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Most accessible interactions
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.
Hi LisaEdmondson-4
Perhaps a bit late on your post but recently discovered this Accessibility group.
I have been advocating for accessibility in my team for a few years. I understand and agreed about the accessibility issue with drag and drops. I haven't watched the video provided at another reply but one of the biggest issue with drag and drops are that they are not workable if your learners are in a mobile devise and they tend to be very difficult with keyboard focus too.
To be honest it also depends on your target audience and what accessibility consideration you may need to put up-front in your design/development process.
We (in me team) have decided not to use drag and drops and what I did to compensate that was a different interaction that delivers similar results, basically a "select from list" type of interaction. So far working well.
My advise for you is to always put accessibility up-front in the process and to understand your user needs. There are accessibility standards that are a must but some others are audience specific.
Thank you PedroMendez for taking the time to reply, that's really helpful. Whilst at the moment, I'm not aware of any mobile devices being used to complete our modules, making sure that we future proof them by using the accessible interactions in the first instance is what I'm keen to implement. It's always really useful to understand how others treat interactions regarding accessibility and the reasons behind those decisions.