Accessibility statement

GeoJag is built for every student in a classroom, including students with disabilities. Our goal is to meet the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.1 at Level AA, the standard that the U.S. Department of Justice's 2024 ADA Title II rule sets for public schools' web content.

Current status: partially conforms. Most of GeoJag meets WCAG 2.1 AA. A few map-based tasks don't yet have a full non-visual equivalent. Those are listed below, along with what we're doing about them.

What works today

• Keyboard play. Every button, menu, lesson, and question works with a keyboard. Press 1–9 to pick an answer. In Coordinate Hunter, the arrow keys move your pin and Enter locks it in. In the Daily Challenge's map step, the arrow keys move a marker and Enter picks the country under it.
• Screen reader support. Pages use real headings, labels, and buttons. Map tasks announce the pin's latitude and longitude as it moves, and answers and feedback are announced.
• Contrast. Text and controls are checked against WCAG AA contrast in both light and dark mode.
• Zoom and small screens. Pages reflow for phone-width screens and when zoomed in, without sideways scrolling.
• Motion and sound. Animations and confetti turn off when a device's "reduce motion" setting is on. Sound effects are off until a student turns them on, and no task needs sound.
• Learning supports. Teachers can turn on read aloud, a glossary, fewer answer choices, no timer, shorter missions, and skipping the map-finding step for individual students.
• Time. Missions aren't timed. The Daily Challenge clock can be turned off for any student.

Known limitations

• Finding a country on a map. The Daily Challenge's map step asks students to recognize a country's shape and location. Keyboard users can do it, but for students who are blind there's no equivalent yet. Teachers can turn on the Skip map-finding support for these students, which adds a Skip button with full points. The Daily Challenge doesn't affect standards mastery.
• Flag Match. The question asks students to recognize a flag by sight, so the flags can't have text descriptions during the question without giving away the answer. The flag's description is shown after the student answers.
• Mission maps. Maps that show migration routes and results are visual. The same information is always in the text of each question and its feedback.
• Screen reader testing. We test with automated tools (axe-core) on every page and by keyboard, but we haven't yet finished testing with JAWS, NVDA, and VoiceOver. We'll update this page when we do.

Report a barrier

If something in GeoJag doesn't work for you or a student, please tell us at . Include the page and what happened. We aim to reply within 5 business days, and we'll work with schools on an accessible alternative while we fix it.

Schools that need more detail for a purchase review can ask us about any WCAG 2.1 criterion.

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