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Using 'Tabs' and accessibility
Hi there, can anybody advise as to whether using 'Tabs' in Articulate Rise would meet AA standards? Many thanks.
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Hi Haremi Employee! Tabs are part of Interactive Blocks in Rise, and they are partially supported. (Level A) as stated in Section 3.3.2 of the Rise 360 Accessibility Conformance Report. I hope this helps!
Hi Hazel, thank you very much for your help. Please could I check whether if we use Tabs in our product, does that mean we would not have an AA compliant product? Or are there ways to use Tabs and be AA compliant?
Hi again, Haremi Employee! Apologies for the previous information I provided. The Tabs blocks fully support WCAG guidelines so you are good to use them.
The only blocks that do not support them are these:
Image and quote carousels
Process interactions
Drag-and-drop interactions (matching and sorting)
Scenario
Charts
FlashcardsHi Hazel, do you know how long until the flashcard grid block is compliant? This would be one of my most used blocks but our courses must be compliant.
Hi Kristina!
While I don't have an exact ETA of when the remaining blocks will fully support WCAG guidelines, we will update our "Accessibility Journey" article when they're ready.
Hi Renz Sevilla, thank you so much for such a swift response!
Just to get it clear in my head (sorry, I'm a Rise novice!), the reason that Interactive Scenarios are not AA-compliant is because, at present, there is no way to add alt text to describe the context in the Scenario?
Apart from this accessibility aspect, do you know if Scenarios work with a screen reader and with keyboard navigation? I have tried the latter myself and it seemed to work fine.
Many thanks for all your guidance!
Hi Haremi Employee, great questions!
You are correct -- currently, there is no way to add alt text to describe the context in the scenario block. For example, you cannot add alt text to describe the character or the background image.
Scenario blocks are keyboard accessible, and screen readers will read the text within a scenario block.
Please let us know if you have further questions about that!
Hi Alyssa Gomez, and thank you for your further guidance - it is really appreciated!
In the absence of alt-text, could we simply add some context-related text to the introductory text field (underneath the 'Scenario title') - e.g. 'Here is Maggie, a female doctor, who you have visited in her practice. She is going to test your understanding of...'? Please could I check whether the screen-reader reads this? I'm assuming so.
Or would adding this context-related text not be enough to address the problem of alt-text not being present in Interactive Scenarios and therefore not being AA-compliant?
Many thanks for your continued help!
Hi Haremi Employee, I think that's a great idea! it would certainly add context for learners using screen readers. However, the scenario block will not fully support WCAG guidelines until they support alt-text, which is coming soon.
Do you know when the scenario block will support alt text? I'm developing a course right now and want to use the scenario block but it has to be 508 compliant. Thanks!
Thanks so much, Alyssa for all your help - I'm really grateful!
Hi Bridget! The scenario block does not support alt text yet but we will update Rise 360: Our Accessibility Journey once we make changes!
