Accessibility

Learning Experiences All Students Can Share. We’re working to make learning more accessible to everyone—because learning becomes a richer experience when every student participates.

Quality Learning Starts with Inclusivity

At Cengage Group, our goal is to deliver quality learning experiences to all learners.

Inclusivity is one of our core learning design principles. If a learning experience can’t be accessed by all learners, it doesn’t live up to our standard of quality learning.

Accessibility at Cengage Group

To us, accessibility means more than enabling every learner to use a product—it means being able to use that product in a way that delivers a meaningful learning experience and result.

Here’s a look at a few of the ways we’re working to make Cengage Group learning experiences accessible:

• Meeting internationally recognized standards for accessibility: We’re taking active steps to make sure our products adhere to WCAG 2.1 AA/Section 508
• Designing with inclusivity in mind: We’ve trained our teams to develop products with accessibility in mind by always considering the diversity of the learners we serve
• Going beyond accessibility audits and VPATs: We engage partners to continually review and evaluate the accessibility of our products
• Continued transparency: When it comes to accessibility, we’re transparent about where we’re at, what’s ahead of us and where we ultimately aspire to be

Here's How We Do It

Resources and Collaboration

• We have a team of accessibility specialists dedicated to supporting development teams and Disability Support Services Offices to help students and instructors who experience a barrier.
• We incorporate users with diverse abilities in our research and testing.
• Cross-functional working groups plan and implement accessibility initiatives.

Processes and Documentation

• We have created—and regularly update—guidelines and training material to support our teams in developing accessible learning solutions.
• We conduct accessibility checks throughout the development process.

External Engagements

• We have implemented processes in partnership with third-party vendors who assist in content remediation when accessibility issues are identified.
• We have engaged Perkins Access, a division of Perkins School for the Blind, to conduct accessibility evaluations of our key platforms, develop VPATs and provide ongoing consultation.

Let Us Know How We Can Help You Make Learning More Accessible

We’re not only working to make the newest Cengage Group products accessible to everyone—we’re working with you to help make our legacy offerings meet your needs.

Do you have a learner who is not able to access their course material? We have a team to support you.

Resources

We have a partnerships with NiMac to quickly provide alternate formats of our textbooks. If they are not available through our partner, we’ll provide them directly.

Services and Compliance

Accessibility Requests, Questions, Comments or Suggestions

To request accessibility documentation, alternate formats or to notify us of accessibility barriers identified in our products, complete the Cengage Group Online Request Form: Cengage Group Online Request Form

If you have a general question about accessibility or a comment or suggestion related to accessibility, send an email to the Cengage Group Accessibility team: Contact Accessibility

See our Alternate Format Requests page for additional information about requesting alternate formats for students and instructors with disabilities: Alternate Format Requests

Voluntary Product Accessibility Templates (VPATs)

Review and download existing platform Voluntary Product Accessibility Templates (VPATs):

Voluntary Product Accessibility Templates

Rights & Permissions

If you need to request rights and permissions to reuse Cengage Group copyrighted material that is unrelated to accessibility, visit the Cengage Group Rights and Permissions page:

Cengage Group Rights and Permissions