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Accessibility Features

WFDF Academy is designed according to World Wide Web Consortium Web Content Accessibility Guidelines level AA. This means participants can:

  • Enlarge text by zooming in.
  • Read the text and view images that have a high contrast to their background.
  • Change the background and text color and fonts using browser plugins.
  • Navigate the website using only a keyboard.
  • Navigate using a screen-reader and speech-recognition software.
  • Listen to texts and image descriptions using a screen-reader (such as NVDA).
Alter This Site to Suit Individual Needs

WFDF Academy features an accessibility toolbar throughout the site, which allows participants to customize the site to their visual needs, such as changing text sizes, color schemes and text-to-speech.

To activate accessibility features, when logged in:

  • Click your name or profile picture in the top right corner
  • Click'Accessibility'
  • Click the 'Font Type' or 'Enable Accessibility Toolbar'to enable features

Account Deletion

To delete an account:

  • Click the name or profile picture in the top right corner 
  • Click 'Profile'
  • Scroll to the 'Privacy and Policies' section
  • Click 'Delete my Account'

This action is irreversible and the account cannot be restored. All course progress, certificates and badges will be lost.

To merely stop email notifications of forum posts, view the FAQ 'Stopping Forum Emails'.

Account Not Receiving Emails

If a participant is not receiving emails, they are likely going to the junk/spam mailbox. The participant should check this and ensure academy [at] wfdf.sport is marked as ‘not junk’.

Account/Profile Reset Password

A participant’s password can be reset by visiting the Reset Password link and inputting either the email address. A password reset email should be immediately received.

Account/Profile Update

To update a profile, when logged in:

  • Click the name or profile picture in the top right corner
  • Click 'Profile'
  • Click 'Edit Profile'
  • Edit the desired fields
  • Click 'Update Profile'

By default, the time zone is set to Central European Time. All deadlines and times in WFDF Academy are set relative to the participant's time zone set. 

If some fields cannot be edited, please contact WFDF Academy to change them.

Account/Profile/Academy Language

Courses and their content is primarily created in English but a participant can set WFDF Academy’s system language of the major languages.

To change the system language, when logged in:

  • Click the name or profile picture in the top right corner 
  • Click 'Language'
  • Click the preferred language