Accessibility:

A Year in Review

— by Rhiana Heppenstall, A11y Lead

3p Learning
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accessibility

Process

Audits and Reporting

1.

Implementation and Support

2.

Future directions and goals

3.

Audits and Reporting

Who?

NSW and various USA states

DoE

Companies

Requests and complaints

Customer

NSW government education

e.g. Stride

Stride education
4.3 star rating in google reviews

VPAT
(Voluntary Product Accessibility Template)

508 Report

 AS EN 301 549 202

What?

WCAG

((Web Content Accessibility Guidelines)

Scooby do meme unmasking the real villlan. Let's see who you really are 508, VCAT and ASEN 301 549:2020. It was WCAG all along!

Strengths

  • Intuitive UX
  • Voice actors
  • "Gamifying" learning

Issues

  • No video captions
  • Canvas & HTML issues
    • No keyboard or screen reader support
  • Some issues with colour and mobile UX

Where?

〞

Can Canvas be accessible??

– Everyone

But Why?

Accessible sites are boring

We just don't have the time/money

1.

Official WCAG reports.

Tickets and docs for various team

2.

Pick up
"low hanging fruit" and Level A tasks

3.

Training QA, developers and designers on their role

5.

Work on Level AA tasks.

Update WCAG Reports.

4.

Re-review cycles as improvements get released

6.

Improve on other areas of the business including new work

How?

Implementation and Support

Support

Documentation

#1

Slack

#2

Training

#3

Meetings

#4

Marketing

#5

Implementation!

reading express dashboard page

HTML Upgrades

Mathletics dashboard page

HTML Upgrades

Writing legends dashboard page

Keyboard on Canvas

writing legends complete the sentence activity

Click and Click and Check

Writing legends perfect punctuation activity

Two channels

Readingeggs video player showing captions and controls

Video players

Readingeggs video player showing captions and controls

Video players

Readingeggs acticity showing the top bar with tracking and audio control button

Top Bar

parent website showing setting for a child including the ability to toggle background music

Control Background Music

readingeggs quiz showing a question and 4 multiple choice answers

High Contrast

High Contrast: Before

reading express my progress page currently

High Contrast: After

reading express my progress page new design

Testing

Bright path progress
axe the accessibiliy engine

Future directions and goals

WCAG 2.1 A/AA compliant

Student Apps

Continu website showing an array of courses by 3P

Compliance Training

Writers

Design

HTML/CSS

JS

BE

Ops

QA

Content

1.

Official WCAG reports.

Tickets and docs for various team

2.

Picked up
"low hanging fruit" and Level A tasks

3.

Training QA, developers and designers on their role

5.

Work on Level AA tasks.

Update WCAG Reports.

4.

Re-review cycles as improvements get released

6.

Improve on other areas of the business including new work

  • Third party assessors
  • User testing groups including people with disabilities

Future Checks

WCAG 2.1 A/A compliant

Everywhere!

THANK YOU

Contact us via email or Slack if you have any questions.

#accessibility

accessibility@3plearning.com

Rhiana Heppenstall

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