SOAR Advising Module Accessibility & Usability Information

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Accessibility & usability barriers 

The following information is provided to help people with disabilities know what potential barriers may exist.

Screen reader accessibility barriers

• Navigating by heading structure may give not consistent results for navigating content.

• Not all status and state changes are announced.

  • When navigating between the two main pages there is no audio confirmation.

  • When using the “View” button on the reports page there is no audio confirmation.

• Some interactive elements are not announced or actionable.

  • Search results on the table in the Student Finder are used to sort results but are not announced as an interactive element.

  • The print summary button is not accessible to screen readers.

  • The delete button for an advisor added to the student summary page is not accessible to screen readers.

Keyboard accessibility barriers

• The print summary function is not accessible keyboard.

• Users can be trapped in the filter options of the reports page.

Color contrast accessibility barriers

• There are contrast barriers around some blue buttons that make it hard to recognize where focus is.

• The reporting dialogs do not have focus states for interactive elements.

Magnification barriers

• The application can support magnification up to 200% but text space is very tight.

• After 200% the application does not support magnification. 

See Also:

• SOAR Advising Module