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Re: E-Learning accessibility testing -- resources needed

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From: Date: Oct 23, 2018 8:27AM

Hello,

In my opinion if you access this e-Learning courses via web (web browser)
they should be treated like websites/webapplications in terms of
accessibility check.

Do your developers suggest how you should treat them? Like what?

Regards
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Mikołaj Rotnicki


wt., 23 paź 2018 o 16:18 Dona Patrick < <EMAIL REMOVED> > napisał(a):

> Good Morning,
>
> I'm being asked, more and more often, to test the accessibility of
> e-learning courses. I've been treating them like Web applications which
> have turned up many accessibility issues but the developers are pushing
> back saying I cannot treat them like Web sites or applications.
>
> For example one module has links that open small HTML windows that define
> the word that was the link. I'd expect the next down arrow to take me to
> the definition, but it takes a few down arrows to get to the definition. I
> have failed this for "reading order". The developer tells me that it is
> impossible to fix because of the software they are using.
>
> Another example is the fact that there is no way to hide extraneous text
> from a screen reader while using the arrow keys. So an image might have
> text which is read out of context after or before the alt text is read for
> an image. This seems wrong to me.
>
> Can anyone provide me a resource for how to test e-learning courses for
> accessibility?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Dona
> > > > >