As mentioned on the website under FAQ for Rise "Are Rise courses compliant with accessibility guidelines? Rise employs many modern web standards for accessibility, and additional accessibility improvements are in development."
Could you please specify in detail which of these are supported in current version: WCAG AA, WAI-ARIA Labels, Section 508, DDA, Equality Act and Screen Reader Supports.
Is there an accessibility checklist for Storyline 360 and for Rise that matches the WCAG 2.0 checklist that would show in one location everything that's set up and still in development? Tks! Cheryl
Ashley, I think that Kristie's point is well taken. It would demonstrate both a corporate commitment and evidence of an organized, and intentional plan to bring Rise into conformance with WCAG 2.0 (or some other accessibility) standards.
Is it Articulate's intention and commitment to bring Rise to a level of accessibility that is auditable and measurable, as well as compatible with a useful range of assistive technology, or not? Or, is Articulate simply picking and choosing which features to make accessible randomly?
Absolutely and so you'll be happy to know we're working on documenting WCAG AA compliance and developing a VPAT! We'll also continue rolling out additional accessibility features as they're available.
The accessibility features are an extensive effort which requires thorough testing so an ETA on these features is still in flux, but once we can share more, I promise that we will. 🙂
The accessibility issues are a big deal, especially with regards to media. Image descriptions, titles, and alt text are really go/no go when we decide what platform to use for e-learning development. I have three projects right now that would be perfect for Rise, but I'm probably going to have to go in a different direction absent more concrete guidance.
What kinds of things are you looking for that aren't present. There is a way to add Alt Text to all images as well as a caption within the figure element.
Thank you for the reply. I did discover the alt tag creator, and I like how the thumbnails show "alt" once they have alt tags, but where I can see the code view above?
That code view looks to be what's in the browser itself - so you're looking at options within the browser for the Developer console. If you can share what browser you're using, someone may have the step by step directions to get there.
I'm not a programmer and don't work in a Developer console. Is that where I'd have to go to enter Alt tags? I see the caption capability but I do not see any alt tag capability yet. Thanks.
Hi, Cheryl. The developer console is really handy when testing your stuff. It lets you see under the hood in context of a particular element. In this case, I right clicked the image in a published Rise output and selected "Inspect" in Chrome. Even if you're not a developer (coder) this is a really helpful way to see what's happening and the console view in the developer window can help you troubleshoot issues.
That screenshot was included to illustrate that Rise does include Alt tags. Here's how you add them:
1. Insert your image using the (+) button in your Rise lesson. Then pick the image type and insert. Close the drawer if it doesn't close on its own.
2. Pick your image and select Edit.
3. Once the edit dialog opens, make sure the Content tab is selected then select the Edit link to the right of the image thumbnail. It's the same place where you replace the image. Third link in that menu enables editing the alt tag.
I'm so embarrassed! I've replaced images before, but that clearly was before you added Edit alt tag. I was walking right past this by clicking on Settings. Thanks ever so much!
I can do little things in html like change colors, for example, but it's been years since I've done anything of any depth. I'd love to get more practice, so maybe this is a good way to do that.
Thanks so much, Steve, and my apologies for being so myopic!
Developer / inspect views are really cool ways to play with your layouts too. Any changes you make in the code or styles temporarily affect your layout. They will be gone as soon as you reload but if you want a quick way to play with things and see what happens, it's a fun and safe way to dig in.
Adding to this thread so that I can also get an update on the documentation of WCAG compliance and actual dates of release. We'd love to use Rise but haven't been able to due to the lack of compliance.
As we are 23 days out from the end of Q4 2017 (which was the last promise of when accessibility features would be available), is there an update about when Rise will have these new features?
It has been a year since the original ask, and a number of promises have been made to indicate that these features will be coming "very soon".
I appreciate how difficult it can be to rapidly develop these tools, at the same time, it is frustrating that accessibility seems to be a "feature" consideration, versus an integration of the tool from the start.
Is Articulate willing to make a commitment to accessibility in their tool development? Would articulate be willing to post a full mapping of their products and elements to show what is, and what is not accessible - and when accessibility will be available?
Coming from an organization that has tried hard to ensure accessibility options for clients, it is frustrating to have to use a separate tool (word) to support accessibility with Rise.
Our team is continuing the work on accessibility updates and the necessary documentation as we speak. Although I don't have a new target to offer for the release, we're still looking at the end of this year for our next accessibility update (keyboard navigation).
we changed the text contrast which darkened/lightened some colors in the UI to create stronger contrast (this is not author controlled)
we’ve verified that Rise text can safely zoom to 200% without breaking the design, a key accessibility need
Please keep the feedback, ideas and accessibility needs coming! It's all valuable for our team as they continue to plan out the next features and updates.
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Hi Marie,
We're still looking at Q4 '17 for additional accessibility features such as keyboard navigation. We'll let you know once it's ready!
Is there an accessibility checklist for Storyline 360 and for Rise that matches the WCAG 2.0 checklist that would show in one location everything that's set up and still in development? Tks! Cheryl
Yes, I agree that a WCAG 2.0 checklist of everything setup so far and features still in development would be extremely helpful.
Glad to hear that timeline for the pending accessibility features is still Q4. Thank you!
