Forum Discussion
RISE - accessibility features
One year ago there was a discussion around accessibility - WCAG AA, WAI-ARIA Labels, Section 508, DDA, Equality Act and Screen Reader Supports.
It was noted that Articulate were working on this a...
Back in December I was so happy to see that there had finally seemed to be a lot of progress made in making Rise accessible and up to WCAG standards. Even though it seemed to only be partially there, I had a lot of hope in that it wouldn't be long before the outstanding components were addressed (based on the messaging I had saw)... It's now almost July and the last updated date on any of the Rise Accessibility docs remain as December 2020. I took a look at the roadmap link that was shared and was super disappointed to see that all Rise-related accessibility items that are outstanding are just listed as "planned", not even "in development"! These aren't just nice to have features, these are crucial features to ensuring proper access to Rise courses. I had thought Accessibility was a priority, but that seems to no longer be the case. Is there really nothing else currently in development for Rise other than quiz question banks?! Sure doesn't seem to be a whole lot to look forward to for the future of this product...
I agree with you Mark. It's hard to believe how long it is taking to have what seems like basic accessibility features available. I don't understand why blocks such as the flash cards and carousel still are only listed in the "planned" phase. These basic blocks are pretty crucial to creating engaging and interesting courses.
Definitely. I don't get how this product wasn't just built with accessibility in mind from the start... it was launched in late 2016, and accessibility was a known requirement for man back then. Would have made things much easier than now trying to retrofit everything.
Based on all the simple (but crucial) enhancement requests filling these forums that are years old and still haven't been implemented, I can't say I have much faith that the critical outstanding accessibility issues will be addressed anytime soon. Hope they prove me wrong, but for some reason the development of this product moves at a snail's pace and they show very little interest fulfilling the requests of their customers.
