Information for DSA Assessors

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Our site is built with accessibility in mind and we seek to adhere to the WACG AA levels of compliance for digital accessibility. To support that we have provided instructions on managing animations below.

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Animations & Interaction

The Leeds Beckett University website occasionally uses animations to page elements and animated gifs to add impact to pages. If you wish to stop them from playing for accessibility purposes or for personal preference then please see the guidance below. Please note that browsers sometimes change how they operate, so please refer to your browser help files to find their latest information.
How do I turn off animations?

Chrome

Chrome users will need to use browser extensions. Animation Policy from Google will help you set your own preferences.

Microsoft Edge

There is currently no way to disable animations within Microsoft Edge. Users of Edge (Chromium) browser can install the Chrome extensions above and use them.

Internet Explorer

To stop animations on a single page you can just press the 'Esc' key. This will stop the animation on that page. If you wish to restart the animations you need to refresh the page. To permanently disable the playing of animated GIF images, open Internet Options > Advanced tab. Under the Multimedia section, uncheck the Play animations in webpage check-box, click Apply and Exit and then restart your computer.

Firefox

Type about:config in Firefox address bar and hit Enter to open Settings. Search for the image.animation_mode flag and change its value from Normal to None. Once you restart Firefox this will disable animations.

Helpful information

NMH rates

Student Money and Advice have set up a fund to assist those students who may struggle to pay the £200 contribution towards a DSA computer. Students may be eligible to apply, if their household income is less than £25,000 per annum and they are in receipt of the full maintenance loan.

Students who think they are eligible and have received a copy of a DSA award letter are advised to complete the brief online application form (link below).

Leeds Beckett students only.

MyHub

Leeds Beckett University can provide our students with free downloads of MS Office 365.

MS Office 365 download

Leeds Beckett University provides the following software on university computers. However, these packages are only available for students to use on campus.

Mind mapping software: Mind View and Inspiration
Study skills software: Read and Write, Claro read and Pro-Study
Lecture recording software: Audio notetaker. This software is only available in the Disabled Resource Areas in each library
Screen reader and magnification software: Jaws, Zoomtext and SuperNova

Screen reader and magnification software is only available in the Disabled Resource Areas in each library.

The Library

Disabled students are encouraged to contact the Disability Advice team to discuss the support available at Leeds Beckett University.

Students can contact Disability Advice on:

disabilityadvice@leedsbeckett.ac.uk
0113 812 5831

Disability advice

For more information about individual courses, please see our course handbooks.

A Disabled Resource Area is available at the City and Headingley campuses. Students must be registered with Disability Advice in order to access the

Disability Resource Areas. If students would like an induction to the Disability Resource Areas, they can contact the Learning Support Officer.

Leeds Beckett University has lecture capture facilities in teaching spaces that are utilised by some staff on an ‘opt in’ basis. There are no lecture capture facilities available in other study spaces, for example, group study rooms, tutorial rooms.

The Student Wellbeing Team offers a free and confidential service aimed at providing you with information, practical and therapeutic support to help you manage any difficulties you are experiencing.

To register or arrange your first appointment with the Wellbeing team, please complete our online registration form via MyHub. It just takes a few minutes.

Student wellbeing

Disability Advice

Our Disability Advice Phone Line is open Monday to Friday 9:00am – 4:00pm. If you wish to speak to a member of our team outside of these hours please use our Call Back form and we will try to get back to you within two working days.