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GellyAthanas860
Community Member
3 years ago

How do visually challenged users get information on how to navigate a Rise course?

I understand that we can and should populate alternative text (alt text), the descriptions associated with images and graphics. How do users who are visually challenged know how to get to them in th...
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JoseTansengco
Staff
3 years ago

Hello Angelo, 

Happy to help on this one!

Your learners will know how to navigate web content with the screen reader of their choice. There is not a default announcement to inform them since it works like other web pages.
If you would like to set expectations for all of your learners, you can include these details in the description of your course.

You can check out this article for tips on how to make a Rise 360 course accessible to your learners: 

And you can check out this article for a list of accessible and inaccessible blocks to help you with your course design: 

GellyAthanas860's avatar
GellyAthanas860
Community Member
3 years ago

Thank you,
how do we do this in Rise the microlearning template?
Thanks

  • Crystal-Horn's avatar
    Crystal-Horn
    Staff
    3 years ago

    Hi Angelo,

    Since a microlearning is essentially a single lesson piece of content, our accessible design practices still apply! You won't have a course description, but you can easily include some information about navigating the content in a text block at the top.