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MichaelEtzel's avatar
MichaelEtzel
Community Member
2 years ago

Content 360 Storyline Templates that Meet AA WCAG Accessibility Requirements?

Hi everyone, I'm a longtime Rise 360 user who is starting to dive into Storyline, and I'm finding it a bit more complex when it comes to accessibility. In Rise 360, many of the templates/sample cour...
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AprilDurrence-1's avatar
AprilDurrence-1
Community Member
9 months ago

I am pretty surprised that this topic hasn't gotten more comments. Staff who have responded to OP's very sensible question have been using a straw man fallacy. While it is certainly true that the templates cannot address all WCAG guidelines for things like alt text and course designers will have to ensure that the course they end up with is accessible, that was not the way I interpret what my fellow users are asking for. It seems super obvious that Articulate should ensure that all their Content Library templates meet WCAG 2.1 level AA standards insofar as they are able to in terms of the structure - color scheme, color contrast, font, font size, layout, etc. To suggest that is not possible or reasonable for users to expect in 2025 is rather outrageous!

  • MichaelEtzel's avatar
    MichaelEtzel
    Community Member
    9 months ago

    Thanks for sharing that! I appreciate it.

    Yeah, I would also liken this to how in Microsoft PowerPoint you can search through their templates and search specifically for ones that meet accessibility requirements right off the bat--or mostly. 

  • LaurenDuvall's avatar
    LaurenDuvall
    Staff
    9 months ago

    This feedback is incredibly valuable, AprilDurrence-1 and MichaelEtzel. I've shared this with our team to continue the conversation around Content Library templates and accessiblity. While it is possible to create accessible courses in Storyline 360 and the templates can be modified to meet WCAG standards, I'm hearing that there is tremendous value in putting those two together. We are aware that this is important and will share any updates made to the templates. Thank you for continuing to advocate for accessibility!