Accessibility WG Teleconference Minutes for Wednesday March 1, 201

FYI: 11.3 shipped.

Sakai 11.3 has 176 improvements [2] including:

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

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 guidance (ie. My Workspace on, a sub-set of roles and states an LMS should be sticking to..)
Here are some ideas about how the Sakai Accessibility Working Group could make use of NYU’s generous offer of some hours from TPG.
1. Evaluate the accessibility of some scenarios, with a particular focus on a purposeful use of ARIA roles and events and focus management. Here’s the 20 tasks rA11y looked at https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1eOazGv8Ff_Y1l4wZR2H6SjII7-UqFCzMrMcqIscJWVQ/edit?usp=sharing . There are a lot of possible sources to draw upon to add that list.
2. Help us develop some ARIA design patterns (like https://www.w3.org/TR/wai-aria-practices-1.1/#aria_ex ) that are relevant to the type of activities in an LMS, specifically Sakai
3. A clever idea TPG might have

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