Accessibility WG Teleconference dd

Attending:

Mat Clare, Brock University

Neal C, Apereo

Chris L., Duke

Jeff P., NYU

Kyle P, NYU

Matt J, Longsight

Rob E., NYU

Tiffany S. UVa

Agenda:

FYI:

11.3 shipped.

Sakai 11.3 has 176 improvements [2] including:

33 fixes for Samigo (aka Test and Quizzes)

30 fixes in Portal and Morpheus combined (aka look and feel)

12 fixes in Accessibility (a11y)

9 fixes in Wiki

Most important accessibility issue being SAK-31549 - Getting issue details... STATUS , which updates the CSS skip class to be better implemented and fix the related JIRAs and re-expose content that was intended for screen readers across Sakai, but was being hidden with display:none.

Discussion:

Follow-Up on Offer from NYU: They have a number of hours from an accessibility/usability firm, TPG.

Hans from TPG attended last SAWG call, but can't make this one.

Matt and Jeff talked about this on the Core Team call, Feb 21. Slight preference for addressing ARIA globally, over doing a deep-dive on Samigo.

Our known ARIA issues are https://jira.sakaiproject.org/issues/?jql=text%20~%20%22Ensure%20ARIA%20roles%22 Can we think of a plan for seeking ARIA guidence (ie. My Workspace on, a sub-set of roles and states an LMS should be sticking to..)

Talked about https://w3c.github.io/aria-in-html/#presentation

Looked back at rA11y plans pages and tasks https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1eOazGv8Ff_Y1l4wZR2H6SjII7-UqFCzMrMcqIscJWVQ/edit#gid=1166796851

JIRAs of note

https://jira.sakaiproject.org/browse/SAK-31899 Accessibility block for visually impaired users - Attachments picker Open Needs Verification

https://jira.sakaiproject.org/browse/SAK-32173 Accessibility block for visually impaired users - Syllabus Awaiting Review

https://jira.sakaiproject.org/browse/SAK-32172 Accessibility block for visually impaired users - Rich Text Editor Awaiting Review

https://jira.sakaiproject.org/browse/SAK-32171 Accessibility block for visually impaired users - Rich Text Editor Awaiting Review

https://jira.sakaiproject.org/browse/SAK-31630 Provide a valid label for form fields - signup meeting details Resolved Needs Verification SignUp

https://jira.sakaiproject.org/browse/SAK-31631 Provide a valid label for form fields - signup Resolved SignUp

https://jira.sakaiproject.org/browse/SAK-31617 Ensure sufficient colour contrast: WCAG2 AA Resolved

https://jira.sakaiproject.org/browse/SAK-31970 Accessibility block for visually impaired users - Announcement Tool Table Open

https://jira.sakaiproject.org/browse/SAK-31969 Accessibility block for visually impaired users - Resources Tool Tab Open

https://jira.sakaiproject.org/browse/SAK-31626 Provide a valid label for form fields - permission widget Resolved Needs Verification

Illinois State University (we can jump to hear if needed)

https://jira.sakaiproject.org/browse/SAK-31969 Accessibility block for visually impaired users - Resources Tool Tab -- Ready to close?

https://jira.sakaiproject.org/browse/SAK-31970 Accessibility block for visually impaired users - Announcement Tool Table

https://jira.sakaiproject.org/browse/SAK-31902 Accessibility block for visually impaired users - Schedule Tool

https://jira.sakaiproject.org/browse/SAK-31899 Accessibility block for visually impaired users - Attachments picker