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

Mary Stores mstores at indiana.edu
Mon Nov 5 07:24:04 PST 2012 

Hi Joe,

I do think that Gonzalo's narrative fits with the list of fixes and 
improvements. It's a quick summary of what would be seen if you looked 
at the list and checked all the Jiras.

Mary

Quoting "Humbert, Joseph A" <johumber at iupui.edu>:

> 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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