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From: Ritz, Courtney L. (GSFC-7670)
Date: Wed, Oct 09 2024 7:55AM
Subject: Example of an accessible Likert scale form question
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Greetings,

Does anyone have an example of a Likert scale form question that is accessible? I'm trying to help someone who's using a survey tool to create these, and the question isn't being associated with the answers. I know I've encountered accessible ones, but all the examples I could think of were in official surveys that I can't reach now.

Any help would be hugely appreciated.

Courtney Ritz

From: Hayman, Douglass
Date: Wed, Oct 09 2024 8:20AM
Subject: Re: - Example of an accessible Likert scale form question
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Courtney,

Karen McCall does them in her PDF forms training materials through teachable.

And I believe that you can do those with Microsoft Forms as well.

Doug Hayman
IT Accessibility Coordinator
Information Technology
Olympic College
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From: Brandon Keith Biggs
Date: Wed, Oct 09 2024 9:03AM
Subject: Re: Example of an accessible Likert scale form question
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Hello Courtney,
I do a radio button with number options (e.g., 1, 2, 3, 4, 5) and just tell
the user in the question that 1 is low and 5 is high, or whatever the scale
is. Don't use the default scales unless you know they work. Just make your
own. To get the radio buttons you do 5 choices where the user can only
select one.
I use both Microsoft forms and Google Forms, but I've also seen it done on
Qualtrics.
Thanks,

Brandon Keith Biggs <http://brandonkeithbiggs.com/>;


On Wed, Oct 9, 2024 at 7:05 AM Ritz, Courtney L. (GSFC-7670) via
WebAIM-Forum < = EMAIL ADDRESS REMOVED = > wrote:

> Greetings,
>
> Does anyone have an example of a Likert scale form question that is
> accessible? I'm trying to help someone who's using a survey tool to create
> these, and the question isn't being associated with the answers. I know
> I've encountered accessible ones, but all the examples I could think of
> were in official surveys that I can't reach now.
>
> Any help would be hugely appreciated.
>
> Courtney Ritz
> > > > >

From: Ritz, Courtney L. (GSFC-7670)
Date: Wed, Oct 09 2024 9:06AM
Subject: Re: Example of an accessible Likert scale form question
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Thanks, Brandon!

I believe the tool being used in this case is Explorance Blue. Anyone have experience with this one?

Courtney

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Hello Courtney,
I do a radio button with number options (e.g., 1, 2, 3, 4, 5) and just tell the user in the question that 1 is low and 5 is high, or whatever the scale is. Don't use the default scales unless you know they work. Just make your own. To get the radio buttons you do 5 choices where the user can only select one.
I use both Microsoft forms and Google Forms, but I've also seen it done on Qualtrics.
Thanks,

Brandon Keith Biggs<http://brandonkeithbiggs.com/>;


On Wed, Oct 9, 2024 at 7:05 AM Ritz, Courtney L. (GSFC-7670) via WebAIM-Forum < = EMAIL ADDRESS REMOVED = <mailto: = EMAIL ADDRESS REMOVED = >> wrote:
Greetings,

Does anyone have an example of a Likert scale form question that is accessible? I'm trying to help someone who's using a survey tool to create these, and the question isn't being associated with the answers. I know I've encountered accessible ones, but all the examples I could think of were in official surveys that I can't reach now.

Any help would be hugely appreciated.

Courtney Ritz

From: Brandon Keith Biggs
Date: Wed, Oct 09 2024 9:11AM
Subject: Re: Example of an accessible Likert scale form question
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Hello Courtney,
I've never heard of them, but in theory, they are WCAG AA compliant:
https://explorance.com/news/20110629-080051-3/
So doing a simple multiple choice question using 5 number options should
work just fine.
Thanks,

Brandon Keith Biggs <http://brandonkeithbiggs.com/>;


On Wed, Oct 9, 2024 at 8:06 AM Ritz, Courtney L. (GSFC-7670) <
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> Thanks, Brandon!
>
>
>
> I believe the tool being used in this case is Explorance Blue. Anyone
> have experience with this one?
>
>
>
> Courtney
>
>
>
> *From:* Brandon Keith Biggs < = EMAIL ADDRESS REMOVED = >
> *Sent:* Wednesday, October 9, 2024 11:03 AM
> *To:* WebAIM Discussion List < = EMAIL ADDRESS REMOVED = >
> *Cc:* Ritz, Courtney L. (GSFC-7670) < = EMAIL ADDRESS REMOVED = >
> *Subject:* [EXTERNAL] Re: [WebAIM] Example of an accessible Likert scale
> form question
>
>
>
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> when clicking links or opening attachments. Use the "Report Message"
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>
>
> Hello Courtney,
>
> I do a radio button with number options (e.g., 1, 2, 3, 4, 5) and just
> tell the user in the question that 1 is low and 5 is high, or whatever the
> scale is. Don't use the default scales unless you know they work. Just make
> your own. To get the radio buttons you do 5 choices where the user can only
> select one.
>
> I use both Microsoft forms and Google Forms, but I've also seen it done on
> Qualtrics.
>
> Thanks,
>
>
> Brandon Keith Biggs <http://brandonkeithbiggs.com/>;
>
>
>
>
>
> On Wed, Oct 9, 2024 at 7:05 AM Ritz, Courtney L. (GSFC-7670) via
> WebAIM-Forum < = EMAIL ADDRESS REMOVED = > wrote:
>
> Greetings,
>
> Does anyone have an example of a Likert scale form question that is
> accessible? I'm trying to help someone who's using a survey tool to create
> these, and the question isn't being associated with the answers. I know
> I've encountered accessible ones, but all the examples I could think of
> were in official surveys that I can't reach now.
>
> Any help would be hugely appreciated.
>
> Courtney Ritz
> > > > >
>