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For discussing issues and ideas for improving accessibility and usability. See also the User experience (UX) space.

Documentation: Accessibility toolkit and Usability FAQ
Forum moderators: Daniel Neis Araujo and Marcus Green

This forum is for discussing accessibility usability issues and best practice.

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List of discussions. Showing 100 of 715 discussions
Status	Discussion	Started by	Last post	Replies	Actions
	"Why open source software usability tends to suck" - how do we work around this? Locked	Matt Gibson 29 June 2009	Michael Haskell 18 Dec 2014	35
	We have to stop doing this! (Silly settings) Locked	Tim Hunt 2 Apr 2016	Martin H 2 June 2016	21
	Design Flaws in Moodle 4.0 Locked	Don Hinkelman 4 May 2022	Marcus Green 8 Aug 2022	20
	Brickfield Accessibility Starter Toolkit error Locked	shpetim aliaj 12 Jan 2022	Mike Churchward 23 Feb 2022	19
	Marking Page Much Too Narrow Locked	Paul Troop 16 Jan 2017	Michael Zwahlen 17 June 2018	18
	Improved Printing of Gradebook User Reports Locked	Brian Pool 19 Sept 2018	Brian Pool 9 Oct 2018	16
	"Options" when Grading peculiarity.... Locked	Steve Ambro v3.8 11 Sept 2016	Steve Ambro v3.8 19 Sept 2016	15
	Course Contents Listing Locked	Mike Carter 12 Oct 2022	Mike Carter 19 Oct 2022	14
	Auto-resize every uploading images Locked	Piotr Adamcio 4 Apr 2020	Daniel Thies 1 May 2020	14
	Participate In Moodle Usability Testing Locked	Alberto Corado 13 Sept 2016	Nadav Kavalerchik 16 Sept 2016	13
	Front page - allow selection of pages other than Dashboard or Site Home Locked	Andrew Gates 21 Sept 2020	Randy Thornton 25 Sept 2020	12
	How do I make an automated functionality that keeps track of the last page I read in a course? Locked	Rolf Cper 7 Oct 2016	AL Rachels 15 Oct 2016	12
	How to disable additional name fields? Locked	David Rogers 8 Jan 2015	Melissa Benson 2 Apr 2015	12
	Change URL activity icons per file type? Locked	Frank Burger 21 Dec 2022	Luca Bösch 19 Jan 2023	11
	error in uploading the users .csv file Locked	Nitanshu Chauhan 8 Aug 2018	Nitanshu Chauhan 9 Aug 2018	11
	Adding activities to a page - what do you think? Locked	Jim Judges 17 Jan 2017	Elizabeth Dalton 26 Jan 2017	11
	The Moodle Gradebook has very poor usability Locked	Marcus Green 10 Dec 2014	Daniel Neis Araujo 17 Dec 2014	11
	Making Moodle More Consistent Locked	Jez H 8 Dec 2014	john Simpson 15 Mar 2015	11
	Closed Captioning	Stephan Beskowiney 6 Oct 2023	Stephan Beskowiney 11 Oct 2023	10
	Missing right side menu for students Locked	Kees van Heuven 16 Mar 2023	Rick Jerz 28 Mar 2023	10
	Moodle is slow Locked	Ms. Sarah Almuhaimeed 27 Dec 2022	Howard Miller 30 Dec 2022	10
	Self enrolment Locked	Gordon Mills 16 Aug 2022	john attwood 31 Oct 2022	10
	Usability Suggestion – Global Editing Locked	Tara Mann 16 July 2015	Sue Holtz 20 July 2015	10
	Quiz review page not properly acceesible	chandan kumar 17 Dec 2023	Rizwan Khan 29 Dec 2023	9
	First Attempt Log In Error Message	Dean W 16 Nov 2022	Marian Urkizu 14 Nov 2023	9
	Create Master Activity - available to many courses Locked	Marie Waterhouse 28 Apr 2021	Marie Waterhouse 11 May 2021	9
	Moodle 3.8+ Question Bank -> Questions -> Preview button move to Edit actions submenu Locked	P P 24 Nov 2019	Hugo Ribeiro 6 Dec 2019	9
	What is the best way to provide videos to students in moodle embedded or streamed by an external ... Locked	Mr. Marc 20 Dec 2018	Tomoya Saito 7 Jan 2019	9
	Challenge to find unread messages Locked	Kahraman Bulut 1 June 2018	Victor Kindinger 9 May 2019	9