Hi all,
Rise doesn't currently support WCAG, but we're working on additional accessibility features and as we build those out we'll share updates here!
Ashley, I think that Kristie's point is well taken. It would demonstrate both a corporate commitment and evidence of an organized, and intentional plan to bring Rise into conformance with WCAG 2.0 (or some other accessibility) standards.
Is it Articulate's intention and commitment to bring Rise to a level of accessibility that is auditable and measurable, as well as compatible with a useful range of assistive technology, or not? Or, is Articulate simply picking and choosing which features to make accessible randomly?
Hi Gary,
Absolutely and so you'll be happy to know we're working on documenting WCAG AA compliance and developing a VPAT! We'll also continue rolling out additional accessibility features as they're available.
The accessibility features are an extensive effort which requires thorough testing so an ETA on these features is still in flux, but once we can share more, I promise that we will. 🙂
The accessibility issues are a big deal, especially with regards to media. Image descriptions, titles, and alt text are really go/no go when we decide what platform to use for e-learning development. I have three projects right now that would be perfect for Rise, but I'm probably going to have to go in a different direction absent more concrete guidance.
Hi, Paul -
What kinds of things are you looking for that aren't present. There is a way to add Alt Text to all images as well as a caption within the figure element.
Thank you for the reply. I did discover the alt tag creator, and I like how the thumbnails show "alt" once they have alt tags, but where I can see the code view above?
Hi Paul,
That code view looks to be what's in the browser itself - so you're looking at options within the browser for the Developer console. If you can share what browser you're using, someone may have the step by step directions to get there.
I'm not a programmer and don't work in a Developer console. Is that where I'd have to go to enter Alt tags? I see the caption capability but I do not see any alt tag capability yet. Thanks.
Hi, Cheryl. The developer console is really handy when testing your stuff. It lets you see under the hood in context of a particular element. In this case, I right clicked the image in a published Rise output and selected "Inspect" in Chrome. Even if you're not a developer (coder) this is a really helpful way to see what's happening and the console view in the developer window can help you troubleshoot issues.
That screenshot was included to illustrate that Rise does include Alt tags. Here's how you add them:
1. Insert your image using the (+) button in your Rise lesson. Then pick the image type and insert. Close the drawer if it doesn't close on its own.
2. Pick your image and select Edit.
3. Once the edit dialog opens, make sure the Content tab is selected then select the Edit link to the right of the image thumbnail. It's the same place where you replace the image. Third link in that menu enables editing the alt tag.
I'm so embarrassed! I've replaced images before, but that clearly was before you added Edit alt tag. I was walking right past this by clicking on Settings. Thanks ever so much!
I can do little things in html like change colors, for example, but it's been years since I've done anything of any depth. I'd love to get more practice, so maybe this is a good way to do that.
Thanks so much, Steve, and my apologies for being so myopic!
:) It's easy to miss.
Developer / inspect views are really cool ways to play with your layouts too. Any changes you make in the code or styles temporarily affect your layout. They will be gone as soon as you reload but if you want a quick way to play with things and see what happens, it's a fun and safe way to dig in.
Adding to this thread so that I can also get an update on the documentation of WCAG compliance and actual dates of release. We'd love to use Rise but haven't been able to due to the lack of compliance.
Thanks Angela for chiming in here. You should be subscribed to this discussion now so you'll receive email notifications when we share updates here.
Also adding to this thread to get updates on WCAG compliance in Rise.
Thank you for working on this,
Melissa
Any news about adding closed captions for audio/video? That is a crucial element for our campus.
Also interested in updates on Rise WCAG compliance.
Thanks to everyone pushing this along,
Michael
*reposting - as site crashed*
As we are 23 days out from the end of Q4 2017 (which was the last promise of when accessibility features would be available), is there an update about when Rise will have these new features?
It has been a year since the original ask, and a number of promises have been made to indicate that these features will be coming "very soon".
I appreciate how difficult it can be to rapidly develop these tools, at the same time, it is frustrating that accessibility seems to be a "feature" consideration, versus an integration of the tool from the start.
Is Articulate willing to make a commitment to accessibility in their tool development? Would articulate be willing to post a full mapping of their products and elements to show what is, and what is not accessible - and when accessibility will be available?
Coming from an organization that has tried hard to ensure accessibility options for clients, it is frustrating to have to use a separate tool (word) to support accessibility with Rise.
Adding myself to this thread to hear updates. Excited to see my RISE resources work with JAWS. It looks .... wait no, feels like it's getting there.
A couple of biggies (well, from my perspective)
* Only visual users can use the enter password screen.
* Embedded Storylines work great but the tab key gets stuck inside them and can't progress down the page.
Hi Robert, Ruth, Michael, Keri and Melissa!
Our team is continuing the work on accessibility updates and the necessary documentation as we speak. Although I don't have a new target to offer for the release, we're still looking at the end of this year for our next accessibility update (keyboard navigation).
Some things we've already implemented:
Please keep the feedback, ideas and accessibility needs coming! It's all valuable for our team as they continue to plan out the next features and updates.
Thanks for the update Ashley. I bet you guys are looking forward to a Christmas break!
Thanks for the update!
Adding our interest in being kept up to date on the rollout of accessibility features added to Rise.