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Most accessible interactions
Hello everyone! I've received some feedback about a recent elearning that I created that drag and drop interactions aren't very accessible.
I've read through a lot of the help documents about what makes learning content accessible, but I can't find much detail on designing accessible interactions. Would anyone have any information about what I should steer away from? And any ideas for interactions that I can use apart from click and reveal type interactions?
Thank you so much!
Hi LisaEdmondson-4 the following link provides information on which interactions are accessible, and which are not: https://www.articulate.com/about/accessibility/storyline-360-accessibility-conformance-report-vpat/
It is possible to make the drag and drop interactions keyboard accessible, but treating the interaction differently. For example, allowing the keyboard user to "select" the drag item, then tab to the drop target and "select" the drop target. You can then have a trigger that checks if X is selected and Y is selected, then correct and so on. This is a simplified explanation, as they is more to it than that, but this is the solution that is required.
I'm glad that SamHill (thanks, Sam!) provided our conformance report and details of how you could make drag-and-drops accessible.
We do have some information if you'd like to take this route.
- A webinar on How to Create an Accessible Drag-and-Drop Interaction in Storyline 360
- A downloadable example that pairs with the webinar - Storyline: Accessible Drag-and-Drop Chat Interaction
Thank you so much!
Hi LisaEdmondson-4 the following link provides information on which interactions are accessible, and which are not: https://www.articulate.com/about/accessibility/storyline-360-accessibility-conformance-report-vpat/
It is possible to make the drag and drop interactions keyboard accessible, but treating the interaction differently. For example, allowing the keyboard user to "select" the drag item, then tab to the drop target and "select" the drop target. You can then have a trigger that checks if X is selected and Y is selected, then correct and so on. This is a simplified explanation, as they is more to it than that, but this is the solution that is required.
Thank you SamHill this is great. The solution to Likert interactions was also quite timely for me as we use a pre and post learning questionnaire so I may need to adjust that as well.
