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Accessibility for training
Is there a way in Articulate Rise 360 to ensure that the training we create is accessible? My users are in higher education, and we need to follow accessibility guidelines. Is there a way to check whether the training meets accessibility requirements before we publish it?
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I hope that Articulate develops a Rise accessibility checker very similar to what they've done in Storyline—it's so robust! Rise does have accessibility built into most features, but the rest will fall on you, I'm afraid. For instance, all images are marked as decorative by default unless you provide alt text, and all lesson headers default to H1. Color contrast is generally correct if set to auto.
I've used the WAVE plug-in for Chrome as an additional accessibility checker on my Rise courses. It's fantastic and works on all websites, including when you publish to Review 360.
Articulate also has a list of accessible Rise components to use in your courses: Rise 360: Choosing Accessible Components to Create Online LearningHope this helps!
Thank you! I really appreciate it.
Hi WardaZaman-41b9 and JenLynnRusso! Thanks for sharing! We hear how valuable it would be to have a built-in accessibility checker in Rise 360, similar to what’s available in Storyline. While Rise includes many accessible features, it still relies on authors to handle details like alt text and headers. We’ve shared both of your requests with our product team so they know it’s important.
Thank you. It would be great to have this feature. According to Title II, all digital content and services must conform to WCAG 2.1 AA standards and applies to all public entities.
