Useful Tools and Resources
Hi everyone, I'd like to share some accessibility (a11y) resources. I hope these will be helpful in making your content more inclusive and accessible to everyone. Whether you're new to accessibility or looking to deepen your understanding, these resources provide valuable insights, and best practices to ensure your work is accessible to all users, regardless of their abilities. Thanks. Understood: Understood is the leading nonprofit empowering the 70 million people with learning and thinking differences in the United States. https://www.understood.org/ Funkify: A disability simulator that helps you experience the web and interfaces through the eyes of extreme users. https://www.funkify.org/ Accessible Numbers: Presenting numbers and data clearly. https://accessiblenumbers.com/ Neurodiversity Design System: A set of standards and principles that combine neurodiversity and UX design for Learning Management Systems. https://neurodiversity.design/ WhoCanUse: A tool that brings attention and understanding to how colour contrast can affect people with different visual impairments. https://www.whocanuse.com/ Viz Palette: Colors in action. https://projects.susielu.com/viz-paletteIntroduction
Welcome to our Accessibility Group! We're excited to have you join this collaborative space, where you can find inspiration and connect with like-minded individuals. We're all human and learning on this accessibility journey. Use this group to ask questions, share ideas, support each other, and learn about the latest guidelines and laws. Together, we'll grow in accessibility maturity and create a supportive community through this safe and inclusive space.Creating alt text for complex images easier
Hey folks, I'm really glad to see this new accessibility Group on E-Learning heroes. Right now in my own line of work, I'm pushing for really accessible courses and it's quite crazy how trainers are missing fundamental things such as alternative text on images. Which I would end up having to do to ensure a project gets done in time. Anyway, I made a video tutorial very recently on how you can speed up creating alternative text for graphics using Microsoft Copilot. It can also be done with other tools such as ChatGPT. I hope it helps and more importantly, gets more people to make sure that all their graphics have alternative descriptions. Enhancing Accessibility in Instructional Design with Microsoft CopilotRise 360 Theme update
With accessibility being critical could there be some future enhancements for changing theme colors for fonts and buttons? We have brand color requirements and there are too many limitations for setting theme colors for fonts and buttons. This would be a huge help to ensure course designers are meeting accessibility requirements. It would be an amazing upgrade if users had options to edit buttons and title fonts that don't carry through and change the entire course.Group Guidelines
Please take a moment to familiarize yourself with our community guidelines. These guidelines ensure that we maintain a friendly and welcoming space, which allows a positive experience for everyone. Key points include: Be Respectful: Treat all members with kindness and respect. Stay On Topic: Keep discussions relevant to accessibility. Be Helpful: When providing feedback, be constructive and helpful. No Spam: Avoid posting spam or self-promotion. If you encounter any technical issues, please post them in theDiscuss Forum. Thank you for being a part of our community. Let’s work together to create a supportive and engaging environment for all.Accessibility Best Practices in eLearning
There are many ways that you can create an accessible eLearning course. Feel free to share any resources or knowledge that you have! I'll go first: Here are some resources from that describe what you can do to make sure that your content is accessible by people from all walks of life: All About Accessibility | Articulate - Community A Quick Reference Guide On eLearning Accessibility Standards (elearningindustry.com) eLearning Accessibility: Best Practices, Tips, And Tricks - eLearning IndustryClosed Captions Only Displaying on First Line of Video
I'm experiencing an issue with the closed captions on my Storyline 360 imported videos. The captions only appear on the first line of the video and then disappear for the rest of the playback. This is happening even when I manually type the captions or try importing .srt or .vtt caption files. I recently updated Storyline 360 on August 27th, and this issue started occurring after that update. Has anyone else experienced this problem? I've tried troubleshooting it but can't seem to find a solution. Any advice or insights would be greatly appreciated. I'm hoping this is just a temporary bug that will get resolved in a future update, but in the meantime, I'm struggling to get my videos properly captioned. Thank you in advance for your help!Table with row headings
I need to be able to create a table in either Storyline or Rise that has both column headings AND row headings, and I need it to be 508 accessible and properly read out both headings along with cell contents. As best I can tell, both products only support column headings. The recommendation is to use an image of a table and then describe it in alt text, which I know my 508 auditor will not accept. Has anyone found a solution to this?
