[WG: Accessibility] !Draft! Accessibility Improvements for Sakai 2.9.0 Release Notes

[Humbert, Joseph A]

Hi All,

Below you will find the list of accessibility improvements for 2.9.0 I culled for the accessibility Jiras that have been filed, fixed, verified and resolved.  I would like to get feedback from the group before I send the finalized version to Neil Caidin.  Thankx.

Joe Humbert, Adaptive Technology and Accessibility Specialist
UITS Adaptive Technology and Accessibility Centers
Indiana University, Indianapolis and Bloomington
535 W Michigan St. IT214 E
Indianapolis, IN 46202
Office Phone: (317) 274-4378
Cell Phone: (317) 644-6824
johumber at iupui.edu<mailto:johumber at iupui.edu>
http://iuadapts.Indiana.edu/<http://iuadapts.indiana.edu/>
Accessibility Improvements in Sakai 2.9.0 (56 Jiras Resolved)

*         The CKeditor is now the default editor throughout the Sakai platform (SAK-17880)

*         NeoPortal Improvements (22 Jiras Resolved)

o   Improved Keyboard-only and screen reading navigation of NeoPortal Worksites menus and submenus (SAK-22747, SAK-22309, SAK-22026, SAK-22308, SAK-22029, SAK-20916, SAK-22796, SAK-22754, SAK-22781)

o   Improved Keyboard-only and screen reading navigation of the "More Sites" drawer, menus and sub menus in the NeoPortal (SAK-22747)

o   Improved Keyboard-only and screen reading navigation of the Preferences Page reorder tool in the NeoPortal (SAK-22232, SAK-22592)

o   Improved menu navigation for Mac OSX Voiceover users in the NeoPortal (SAK-20398)

o   Improved consistency in the accessible text labels provided in the Neoportal for users adaptive technology (SAK-22028)

o   Improved the link text of non-unique ambiguous  links in the NeoPortal navigation (SAK-22030, SAK-21270)

o   Improved NeoPortal ARIA landmarks (SAK-22021)

o   Improved skip navigation links in the NeoPortal (SAK-21507, SAK-19559, SAK-21502, SAK-22136)

o   Improved NeoPortal color contrast issues (SAK-20474)

*         Portal Chat Improvements (7 Jiras Resolved)

o   Silenced ARIA live updates in the Portal Chat(SAK-22143)

o   Improved keyboard focus of Portal Chat tool (SAK-22144)

o   Improved Portal Chat form control labels (SAK-22061)

o   Improved heading structure in the Portal Chat tool (SAK-22027)

o   Alternative text attributes for images have been added in the Portal Chat tool(SAK-22141, SAK-21503)

o   Improved link text in the Portal Chat tool (SAK-21504)

*         Profile 2 Improvements (3 Jiras Resolved)

o   The default email notification language is programmatically set in the Profile2 tool (SAK-22223)

o   Added form control labels to the form controls on the My Profile page of Profile2 tool (PRFL-773)

o   Improved keyboard accessibility of My profile page in the Profile2 tool (PRFL-768)

*         Improved accessibility of the form controls on the Site Browser page (2 Jiras Resolved)

o   Added fieldsets for radio button groups on the Site Browser page (SAK-21797)

o   The academic search term is only enabled when appropriate radio button is selected on the Site Browser page (SAK-21804)

*         Mailsender improvements (2 Jiras Resolved)

o   Improved form control labels in Mailsender tool (MSND-69)

o   Added the default human language to Mailsender tool (MSND-67)

*         New Course Creation Improvements (4 Jiras Resolved)

o   Improved accessibility of required form controls when creating a new course (SAK-22584)

o   Important instructions for creating a new course are now accessible (SAK-22581, SAK-22582, SAK-22583)

*         Other Individual Improvements (15 Jiras Resolved)

o   Improved Labels for buttons with ASCII characters, plain English text has been added so the buttons are understandable to users of adaptive technology (SAK-11653)

o   Improved accessibility of Resources tool "Add" and "Action" menus (SAK-20401, SAK-22483)

o   Improved the links text of non-unique ambiguous links in the Assignments tool (SAK-19591, SAK-19590, SAK-19891)

o   Improved form control labels in BasicLTI tool (BLTI-87)

o   Improved the accessibility of required form controls on the New Account page (SAK-21808)

o   A label has been added to the user search textbox in the Users tool (SAK-21807)

o   Labels have been added to multiple form controls throughout the Gradebook tool (SAK-22570, SAK-22569, SAK-22556, SAK-22553)

o   Form control labels have been improved in the Worksite Setup tool (SAK-22579)

o   Improved the accessibility of required form controls on the New User page of the Users tool (SAK-22567)

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