Riverside Adult College

A course catalog that passes an accessibility audit

A community college rebuilt its course catalog so every course can be found, read and applied for with a keyboard or a screen reader.

Client
Riverside Adult College
Sector
Education
Year
2023
Built with
Django, PostgreSQL
A large training room with long rows of wooden tables and chairs facing a window wall

Results

  • 0

    WCAG 2.2 AA issues

    Before: 214

  • 73%

    Online applications

    Before: 48%

The brief

Riverside runs 300 evening and weekend courses. Its catalog failed an accessibility audit with 214 issues, and many students applied on paper because the online form timed out.

What we built

A new catalog on Django, connected to the college’s student records system, with course search by subject, day and campus. The application form saves as you go and works with a keyboard and screen readers.

After launch

The catalog passed the college’s own audit with no issues. Three in four applications now arrive online.