Accessibility Statement

This accessibility statement applies to the Prompt Workbook of the Hamburg Center for University Teaching and Learning (HUL) at Universität Hamburg, published at hul-prompt-workbook.uni-hamburg.de, in both its German and English language versions.

Universität Hamburg strives to ensure digital accessibility for people with disabilities. Our goal is to provide a fully accessible website in keeping with the provisions of the Hamburg regulation on establishing accessible information technology for people with disabilities (Hamburgische Barrierefreie Informationstechnik-Verordnung, HmbBITVO) dated 10 September 2019.

Conformance status

The accessibility requirements are based on section 1 of the Hamburg Accessible Information Technology Ordinance (HmbBITVO) in conjunction with sections 3(1)–(4) and 4 of the Federal Accessible Information Technology Ordinance (BITV 2.0), issued on the basis of section 11 of the Hamburg Act on Equal Opportunities for Persons with Disabilities (HmbBGG).

This website is partially compliant with these requirements. The currently known non-compliances are listed below.

This classification is based on a self-assessment most recently carried out on 9 September 2026 in the form of a technical expert review. The review used the harmonised European standard EN 301 549 in its applicable version; at the time of the review, EN 301 549 V3.2.1 (2021-03) was the version cited in the Official Journal of the European Union. The specific test standard was the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.1, conformance level AA referenced by that version. Methods included automated testing with axe-core, markup validation, accessibility-tree analysis, and manual or tool-assisted testing of keyboard operation, focus handling, contrast, reflow, text spacing, Windows Forced Colors mode, and operation without JavaScript. All page types were tested in both the German and English language versions.

No independent BITV audit by an external testing body has been carried out. Nor have systematic tests with different screen readers, browsers and assistive technologies or user tests with people with disabilities been carried out.

Non-accessible content

Integrated search

The search function is provided by the Quarto publishing software and is based on a third-party component. In the currently used Quarto version, the following structural limitations remain:

• Interactive elements are technically nested in the result list: list items with the role option contain independently focusable links. Screen-reader output may therefore vary between browser/screen-reader combinations. (WCAG 4.1.2 Name, Role, Value)

  This nesting is also detected by axe-core as nested-interactive when the search dialog is open and results are displayed. The finding does not occur when the search is closed.

• The third-party component renders the opened search as a detached area outside the original combobox element. As a result, the input field and result list are not DOM descendants of the element that exposes the combobox’s expanded state. This can affect how assistive technologies interpret the search, depending on the browser/screen-reader combination. (WCAG 4.1.2 Name, Role, Value)

Project-specific improvements include disabling single-character shortcuts, localising German and English labels, making the background inert while the detached search dialog is open, adding dialog semantics to the search overlay, returning focus to the search button after Escape and after activating “Cancel”, assigning an unambiguous name to the result list, removing invalid aria-activedescendant references when no result exists, providing sufficiently contrasting result highlighting, and adding an assistive-technology status message when a search returns no results. The remaining structural limitations are part of Quarto’s third-party component and are reviewed again when Quarto is updated.

As an equivalent access route, the “All Prompts” page provides filtering and sorting and does not have these structural limitations of the integrated full-text search.

Heading order on pages with a table of contents

On eight information pages, Quarto places the table of contents before the main content in the document tree. As a result, the table-of-contents heading “On this page” (h2) appears before the page heading (h1) in source and heading order. Each page still has exactly one h1, no heading levels are skipped, and the table of contents is contained in a correctly named navigation landmark; nevertheless, the ordering can make heading-based navigation less intuitive. (WCAG 1.3.1 Info and Relationships)

The Quarto version currently used does not provide a supported configuration option that changes only the heading rank of the table-of-contents title. The issue has been reported to the software vendor as a bug and is assigned to a future release there. This known Quarto structural issue is therefore documented for now and will be reviewed again with every Quarto update.

Information in German Sign Language

Project-specific information about the Prompt Workbook is not yet available in German Sign Language (DGS). The existing link leads to general DGS information provided by Universität Hamburg; it does not explain the content and navigation of this Prompt Workbook. The additional requirements of section 4 BITV 2.0 are therefore not yet fully met for this website.

A project-specific DGS explanation covering the main content, navigation, and accessibility status is planned. A specific publication date has not yet been set.

Feedback and contact information

Have you noticed problems with the accessibility of the content of this website? Would you like to tell us about content that is not accessible, or request information on how accessibility is being implemented? Please get in touch — we welcome every report.

Prompt Workbook editorial team
Gunda Mohr
Hamburg Center for University Teaching and Learning (HUL)
Universität Hamburg
Jungiusstraße 9
20335 Hamburg
Germany

Phone: +49 40 2395-29624
Email: gunda.mohr@uni-hamburg.de

Conciliation procedure

According to Universität Hamburg, if accessibility feedback does not lead to a satisfactory solution, the conciliation body under section 13a HmbBGG can be contacted. The procedure supports out-of-court dispute resolution in accessibility matters and is free of charge.

Schlichtungsstelle HmbBGG
c/o Öffentliche Rechtsauskunft- und Vergleichsstelle (ÖRA)
Dammtorstraße 14
20354 Hamburg
Germany

Email: schlichtungsstelle-hmbbgg@soziales.hamburg.de
Phone: +49 40 42843-3056

Preparation and last review

This statement was prepared on 2 September 2026 on the basis of a self-assessment. The underlying technical expert review was last carried out on 9 September 2026. This statement was last reviewed and updated on 9 September 2026.

The legal framework and central contact details are also based on the Accessibility Statement of Universität Hamburg.

Easy Read and sign language

Information about this Prompt Workbook in Easy Read is available. The text has not yet been reviewed by an Easy Read review group.

A project-specific German Sign Language explanation for the Prompt Workbook is not yet available. As supplementary information, see Universität Hamburg’s general information in German Sign Language.