Section 508 of the Rehabilitation Act - E-News - SkillSoft Corp. first to comply - Brief Article

T+D, March, 2002

E-learning supplier SkillSoft has become the first large courseware provider to announce compliance with Section 508 of the Rehabilitation Act. SkillSoft recently upgraded 373 business-skills courses to be accessible by people with vision, hearing, or motor skill impairments. The company plans to make all current and future English-language courses Section 508-compliant by early 2002.

Says Chuck Moran, 1SkillSoft president and CEO, "The goal of Section 508 is in keeping with the overarching promise of e-learning--to help organizations democratize training and give all employees accessibility to training and development opportunities anywhere, anytime."