[WG: Accessibility] Today's Accessibility WG Teleconference Agenda

[Nate Angell]

Brian and all:

I was hoping to be able to make it to the call today, but sadly have a
scheduling conflict.

I'm hoping you'll have a fruitful conversation and I can engage at a later
time.

- Nate

On Mar 10, 2011, at 9:02 AM, "Richwine, Brian L" <brichwin at indiana.edu>
wrote:

 Hello,



The Sakai Accessibility Working Group meets today, Thursday March 10th, 2011
at 2pm Eastern / 11am Pacific.



The focus of Today’s meeting will be the open JIRAs, UI Redesign for 2.9, 3
rd party accessibility certification of Sakai 2.x.
Connect Info

Please note that we are now using the Sakai001_Scheduled teleconference
number. The connect information is:

·         Dial (812) 856-7060

·         Enter Conference Number: 22348#

·         Conference PIN: 72524#
Agenda

·         Sakai Core Tools / 3rd Party Accessibility Certification

·         Open Accessibility JIRAs

·         Accessibility Documentation Review

o   Brian will update Accessibility Documentation in May, please make any
comments / suggestions soon!

·         New Accessibility feedback from Miami University

o   Feedback and suggestions were sent to list

o   New ideas include suggestion for description of page layout (tool
specific / page specific) for screen-reader users

·         Accessibility Issues Updates

o   FCKeditor Issues

§  Anyone know what is happening with the WYSIWYG editor in 2.8?

o   Form input buttons with ASCII symbols instead of meaningful text

§  Fixes in for Assignments and Announcements

§  Appears in a few more places

§  Accessibility with current label on the select element

o   Table Issues – Joe /Gonzalo working on this

§  Tables with no row headers

§  Incorrect Table Summaries

§  Blank / Empty Columns

§  Inconsistent layout / use

o   Forums

§  Difficult to understand context / structure

o   Multi-select select element difficulties

§  Difficult / Impossible(?) to select multiple email recipients with
screen-readers

o   Pop-up messages / Tool-tips

§  Need to identify use cases and corresponding best practices for each

§  Will create best practice models and test with Mary / Community

o   User Interface Inconsistencies

§  Table issues being looked at

§  Need to address tool menu bars

§  Workflow buttons – Save, Submit, Cancel, Continue, etc.

§  Need to identify priority areas

o   Implicitly labeled checkboxes and radio buttons – Have fix, will work on
getting into next releases

o   Select elements w/onchange event handlers – Have fix, will work on
getting into next releases

o   ARIA Landmarks

§  Test insertion of ARIA landmarks in the portal for 2.9



Please feel free to attend!

  -Brian Richwine



Some Handy URLs:



Previous Accessibility WG Meeting Minutes:

https://confluence.sakaiproject.org/display/2ACC/Accessibility+WG+Teleconference+Minutes+02-24-2011



Sakai 2.8.0 Accessibility Review Page:

http://confluence.sakaiproject.org/display/2ACC/Sakai+2.8+Accessibility+Review



Sakai 2.x Jira Tickets Discussion page:
http://confluence.sakaiproject.org/display/2ACC/Outstanding+Sakai+2.x+Accessibility+Jira+Tickets+Discussion



Accessibility Working Group task list:

http://confluence.sakaiproject.org/display/2ACC/Sakai+Accessibility+Working+Group%27s+Projects+Page







Brian Richwine**

Adaptive Technology Support Specialist**

Adaptive Technology and Accessibility Centers**

Indiana University - Bloomington/Indianapolis**

http://iuadapts.indiana.edu**

(812) 856-4112**
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