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Networking Academy Success Story

Accessible Courses Help All Students Succeed
Networking Academy students with visual, auditory, and physical limitations are taking advantage
of accessiblecourse versions to further their networking education.
“I’m confident that the CCNA
Discovery and CCNA Exploration
accessible courses will greatly
benefit our students and help
them succeed.”Cláudia Medronho Naumann,
Networking Academy Instructor

Cisco is committed to making its Cisco® Networking
®
Academy curricula accessible and usable by all students to
help them achieve their goals.In support of this commitment,
Networking Academy introduced new versions of the Cisco
®
CCNA Exploration and CCNA Discovery courses to
address the needs of students with visual, physical, orauditory limitations. As a result, graduates will be able to
pursue college degrees or IT careers that may otherwise
have been considered beyond their capabilities.

The accessible course versionsinclude tab and keyboard navigation; adjustable font size, type,
and color; and presentation options for media and content. The course and lab text, assessments,
and hands-on learning activitiesare all available in accessible format.
“Before the accessible content was available, the school had to special order an electronic book so
I could participate," recalls Katie Robinson, a NetworkingAcademy student at the Delaware Area
Career Center in Ohio. "I used to miss some of the content because of the graphics, but now I don't
miss any of it. The accessible CCNA Discovery curriculumgives me more options. I’m very happy.”
Visually impaired students can use
display options such as adjustable
font settings, or they can employ
media text transcriptions that are
compatible withscreen reading
software such as Freedom Scientific’s
JAWS. JAWS supports the CCNA
curricula in the following languages:
English, French, and Spanish.
Iain Murray, course coordinator for
the...