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--></style></head><body lang="EN-US" link="blue" vlink="purple"><div class="WordSection1"><p class="MsoNormal">An SSB <a href="https://www.ssbbartgroup.com/reference/index.php/Formal_and_High_Level_Audit_Comparison">formal audit</a> will identify the violations in your system against all relevant accessibility requirements. During a formal audit the system is tested using a combination of automatic, manual and use case testing with the leading assistive technologies by engineers with disabilities. The formal audit provides independent verification and validation (IV&V) of the application/website and obligates SSB to work with our clients to defend any claims of compliance challenged by end customers. The written report for a formal audit consists of a general audit report accompanied by a series of appendices. The deliverables for a formal audit include:</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p><b><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#333333">Audit</span></b><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#333333"> – The Audit Report is the comprehensive report detailing the findings, violations, and compliance level of the tested application. It includes an Executive Summary, compliance metrics with the selected accessibility standards, product-specific examples of significant violations, and extensive technical documentation about every type of accessibility best practice that was violated. These examples and best practice descriptions include generic examples of compliant and non-compliant code, recommendations (including specific syntax), and the specific accessibility paragraph or checkpoint it falls under. </span></p>
<p><b><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#333333">Appendix A</span></b><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#333333"> – The Modules by Total Violation document lists the module name and the number of violations on each module. </span></p>
<p><b><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#333333">Appendix B</span></b><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#333333"> – The Modules Detail document depicts what violations are in each module. In short, this appendix is a detail of Appendix A. The details may include a short description, whether it is part of a violation pattern, and the line number of the rendered HTML page source. </span></p>
<p><b><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#333333">Appendix C</span></b><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#333333"> – The Violations by Priority appendix displays the severity, frequency, noticeability, and tractability (i.e. the typical degree of difficulty to fix) of each discovered violation. These factors are combined to establish a rough prioritization of the discovered violations. The violations are ranked on a scale from 1 (lowest) to 10 (highest), which offers a gauge of the development effort that may be required to remediate the problems.</span></p>
<p><b><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#333333">Appendix D</span></b><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#333333"> – The Use Case Results appendix documents the use cases that are meant to define the core functionality that is in use within the application and the results from the testing of these use cases. Accessibility problems that were encountered at any step of any use case are identified, along with any relevant AT-specific settings or notes. The results of each use case are ranked on a scale of 1 (lowest, meaning the use case was a total failure that could not be completed) to 5 (highest, completely successful). As with the manual testing, violation patterns are also identified, as well as AT-specific compatibility and configuration issues. </span></p>
<p><b><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#333333">Appendix E</span></b><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#333333"> – The Module List document lists and illustrates the modules that are tested. This ensures that the client’s developers and testers can cross-reference each module with the problems documented in Appendices A and B. </span></p>
<p><b><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#333333">Appendix F</span></b><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#333333"> – The Violation Patterns table describes accessibility problems that are found on many, most, or all modules. It is a convenient alternative to, and a subset of, the much fuller Appendix B, which also includes the results from automated testing and problems that are found only on individual pages. A significant amount of analysis goes into the identification of these Patterns, which are typically used as the primary examples pictured and discussed in the main Audit Report.</span></p>
<p><b><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#333333">AMP Licenses Subscription</span></b><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#333333"> – SSB’s AMP User Licenses provide “Accessibility-on-Demand” for the development teams in a self-serviced, self-paced easy to comprehend format which drastically reduces the cost of administering an accessibility program. AMP is a web-based platform for the implementation and management of accessibility across enterprise-class development organizations spanning multiple development platforms, deployment environments, and user interface patterns.</span></p>
<p><b><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#333333">Voluntary Product Accessibility Template (VPAT)</span></b><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#333333"> – The VPAT provides the compliance level with each Section 508 paragraph. In addition to a formal “grade”, it also describes specific accessibility features, documentation, and some types of accessibility problems.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal">We have worked with several postsecondary educational institutions as well as purveyors of leading LMS systems to implement accessibility. If we can be of assistance to you, don’t hesitate to <a href="https://www.ssbbartgroup.com/contact.php">contact us</a>.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal">Sam Joehl</p><p class="MsoNormal">SSB BART Group</p><p class="MsoNormal"><a href="mailto:Sam.joehl@ssbbartgroup.com">Sam.joehl@ssbbartgroup.com</a></p><p class="MsoNormal">Accessibility-On-Demand</p>
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