How compliant is Moodle 4.4.1+ (without any plugins) with WCAG 2.1, ARIA 1.1, and ATAG 2.0? And how does its compliance change when you install plugins?
En resposta a Ben Schmidt
Re: Accessibility standards of Moodle 4.4.1+
Hello - just moved this to the Accessibility and usability forum. Just checking you have seen the documentation Acessibility and the VPAT Accessibility conformance report?
En resposta a Mary Cooch (personal account)
Re: Accessibility standards of Moodle 4.4.1+
per Ben Schmidt -
Thank you for the the VPAT Accessibility conformance report. Do you also know something about ARIA 1.1, and ATAG 2.0 ?
En resposta a Ben Schmidt
Re: Accessibility standards of Moodle 4.4.1+
I don't sorry, but hopefully someone viewing this discussion will be able to comment further.
En resposta a Mary Cooch (personal account)
Re: Accessibility standards of Moodle 4.4.1+
per Ben Schmidt -
Thanks anyway , you were of great help.
Ben
Moodle uses aria labels and other technologies to meet the WCAG requirements. For the most part if a product is WCAG compliant you don't need to worry about the technology it uses to achieve it.
"And how does its compliance change when you install plugins?"
It is not possible to answer that question because the people who create Moodle have no control over plugins used.
It would be possible to create a plugin that is not accessible and people might install it, but that would be a plugin by plugin issue.
It is not possible to answer that question because the people who create Moodle have no control over plugins used.
It would be possible to create a plugin that is not accessible and people might install it, but that would be a plugin by plugin issue.
Hi, Ben.
Moodle 4.4+ meets WCAG 2.1 Level AA. With WCAG 2.2 released in October 2023, we also aim to meet WCAG 2.2 Level AA conformance for future releases of Moodle.
Re: ARIA - We use the appropriate ARIA tags/roles for our user interfaces whenever applicable.
Re: ATAG - We currently do not evaluate against ATAG 2.0. However,
- The accessibility audits also evaluate Moodle's text editors (Tiny MCE and Atto) against WCAG Level AA to ensure their accessibility.
- Moodle's text editors also provide authors with the means to create accessible content. For example:
- Ability to designate headings in the text content
- Ability to create accessible links and images
- Provide the means to attach captions to uploaded media content
- Accessibility checker tool for the authored content
- Moodle also has a built-in accessibility toolkit that organisations can use to help them create accessible course content
Hope this helps.