Accessibility Statement
Hochschule Offenburg – University of Technology, Business and Media strives to ensure that its website and mobile applications comply with the provisions of the Federal Act on Equal Opportunities for Persons with Disabilities (BGG) as well as the “BITV 2.0 (amended on May 25, 2019)” the Accessible Information Technology Regulation (BITV 2.0) implementing “Directive (EU) 2019/882 of the European Parliament and of the Council of April 17, 2019 - (European Accessibility Act).”
The accessibility requirements are set forth in Sections 3(1) through (4) and Section 4 of the BITV 2.0, which was enacted on the basis of Section 12d of the BGG.
This accessibility statement applies to the websites of Hochschule Offenburg (https://www.hs-offenburg.de, etc.).
Status of Compliance with Requirements
Hochschule Offenburg strives to ensure that font sizes, colors, and contrasts are accessible and to make the website easy to use.
As a university with more than 10,000 pages and approximately 100 editors, we maintain a very extensive and diverse website; therefore, editorial oversights cannot be entirely avoided. If you encounter any accessibility issues, we would appreciate it if you could let us know.
A detailed BITV test is currently being prepared. Until the test results are available, the findings of a preliminary review will be published here.
Based on the current status of this review, the Hochschule Offenburg website does not fully meet accessibility requirements due to the points listed below. Some content on the website is not accessible.
Content that is not yet accessible, or is only partially accessible
The content listed below is not accessible for the following reasons:
Not all PDF, Word, Excel, or PowerPoint documents offered for download on the website are currently available in accessible formats.
For embedded video and audio files, audio descriptions, full-text alternatives, or subtitles are currently available only in exceptional cases.
In some cases, alternative text is not available for graphics, maps, or images.
In some cases, there may be errors in the page structure and heading hierarchy, or links may be unclear.
Some control elements lack descriptive elements.
Keyboard navigation is only partially possible.
Forms are only partially accessible.
Please use the features of your browser (e.g., font size) or screen-reading software.
If necessary, please contact the respective representatives listed on the web pages.
We are working on the necessary processes to continuously improve Hochschule Offenburg’s digital accessibility. This includes a comprehensive redesign of the website.
Preparation of This Accessibility Statement
This statement was prepared on October 20, 2020.
The statement was last reviewed on October 20, 2020.
Feedback and Contact Information
If you notice any issues regarding compliance with accessibility requirements, please contact us at webmaster@hs-offenburg.de.
You can obtain information about content exempt from the application of the Directive at webmaster@hs-offenburg.de.
The following entity is responsible for accessibility and for processing reports received through the feedback mechanism:
Hochschule Offenburg
Badstr. 24
77652 Offenburg
Email: info@hs-offenburg.de
Tel. (0781) 205-0
Fax. (0781) 205-333
Enforcement Proceedings
If you do not receive a response to your inquiry from Hochschule Offenburg within the deadline specified in § 8, sentence 1, of the L-BGG-DVO, or if our response is not satisfactory, you may contact the office of the State Commissioner for Persons with Disabilities of Baden-Württemberg within the framework of the ombudsman function described in § 14(2), second sentence, L-BGG and § 15(3), second sentence, L-BGG.
Please note the possibility of filing a class-action lawsuit under § 12(1), sentence 1, item 4 of the L-BGG.
Contact information for the enforcement office
State Commissioner for Persons with Disabilities
Simone Fischer
Else-Josenhans-Straße 6
70173 Stuttgart
Poststelle@bfbmb.bwl.de