Harvard Business Publishing is a platform delivering course materials to business educators and students around the world. The website helps educators select the right material to teach and deliver cases, articles, simulations and more to their students. Students use HBP to access course readings and activities.

Affected Users

Accessibility issues with HBP will primarily affect students and instructors with low vision, blindness and/or who use a screen reader, and students or instructors using keyboard navigation.

Known Accessibility Barriers

Barriers for Instructors

Instructors using only keyboard access may have difficulty with creating/managing course packs and accessing some of the custom settings.

Instructors using screen readers for blindness or low vision may have difficulty adding personal content to course packs and will be unable to use the drag and drop feature to reorganize materials.

Barriers for Students

Students with low vision using the zoom feature may find it difficult to locate their point of focus in the help center and several elements on the student homepage.

Students with colorblindness may not be able to distinguish several links in the application that rely solely on color to identify.

Alternate Access for Students

Instructors should offer the following option to students experiencing accessibility barriers with HBP:

If an instructor has a student with low vision, they should ensure that all materials are available through Canvas LMS rather than the student homepage and provide assistance if the student encounters problems with the help center.

If an instructor has a student with colorblindness, they should ensure that all necessary links are available or provide them in a separate location such as Canvas LMS.

Accommodations for Instructors

For instructors or staff using keyboard support or screen readers, a TA should assist with tasks and access related to course pack creation and settings customization.

Additional Support

If these workarounds are not sufficient to provide access for a specific individual, accommodations may be necessary. To address accommodation needs:
• For student(s), contact AccessibleNU at accessiblenu@northwestern.edu
• For faculty, staff, or the general public, contact the Office of Equity at accommodations@northwestern.edu