Rise VPAT and Accessibility

Hi Michael

here is a link to FAQ's and an excerpt from it about Rise

Michael, many of us have the same concerns and are waiting eagerly for this much needed update.    

Hey everyone!  We're working hard on improving accessibility in your Rise courses.

In fact, adding alt text to your images in Rise is coming soon!  We'll let you know as soon as it's released.

Any update on this? Is it still coming soon--do we know when?

Hi Marie! We did have an update last month that included adding alternative text to images in Rise. Check out the details here.

I'm following up on this--last fall, there were several updates that said "RISE VPAT coming soon..." and we are wondering if this is available yet? We would love to recommend more developers use RISE, but this is a very critical piece for us--and we'll have to wait to use RISE until this is in place. Thank you!

Hi everyone,

We know that accessibility in Rise is essential. We’re making it a priority to make sure everyone can use Rise courses.

Our ultimate goal is to meet the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG). We’ve already taken some initial steps to meet that goal. For example, we’ve increased the contrast for built-in course features, added alt text for images, and added keyboard-accessible navigation. We’re currently working on full screen reader support.

We know there’s more to be done and we’d love your input. If you’re interested in helping us make Rise more accessible, please sign up for the private beta forum on E-Learning Heroes. We’ll release product updates to this beta and gather your feedback to refine Rise accessibility features.

We appreciate your support. Thank you!

I wanted to follow-up and see if there was any update on the status of the VPAT about which Michael had inquired. Does anyone have recent updates?

No update yet, Julie. We'll post here as soon as we have an update to share! 

I was just reviewing the latest 360 updates and wanted to check if Rise was made accessible yet? Thank you.

Hi Laurie,

Thanks for reaching out! We're still working on making Rise fully accessible. 

So far, we’ve added these accessibility features:

• Increased contrast for built-in course features 
• Alt text for images
• Keyboard-accessible navigation

Keep an eye on our "What's New" page and the Rise 360 release notes for details.

Thank you Allison for the update.

Sure thing :)

Hello everyone!

I’m happy to share our Rise 360 Accessibility Collection, which includes the VPAT to describe how Rise 360 conforms to WCAG 2.1 Level AA criteria. We also updated our roadmap to include Rise 360 features we’re continuing to develop to better support WCAG.

Let me know your questions and experiences building accessible courses for all!

Thank you for this update.  Comes just in time for a client presentation.