Emerging Trends in Learning: ADA E-learning Compliance with Lectora 16

1. Emerging Trends in Learning Webinar Series

2. Presentation Emerging Trends in Learning Webinar Series ADA E-learning Compliance with Lectora 16 Moderator: Dan Richards, Chief Learning Strategy Officer, Interactive Advantage Guest Speaker: Gerald Miller, Senior Multimedia Developer, Interactive Advantage

3. Topics Emerging Trends in Learning Webinar Series Settings Compatibility and Performance Tab Order and Navigation Text Images Hotspots Audio Video Interactions Timing Resources

4. Settings Emerging Trends in Learning Webinar Series • Web Accessibility Setting (in Title Options) • Limits audio and video controller options • Disables lightbox popups • Activates ALT tags for images and buttons • Enables new “Set Reading Order to Last” feature • Enables Language property setting for text fields

5. Compatibility and Performance Emerging Trends in Learning Webinar Series • Excellent across multiple browsers and with screen readers. (IE seems strongest) • Outputs HTML5 with some nice options to enhance JAWS usability • Enables a skilled developer to create a template for more rapid 508 developments by less skilled team members • Our go-to tool for developing Section 508 content

6. Tab Order and Navigation Emerging Trends in Learning Webinar Series • Screen reader reads in the following order*: • Title or AU level first • Page level objects • From top to bottom in Title Explorer • *Can group some navigation buttons and set them to read last instead of first • We often do this with Next and Back for usability. • Can disinherit that group if special navigation is required

7. Text Emerging Trends in Learning Webinar Series • JAWS reads all objects on page load, but after that the user must press Tab or other JAWS host keys to hear text. • Best Practice for Hyperlinks: Avoid “click here”. The verb should be what to do with the resource like “Read section 1.2 of the policy.” • Apply text header settings to enable greater usability. Users can use hot keys to search for those items they feel are most important based on the style declarations.

8. Images Emerging Trends in Learning Webinar Series • JAWS reads the name of the object as it appears in the title explorer. • Best Practice: Keep the description short don’t qualify the image unless it needs to be qualified. So not “Image xyz” but “hand-drawn diagram of xyz”. 128 characters is the limit in the name field. • Objects in Lectora can have a more lengthy description as well by placing text in a hidden field. This is good for more complex images. • Best practice: Put images before text in tab order. • Exclude decorative images by selecting “Empty ALT tag”.

9. Audio Emerging Trends in Learning Webinar Series • Provide option set media to not autostart. This can help avoid our audio playing over JAWS. • Text equivalent options: • Screen text – can even make it look like open or closed captioning or as a static scrolling field • Transcript PDF • Closed captioning can be added via XML when using a stock controller on an audio or video object. • Hidden text field

10. Video Emerging Trends in Learning Webinar Series • Provide option set media to not autostart. This can help avoid our audio playing over JAWS. • With MP4s added to the file we can use Player controls. • With videos streaming from a service like Vimeo you would have to link out. • Text equivalent options: • Screen text – can even make it look like open or closed captioning or as a static scrolling field • Transcript PDF • Hidden text field

11. Interactions Emerging Trends in Learning Webinar Series • User can Tab to objects and press Enter to activate. • Default question Feedback is the displaymessage dialog which is compliant, or you can use the scroll to feature. • Custom interactions can also use the scroll to action or the display message action. • Alternative equivalents – often in a transcript in text format but can still be engaging • Use graphical buttons instead of images with actions.

12. Timing Emerging Trends in Learning Webinar Series • Generally, we want the user to control access to the content. • When we use actions to cause something new to appear on the screen, JAWS tends to recognize that as a reason to start reading the screen contents again from the start. • You could use the scroll to action to help but things will get messy.

13. Resources Emerging Trends in Learning Webinar Series Interactive Advantage www.interactiveadvantage.com dan.Richards@interactiveadvantage.com 770-954-9566 How to Use Lectora to Create Accessible Courses http://trivantis.com/blog/how-to-use-lectora-to-create-accessible-courses/ Making eLearning Accessible (eBook) http://trivantis.com/ebooks/making-elearning-accessible

14. ADA E-learning Compliance with Lectora 16 Emerging Trends in Learning Webinar Series Questions Moderator: Dan Richards, Chief Learning Strategy Officer, Interactive Advantage dan.richards@interactiveadvantage.com 770-954-9566 Gerald Miller, Senior Multimedia Developer, Interactive Advantage gerald.miller@interactiveadvantage.com 770-954-9566

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