribute has been used to make linked text more meaningful or to indicate if the link opens a new browser window.
  • Type ahead search results are announced automatically.
  • Radio buttons are grouped together.

How Can We Help?

We welcome any comments, questions, or feedback on our site. If you notice aspects of our site that aren’t working for you or your assistive technology, please let us know.

Call us at: (408) 471-4114
Email us: support@voc.myproject100staging.com

We try to respond to feedback within five business days.

 

Please click the following link to download Vocareum’s 2023 VPAT.