	Course Management Panel Locked	Chris Kenniburg 28 Apr 2017	Chris Kenniburg 11 May 2017	9
	Suggestion: "speed menu" Locked	Peter Diedrichs 6 Apr 2017	Chris Kenniburg 5 Dec 2017	9
	Usability: Moodle usability - general principles Locked	Tim Hunt 23 Mar 2008	dawn alderson 3 Dec 2014	9
	Looking for info on the WCAG 2.1 AA audit from May 2023	Bob Dodd 28 Aug 2023	Marcus Green 31 Aug 2023	8
	Table captions - advice wanted	Tim Hunt 10 Aug 2023	Shirley Gregorczyk 21 Aug 2023	8
	QUIZ + video in Moodle. Want the video to stay visible. Locked	SNT onderwijs 18 Oct 2022	SNT onderwijs 23 Oct 2022	8
	Why is the content area 830px wide in Moodle 4?	Jeremy FitzPatrick 15 July 2022	Daniela Wolf 3 Aug 2023	8
	Unexpected "Tables ideally should not be missing headers." Locked	John Percival 7 July 2022	Karen Holland 3 Oct 2022	8
	Adding a survey Locked	Gabri Z 13 May 2021	Aric Joshua 21 Sept 2021	8
	UX - Onboarding -Cross Language Tutorials Locked	Tim F 28 Feb 2021	Mary Cooch 7 Mar 2021	8
	import groups Locked	Nancy Evans 28 Feb 2017	Eoin Campbell 26 Mar 2017	8
	Course Navigation Locked	Tara Mann 17 Dec 2016	Derek Chirnside 18 Apr 2017	8
	tracking the time spent by students on course/activity Locked	Emmerich Anderson 12 Nov 2015	Vincent Garnier 10 Feb 2016	8
	Self activity	D T 22 Aug 2023	D T 25 Aug 2023	7
	Creating items in the middle of a Section or Course Locked	Brad Nielsen 28 Apr 2021	Vaya Willemen 18 May 2021	7
	Assignments with different dates Locked	Jesus Guzmzn 12 May 2020	Rick Jerz 20 May 2020	7
	Top 3 Usability Issues in a High school using Moodle Locked	Brad Nielsen 7 Feb 2020	Tim Hunt 24 July 2020	7
	How to make a quiz containing 10 questions at random from a bank of 20 is not discoverable Locked	Tim Hunt 6 Jan 2020	Hugo Ribeiro 22 Jan 2020	7
	Bulk uploading files to course Locked	Matthew Bennett 6 Jan 2019	Matthew Bennett 8 Jan 2019	7
	How to change default sorting order of student names Locked	Kristbjorg Olsen 10 Oct 2017	Kristbjorg Olsen 11 Oct 2018	7
	Seeking Volunteers for Moodle HQ Course Administration Research Study Locked	Alberto Corado 7 July 2017	Alberto Corado 31 July 2017	7
	Assignment module usability refinements Locked	Stuart Lamour 13 Mar 2017	Stuart Lamour 17 Dec 2017	7
	Username and real name Locked	Nigel Hoath 27 June 2016	Richard Oelmann 27 June 2016	7
	[4.1]Remove activities & resources from NAV drawer	Richard van Iwaarden 22 Apr 2023	Peter Diedrichs 27 Apr 2023	6
	"Back to Top" Button Missing in Moodle 4 Locked	Rick Jerz 12 Apr 2022	Randy Thornton 20 Apr 2022	6
	Keyboard Access/Screen Reader text on Interactive Courses Locked	Bryan Noyahr 19 Oct 2021	Daniel Thies 27 Oct 2021	6
	Changing headers in list of users Locked	Marc Poirier 13 Oct 2021	Randy Thornton 15 Oct 2021	6
	Diversify access and viewing of courses for registered users (internal and external) Locked	Stefano Guglielmetti 12 July 2021	Stefano Guglielmetti 16 July 2021	6
	Moodle is not loading graphics 3.9.2 Locked	Willow Schools 15 Oct 2020	Willow Schools 10 Nov 2020	6
	Collection of flagged questions Locked	Deleted user 24 May 2020	Deleted user 27 May 2020	6
	Why, oh why My Courses Locked	Peter Diedrichs 15 Feb 2019	Ralf Hilgenstock 26 Feb 2019	6
	Badge expiry notifications Locked	Edward Bolton 9 Jan 2019	Toni Sutoni 18 Dec 2019	6
	Fordson course management panel Locked	Keith Powell 19 Sept 2018	Darren Hall 10 July 2019	6
	Add link to language preference settings to language menu Locked	stefan weber 20 Apr 2018	Séverin Terrier 3 May 2018	6
	500 error for some pages, but fixed upon refresh Locked	Daniel Williams 2 June 2017	Ambrish Tiwari 4 July 2017	6
