Accessibility: Section 508 accessibility issues

Accessibility: Section 508 accessibility issues

Lina Divitt - келді
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I am working on a project with Moodle and have to deliver a section 508 compliant tool.  I am getting messages like the following from Cynthia Says, and similar compliance check tools.

Rule: 1.1.2 - All INPUT elements are required to contain the alt attribute or use a LABEL.

  • Failure - INPUT Element, of Type TEXT, found at Line: 163, Column: 858
  • Failure - INPUT Element, of Type PASSWORD, found at Line: 163, Column: 992

How would I go about ensuring I meet the label requirements? Can I edit the HTML myself?  If so, where would I go? I've looked at some of the php files, but there are too many! Please advise. Thanks much.

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Re: Accessibility: Section 508 accessibility issues

Thomas Robb - келді
You are posting this in the wrong area.  It would probably be best to post it under "General problems" but you might also consider filing a bug report at http://bug.moodle.com

There's nothing in the HTML that you can tweak because PHP automatically generates the HTML for each page on the fly when it needs to be generated, so it's the php scripts which must be fixed.
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Re: Accessibility: Section 508 accessibility issues

Lina Divitt - келді

Thanks for the responses. I will post as you suggested and file a bug report.  I have looked at the docs from Moodle, and even gotten my husband's expertise to probe and see what we can do ourselves, and it's not straightforward, to say the least.

If I get any further info, I'll be sure to pass it on. Thanks again.

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Tony Hursh - келді
Lina, you might want to have a look at the Moodle Accessibility Specification that's under development.
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Re: Accessibility: Section 508 accessibility issues

Tim Hunt - келді
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Yes, the short answer is wait for Moodle 1.8 which is due in early 2007.

And I would say that Lina Divitt asked the question in exactly the right forum.
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