{"id":15532,"date":"2023-04-03T20:14:07","date_gmt":"2023-04-03T20:14:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/blackboardhelp\/?page_id=15532"},"modified":"2025-09-02T19:51:15","modified_gmt":"2025-09-02T19:51:15","slug":"accessibility-and-privacy-statements","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/blackboardhelp\/accessibility-and-privacy-statements\/","title":{"rendered":"Accessibility and Privacy Policy Statements"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"15532\" class=\"elementor elementor-15532\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-f4ed69a elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"f4ed69a\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-a53c6a7\" data-id=\"a53c6a7\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ee20677 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"ee20677\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>This blog page aims to provide transparency and accessibility to our users by compiling <strong>Accessibility<\/strong> and <strong>Privacy Policy<\/strong> statements for the tools and systems we use in our university. We hope that this resource will help our students and staff make informed decisions about the tools and systems they use and promote an inclusive and secure learning environment for all.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-b699978 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"b699978\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-01d7105\" data-id=\"01d7105\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\" data-settings=\"{&quot;animation&quot;:&quot;none&quot;,&quot;animation_delay&quot;:&quot;1000&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2b177b3 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"2b177b3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Accessibility statements<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-29ccba0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"29ccba0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul><li><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/blackboardhelp\/accessibility-statement\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Blackboard<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><span class=\"ui-provider gy b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z ab ac ae af ag ah ai aj ak\" dir=\"ltr\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\"><a href=\"https:\/\/evasys.de\/en\/surveys-testing-evasys-evaexam\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Evasys<\/a><\/span> &#8211; Student module Evaluation<\/span><\/li><li><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.labster.com\/accessibility\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Labster<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/blackboardhelp\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/41\/2025\/09\/Accessibility-LearnWise.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">LearnWise<\/span><\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/support.microsoft.com\/en-us\/office\/screen-reader-support-for-microsoft-teams-d12ee53f-d15f-445e-be8d-f0ba2c5ee68f\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">Microsoft Teams<\/span><\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/legal.padlet.com\/accessibility\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">Padlet<\/span><\/a><\/li><li><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.westminster.ac.uk\/about-us\/our-university\/corporate-information\/policies-and-documents-a-z\/accessibility-statements-for-university-websites\/university-of-westminster-accessibility-statement-for-panopto\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-family: inherit;font-size: 1rem;text-decoration: underline\">Panopto<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/li><li><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.polleverywhere.com\/accessibility\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Poll Everywhere<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.goqwickly.com\/accessibility\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\"><span dir=\"ltr\">Quickly<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.turnitin.com\/about\/accessibility\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">Turnitin<\/span><\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/voicethread.com\/about\/features\/accessibility\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">VoiceThread\u00a0<\/span><\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/make.wordpress.org\/accessibility\/handbook\/best-practices\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">WordPress<\/span><\/a><\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0c23621 elementor-button-info elementor-align-center elementor-mobile-align-center elementor-widget__width-auto elementor-invisible elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"0c23621\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_animation&quot;:&quot;zoomIn&quot;,&quot;_animation_delay&quot;:&quot;1000&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-button-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-button elementor-button-link elementor-size-sm elementor-animation-shrink\" href=\"http:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/blackboardhelp\/contact\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-text\">get in touch<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-b4643b2\" data-id=\"b4643b2\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\" data-settings=\"{&quot;animation&quot;:&quot;none&quot;,&quot;animation_delay&quot;:&quot;1250&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5983ddc elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"5983ddc\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Privacy  Policy Statements<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0a6383c elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"0a6383c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul><li><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.anthology.com\/trust-center\/privacy-statement\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Blackboard<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><span class=\"ui-provider gy b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z ab ac ae af ag ah ai aj ak\" dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/evasys.co.uk\/privacy-policy\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">Evasys<\/span><\/a> <span style=\"color: #808080\">&#8211; Student module Evaluation<\/span><\/span><\/li><li><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.labster.com\/privacy-policy\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Labster<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/learn.microsoft.com\/en-us\/microsoftteams\/teams-privacy\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">Microsoft Teams<\/span><\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/blackboardhelp\/padlet-privacy\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">Padlet<\/span><\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.panopto.com\/privacy\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\"><span style=\"font-family: inherit;font-size: 1rem;text-decoration: underline\">Panopto<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/li><li><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.polleverywhere.com\/privacy-policy\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Poll Everywhere<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.goqwickly.com\/privacy\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span dir=\"ltr\">Quickly<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/help.turnitin.com\/Privacy_and_Security\/Privacy_and_Security.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">Turnitin<\/span><\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/voicethread.com\/privacy\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">VoiceThread<\/span><\/a>\u00a0<\/li><li><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/blackboardhelp\/learnwise-in-vle-ai-module-assistant-privacy-statement\/\">Learnwise \u2018in VLE\u2019 AI Module Assistant<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/about\/privacy\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">WordPress<\/span><\/a><\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This blog page aims to provide transparency and accessibility to our users by compiling Accessibility and Privacy Policy statements for the tools and systems we use in our university. 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