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valerieryan
Community Member
3 years ago

Does Sorting Activity in Rise 360 work with screen readers?

Hello, it's great that the sorting activity in Rise 360 works with keyboard only for accessibility. I don't seem to be able to get the sorting activity to work with NVDA screen reader. Is this something that is known and in the roadmap, or can you tell me how this works? 

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  • Hi Valerie!

    Have you noticed that you cannot sort the items using a keyboard when the screen reader is enabled?

    We've seen a similar problem, and we've got this documented as a bug. Our Engineers are having a look, and we'll keep you posted on our progress!

  • valerieryan's avatar
    valerieryan
    Community Member

    Yes, that seems to be the issue with the sorting activity in Rise360 not working with a screen reader. 

    • LeaSAgato's avatar
      LeaSAgato
      Staff

      Hi Alexandra, thank you for your follow-up.  We don't have updates on this yet, but we'll be sure to let you know if anything changes.

  • Is there an update to this issue? It’s been several months. Many desirable activities are not accessible because they don’t work with screen readers. When testing the card sort with NVDA, the grey cards where we sort the terms to do NOT announce what we’ve titled them. They read as “blank.” This is pretty disappointing. 

    • AngeloCruz's avatar
      AngeloCruz
      Staff

      Hi Courtney! I'm sorry to hear that you're encountering issues with your course. We don't have any news yet regarding this. We'll update this thread as soon as new information is available.

    • StevenBenassi's avatar
      StevenBenassi
      Staff

      Hi Molly!

      Thanks for checking in on this!

      I don't have any updates to share as our development team has been prioritizing other fixes. Not to worry! I've included you in the bug report and will update this discussion as soon as we have news to share.

      For your reference, here's a deeper look at how we tackle bugs.

  • JaneneBrown's avatar
    JaneneBrown
    Community Member

    Hi All,

    Thanks for asking the question everyone and for keeping us updated. I'm finding an ever increasing emphasis on inclusion and diversity, so it's increasingly important to be able to use this block. It's a fun block and learners respond well to it, however I avoid using it as it doesn't meet requirements. 

    Looking forward to a resolution soon, otherwise might have to look at other dev solutions. Fingers crossed.

  • Would love to see accessibility prioritized in the bug fixes.  I have been removing this activity from all of our older courses.

    • EricSantos's avatar
      EricSantos
      Staff

      Hi DonnaBoucher-fe,

      Thanks for reaching out! I'm sorry to hear how this bug affects your workflow.

      I added your voice to the bug report to help our product team prioritize, and we'll inform you if there are any changes that might help.