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Accessibility Tips and Tricks (SOS)
Hello all!
I've been working on improving the accessibility in my courses. I'm finding it to be excessively time consuming. How do you all manage accessibility in an efficient manner? For example, when I finish courses I might have to review 600+ of the attached. Do ya'll rename each item?
Note: We don't have the subscription that includes AI.
I appreciate anything you guys can share!
Thanks
--Jess
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I am finding the same problem, so I am apologize that I can't help you. I am very disappointed that Articulate is not automatically accessible. For example, the Rise360 theme colors are not accessible, so it appears that you have to change each color as you go. You would think they could develop a few of the themes to have accessible colors and mark those as accessible. I am fairly new to Articulate, so I am interested in following the answers to your question.
Hi Sharon526!
Welcome to Articulate 360 and E-Learning Heroes!
I'm sorry to hear that you've run into setbacks, designing an accessible course in Rise 360. Rise 360 content does meet Web Content Accessibility Guidelines. However, we're also tracking a feature request for a Custom Color Palette in Rise. If released, this feature would allow authors to save custom, accessible colors to be reused easily throughout a course. I've included your voice in the request!
In the meantime, if changing the Theme color feels too laborious have you tried setting your Theme to 'Auto'?
Looking forward to hearing from you!
JessDavis1: As I'm building a course, I always take the time to give objects meaningful names. That makes it much easier to program, to troubleshoot, and to set accessibility. (I also recommend giving meaningful names to layers, motion paths, and variables.)
The most efficient way to add alt text depends on how many images are in the course and on personal preference. You could do it as you develop each slide, do it at the end, or do some combination of the two.
BTW, instead of going slide by slide, you can add alt text in the Media Library:
Sadly there is no easy method.
I am like you, I am tasked to update hundreds of old SL courses and some have so many drag and drops I have to rebuild those slides as well as go through every button/image state and make sure any states that do not need to be read out are unchecked.
It's a tediously slow process. I'll often export the entire course or sometimes single slides to check and recheck if the course/slide is accessible friendly.