	Social Media links in profiles Locked	Andy Chaplin 28 Oct 2016	AL Rachels 30 Oct 2016	6
	email assignments Locked	Mike Verna 22 June 2015	Just H 25 June 2015	6
	Possibility of docking blocks by default Locked	Philippe Decloitre 2 Apr 2015	Philippe Decloitre 14 Apr 2015	6
	How to correct an online activity with fewer clicks	Kilian Gandos 21 Mar 2024	Visvanath Ratnaweera 23 Mar 2024	5
	Default TinyMCE size	Nettkurs XYZ 29 Aug 2023	Nettkurs XYZ 10 Sept 2023	5
	Seeking Accessibility Tips for Moodle Navigation with NVDA	Kael Sieben 16 Aug 2023	Brett Dalton 19 Aug 2023	5
	What is the purpose of a flag in Quizzes? Locked	Velson Horie 30 Mar 2023	Velson Horie 3 Apr 2023	5
	show activity NOT on extra page Locked	Flo F. 16 Jan 2023	Matthias Giger 31 Jan 2023	5
	Moodle Accessibility Kit does not validate Locked	Diego Mejía 29 June 2022	Heather P 21 July 2022	5
	Open course index when enrolling Locked	Matthias Giger 12 Apr 2022	Mathilde Menoret 13 Jan 2023	5
	moodle 3.5 : course overview: why completed courses are shown in in progress tab Locked	Tints Thomas 20 Sept 2021	Tints Thomas 30 Sept 2021	5
	Move custom menu item to right side of header Locked	Deleted user 29 May 2021	Giovanni Vosloo 2 June 2021	5
	Link to a topic Locked	Andrew Pearce 14 July 2020	Ulrich Hauser-Ehninger 9 Nov 2020	5
	Link a Competency to multiple Learning Plan Templates Locked	Shirley Gregorczyk 1 July 2020	Randy Thornton 10 July 2020	5
	Importing several xml files at once Locked	Deleted user 24 May 2020	Deleted user 2 July 2020	5
	Quiz: "Submit Answer" not "Next Page" Locked	Walter Byrd 30 Mar 2020	AL Rachels 30 Mar 2020	5
	Gradebook - appearance more akin to Activity Completion? Locked	Garth Brady 2 Nov 2019	John Provasnik 19 Mar 2020	5
	Repository Documentation Locked	Anhad Ahuja 3 Apr 2019	Anhad Ahuja 17 Apr 2019	5
	Help Desk activity? Locked	Frank Burger 28 Mar 2019	AL Rachels 2 Apr 2019	5
	Dragging Files Resources into a Folder Resource Locked	Brad Nielsen 25 Feb 2019	Brad Nielsen 15 May 2019	5
	Sharing Cart Locked	Rhuan Lennon Seabra 26 Nov 2018	Brad Nielsen 27 Jan 2019	5
	Looking for highlight text plugin on Moodle Locked	Ha Lee 13 Sept 2018	Jaifar Al Shizawi 5 Mar 2019	5
	Longevity of HTML (& Adobe Captivate) Locked	Mike Stein 30 July 2016	Just H 30 July 2016	5
	How to Collapse Subtopics under Essential Themes Locked	Alex Briones 29 July 2016	Gareth J Barnard 25 Jan 2017	5
	Video Formats Locked	Ken St. John 26 Feb 2016	Ken St. John 29 Mar 2016	5
	Collapsed Topics toggles, accessibility and the space bar. Locked	Gareth J Barnard 17 Dec 2015	Gareth J Barnard 8 Feb 2016	5
	Can I save a topic in Moodle? Locked	Alexander Kuptsov 19 Aug 2015	Robert Brenstein 26 Aug 2015	5
	Simplification of user interface and options for students and instructors Locked	John Mayer 17 June 2015	Paula Clough 25 June 2015	5
	Single "add an activity or resource button" Locked	Jaswinder Singh 10 May 2015	Just H 2 June 2015	5
	Sending message to all participants has a usability problem Locked	anna ko 3 May 2015	Atul Shetty 4 Jan 2016	5
	Bluejeans & Moodle Locked	Susan Fleming 2 May 2015	Samuel Than 16 Oct 2015	5
	Best video format & software for mobile user (iphone) compatibility Locked	Tom Coffey 13 Mar 2015	Jon Witts 24 Mar 2015	5
	Alternative text WGAG Locked	Jamie Howard 16 Dec 2014	Leticia Dark-rose 14 Sept 2016	5
	Focus on the 20% Locked	Jez H 9 Dec 2014	Marcus Green 10 Dec 2014	5
	Moodle 4.1: Boost theme - custom menu Broken ARIA menu items	Joanne Pepper 2 Feb 2024	Joanne Pepper 8 Feb 2024	4
	Blue zone not wide enough	SNT onderwijs 8 Aug 2023	SNT onderwijs 8 Aug 2023	4