Sakai 2.8 - Syllabus Accessibility Walkthrough Script

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Syllabus Accessibility Walkthrough Script

This walkthrough is for the student persona.

Start of Walkthrough Script

Login and Find Tool

  • Login with the "arstu1" user account.
  • In the worksites list (accesskey "Alt+w"), activate the "AR Test  101 123 Sprin..." course site link.
  • In the tools list (accesskey "Alt+l"), activate the "Syllabus " link.

 Read Syllabus Information for "AR Test 101 123 Sprin..."

  • Read through the sections in the syllabus.
  • Activate the Link to The Electronic Resource of the textbook.
  • Activate the Link to purchase the text book.
  • Find and Download the text attachment.
  • Open the text attachment to read the text.
  • Find and download the pdf attachment.
  • Open the PDF to read the text.
  • Verify the descriptions to the image file.

Switch to course "AR Test 102 123 Sprin..."

  • In the worksites list (accesskey "Alt+w"), activate the "AR Test  102 123 Sprin..." course site link.
  • In the tools list (accesskey "Alt+l"), activate the "Syllabus " link.

Read Syllabus Information for "AR Test 102 123 Sprin..."

  • Read through the sections in the syllabus.
  • Activate the Link to The Electronic Resource of the textbook.
  • Activate the Link to purchase the text book.
  • Verify the descriptions to the image file.

Print the syllabus

  • Print syllabus for course "AR Test 102 123 Sprin...".
  • Close the window.

Switch to course "AR Test 103 123 Sprin..."

  • In the worksites list (accesskey "Alt+w"), activate the "AR Test  103 123 Sprin..." course site link.
  • In the tools list (accesskey "Alt+l"), activate the "Syllabus " link.

Read Syllabus Information for "AR Test 103 123 Sprin..."

  • Read through the sections in the syllabus.
  • Activate the Link to The Electronic Resource of the textbook.
  • Activate the Link to purchase the text book.
  • Verify the descriptions to the image file.

Switch to course "AR Test 104 123 Sprin..."

  • In the worksites list (accesskey "Alt+w"), activate the "AR Test  104 123 Sprin..." course site link.
  • In the tools list (accesskey "Alt+l"), activate the "Syllabus " link.

Read Syllabus Information for "AR Test 104 123 Sprin..."

  • Read through the sections in the syllabus.
  • Activate the Link to The Electronic Resource of the textbook.
  • Activate the Link to purchase the text book.
  • Verify the descriptions to the image file.

Logout and End of Script

  • Logout of Sakai.

Pre-Walkthrough Setup

This section documents how to create the necessary content to perform the above walkthrough script. It is not part of the walkthrough itself. It is expected that a person with the ability to log into the QA server with admin rights will create this content before the walkthrough takes place.

Login as "arins"

In the "AR Test 101 123 Sprin..." course select the syllabus tool

Add a syllabus Description (Content can be found in attachment)

  • Add Section:  Class Hours
  • Enter Text Description.
  • Add Section:  Course Goals
    • Enter Text Description.
    • URL for policies.
    • A list of course goals. (a bulleted list)
  • Add Section:  Text Book
    • Enter Text Description
    • URL for an online version of the textbook.
    • URL to purchase the text book.
    •  Add a image for Textbook.
  • Add Section:  Attachments for Course
    • Attach a Text file with content.
    • Attach a PDF file with content.

Logout

Login as "arins"

In the "AR Test 102 123 Sprin..." course select the syllabus tool

Click on the Create/Edit Link

Add a Redirect URL

To display an external URL, such as a web page, on your department's server:

  1. From the menubar, activate Syllabus.
  2. Activate Create/Edit, and then Redirect.
  3. In the "URL" field, type the URL for the page you wish to display as your syllabus.
  4. Activate Save

Logout

Login as "arins"

In the "AR Test 103 123 Sprin..." course select the syllabus tool

Click on the Create/Edit Link

Add a Redirect URL

To display PDF file (in attachments) that you have posted to the Resources section:

  1. Upload your file to your site's Resources section; see Working with files in Resources.
  2. After you have posted your file to your site, if you do not see a list of your resources, from the menubar, click Resources.
  3. To get your file's URL, right-click (for Mac OS X,Ctrl-click) the filename and select the copy command for your browser (i.e., for Internet Explorer, select Copy Shortcut; for Firefox, select Copy Link Location).
  4. From the menubar, activate Syllabus.
  5. Activate Create/Edit, and then Redirect.
  6. In the "URL" field, paste your URL (for Windows,Ctrl-v; for Mac OS X, Command-v).
  7. Activate Save.

Logout

Login as "arins"

In the "AR Test 104 123 Sprin..." course select the syllabus tool

Click on the Create/Edit Link

Add a Redirect URL

To display a Microsoft Word file (in attachments) that you have posted to the Resources section:

  1. Upload your file to your site's Resources section; see Working with files in Resources.
  2. After you have posted your file to your site, if you do not see a list of your resources, from the menubar, click Resources.
  3. To get your file's URL, right-click (for Mac OS X,Ctrl-click) the filename and select the copy command for your browser (i.e., for Internet Explorer, select Copy Shortcut; for Firefox, select Copy Link Location).
  4. From the menubar, Activate Syllabus.
  5. Activate Create/Edit, and then Redirect.
  6. In the "URL" field, paste your URL (for Windows,Ctrl-v; for Mac OS X, Command-v).
  7. Activate Save.

Logout