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

[Humbert, Joseph A]

Hi all,

I wanted to clarify two things for the group in regards to what Neil Caidin wants from our group.  First, he asked for a summation of the accessibility issues that have been fixed for Sakai 2.9.0. He will include this list in the Sakai 2.9.0 release notes.  I have included my draft below.  I think what Gonzalo is suggesting is needed, but I don’t feel it fits into the format of previous release notes.  Instead, I would like to include the intro narrative Gonzalo suggests on the groups Accessibility Status webpage (https://confluence.sakaiproject.org/display/2ACC/Sakai+CLE+Current+Accessibility). I think including a link to this statement in the release notes is the way to go.

The second item Neil requested from our group was and few short talking points/sentences he can use in his Sakai CLE 2.9.0 presentations at Educause.  I am drafting some statements and will send those around to the group very soon. Thankx for all your hard work.

- Joe

From: accessibility-bounces at collab.sakaiproject.org [mailto:accessibility-bounces at collab.sakaiproject.org] On Behalf Of Humbert, Joseph A
Sent: Monday, November 05, 2012 8:04 AM
To: accessibility at collab.sakaiproject.org
Subject: [WG: Accessibility] FW: !Draft! Accessibility Improvements for Sakai 2.9.0 Release Notes

Sharing Gonzalo’s comment with the list.

- Joe

From: Gonzalo Silverio [mailto:gsilver at umich.edu]
Sent: Friday, November 02, 2012 2:32 PM
To: Humbert, Joseph A
Subject: Re: [WG: Accessibility] !Draft! Accessibility Improvements for Sakai 2.9.0 Release Notes

Joe,

This list is a great start. I think that a brief intro narrative would set the stage nicely. Something that covers the following very briefly would do:


  1.  WAG involvement with the community
  2.  WAG involvement in the QA process
  3.  Specific challenges that the WAG met. Off the top of my head:

     *   brand new portal with a lot of new interactions
     *   CKEditor (big win!)
     *   other long standing issues addressed
and then the list.

Let me know what you think. I would offer to help with this but no one seems better suited than you and your team.

  - Gonzalo

On Fri, Nov 2, 2012 at 10:22 AM, Humbert, Joseph A <johumber at iupui.edu<mailto:johumber at iupui.edu>> wrote:
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<tel:%28317%29%20274-4378>
Cell Phone: (317) 644-6824<tel:%28317%29%20644-6824>
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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