2009 European Users Conference Manchester

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2 Dundee University Slide 38

3 Changing demographics (ageing population, growing e-literacy) Efficiency savings through use of electronic data presentation and gathering Enhanced coverage of diverse access platforms (e.g. mobile) and situations (e.g. outside, low-bandwidth) Legal obligations of organisations towards disabled employees, customers and students

4 Loss of vision Visual impairment D/deafness, hard of hearing Motor impairment Cognitive impairment Disability tends to be adventitious and combinatorial increasing over time in severity and type As illustrated by age-related capability decline

5 Solves many accessibility problems of the physical world Through flexibility of display, reusability, alternative versions But technology can introduce new accessibility barriers phones and radios that can t be used by blind people???? So there are responsibilities for software developers......for content creators and for end users

6 Accessible digital content: W3C WCAG; WAI-ARIA Section 508 Accessible software W3C Authoring Tool and User Agent accessibility guidelines (ATAG and UAAG) Section 508 ISO 9241:171 User profiling: ISO 24751, IMS AccMD Procurement: PAS 78/BS 8878, Mandate 376

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9 Workflow feature ensure review of accessibility issues Slide 45

10 Questionmark partners with Wohl Communication Services who provide scribes and proctors to help those with disabilities answer assessments Slide 46

11 Some claim accessibility but don t deliver Questionmark has worked hard on this and delivers!

12 Jim Thatcher World expert in accessibility Helped draft section Dr David Sloan University of Dundee Dr David Sloan Jim Thatcher They: Guided Questionmark and made recommendations Reviewed technologies after changes Are helping with conformance statements Slide 48

13 All the participant facing views are accessible except for: Drag and drop questions Voice (Wimba questions) Matching/Ranking questions that use graphical option Participant reporting Flash and Captivate items are only accessible if authored correctly Use metatags to select only accessible items for Accommodations Version 5 has been designed to be optimally Accessible Not just tick the box or using one template......but genuinely Accessible with the vast majority of features Questionmark Secure is Accessible Keyboard works correctly; for instance tab order makes sense Minimal use of Flash Systems which only use Flash are hard to make fully accessible Slide 49

14 Select by clicking form field or choice text region Slide 50

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17 Accessibility is progressive and requires partnership Authors have a responsibility to make their assessments accessible For instance accessibility requires that all images require an ALT (alternative text) attribute Questionmark define an ALT attribute for all system images Questionmark allows definition of ALT attributes for user entered graphics New v5 best practice guide for accessibility: Slide 53

18 Accessibility and Accommodation features Questionmark Perception Competitors Enforce reliable authoring process checks accessibility? Allow extra time for those that need accommodations? Use recognized industry experts to assist? Partnerships with worldwide service providers? Participants can change text size? Participants can change contrast of screen? Technology tested with screen readers including JAWS? Able to take assessments with keyboard only? Compliance statement (VPAT) for section 508? Compliance statement for W3C WCAG 2? How To and Best Practice Guides? Slide 54

19 Dr. David Sloan presenting on best practice techniques for ensuring accessibility Slide Questionmark 55 is a registered trademark of Questionmark Computing Limited. All other trademarks are acknowledged.

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