Accessibility at Kova
Our commitment
Kova Technologies, Inc. wants every student, instructor and Club member to be able to learn and teach with Kova, including people who use a keyboard instead of a mouse, a screen reader, screen magnification or other assistive technology. We build accessibility into how we design and test each part of Kova, and we fix the barriers we know about on a published schedule.
Standards and conformance
Kova partially conforms to the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.2 at Level AA, which is the standard we design to. Partially conforms means most of Kova meets the standard and a few known parts do not yet; they are listed below with target dates.
Our Accessibility Conformance Report (VPAT 2.5, October 2026 release) covers WCAG 2.2 Level A and AA and the Revised Section 508 standards, criterion by criterion:
- WCAG 2.2 Level A: 22 of 32 criteria supported, 5 partially supported, 5 not applicable.
- WCAG 2.2 Level AA: 13 of 24 criteria supported, 8 partially supported, 3 not applicable.
Download the Accessibility Conformance Report (PDF)
Accessibility features in Kova
- Keyboard: signing in, building activities in Conjure, answering every question type (including drag and sort and ranking), grading, the AI agents, Lens presentations and simulations all work without a mouse. A Skip to content link and a visible focus ring are on every page.
- Screen readers: pages use headings, landmarks and labeled fields, and agent replies, saves, errors and time warnings are announced as they happen.
- Vision: light and dark themes that meet contrast requirements, a Text size setting that applies across Kova, and layouts that work at 200% zoom and on a phone-width screen.
- Motion: animations stop when your device's reduce-motion setting is on.
- Time: instructors can give a student extra time on timed activities - time and a half, double time or extra minutes. Only that student and the teaching team can see it, and every timed activity warns at 5 minutes and 1 minute left.
- Fewer mistakes: Kova asks before you submit work or leave a page with unsaved changes, and unfinished custom agents can be saved as drafts.
- Signing in: password managers and paste work, and you can sign in with a code sent by email.
- Accessible authoring: Conjure asks instructors for alt text when they add an image and builds activities from accessible building blocks.
Known limitations and our plan
These are the parts of Kova we know do not yet fully meet WCAG 2.2 Level AA, and when we plan to fix them. The Accessibility Conformance Report gives the detail for each one.
| Limitation | Target date |
|---|---|
| When an instructor turns on copy-and-paste protection, it applies to every student, including students who dictate or use word prediction. We are adding a per-student exemption. | |
| The browser tab title does not change while a simulation is open; adding a roster group opens a prompt and moves focus. | |
| A few elements have low contrast: an option in the Roles block, some text in activities in the dark theme, some Lens library and Lens Pulse controls, course section fields, and borders of AI-written answer choices. | |
| Some dense views need sideways scrolling on narrow screens or at 200% zoom (the grading detail, the Lens slide editor, Lens Pulse); the Lens comments list can shrink out of view; a notification card can cover the Send button in Agents & Workspace until it is dismissed. | |
| Tools that AI builds live in Lens, and Conjure activities, are not yet checked for accessibility automatically before students see them. | |
| Panels in Conjure page layouts can be moved with a pointer only by dragging (the arrow keys also move them); the checkboxes in Add from Canvas share one name. | |
| PDFs that AI agents create are tagged but do not yet meet PDF/UA. | |
| Kova has not yet been tested with screen readers (JAWS, NVDA and VoiceOver) or by people with disabilities. | |
| We do not yet have a dedicated accessibility contact; our support team answers accessibility questions. |
Content instructors and students create
Activities, documents, images and other material that instructors and students write or upload belong to their authors, and their accessibility depends on how they are made. Kova helps: Conjure prompts for alt text, builds activities from accessible building blocks, and plays every activity in an accessible player. If something an instructor has shared is not accessible to you, tell your instructor or contact us and we will help find an alternative.
How we test
We last evaluated Kova in October 2026, across about 100 screens in the light and dark themes:
- automated checks with axe-core against WCAG 2.0, 2.1 and 2.2 Level A and AA;
- keyboard-only walkthroughs of every area, including focus order, focus visibility and dialogs;
- measured color contrast, reflow at phone width, 200% zoom and increased text spacing;
- code review, with automated tests that guard each fix against regressions.
Testing with screen readers and with people with disabilities is next (see the table above), and its results may change what we report.
Feedback and help
If you run into a barrier in Kova, or need something in another format, email support@kovaedu.com. It helps to include:
- the page or activity you were using and what you were trying to do;
- the browser and any assistive technology you use (for example, a screen reader or magnifier).
We reply within 2 business days. If a barrier stops you from finishing coursework, say so and we will work with you and your instructor on an alternative.
This statement was last reviewed on October 7, 2026.