Accessibility in Avendoo
We attach great importance to the accessible design of our software and strive to continuously develop it. Our goal is to enable all people equal and comfortable access to our applications. In this Article, the Accessibility of Avendoo is Described with Regard to the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) The aim is to ensure that the application is accessible and usable for as many people as possible – regardless of individual abilities, technical aids, or usage situations.
the WCAG
The Web Content Accessibility Guidelines in their latest version 2.2 (https://www.w3.org/TR/WCAG22/) are international guidelines that define how digital content can be designed to be accessible to all people – including people with disabilities.
They are based on four fundamental principles that describe how content should be perceivable, operable, understandable, and robust:
Perceivable
Operable
Understandable
Robust
Information and user interfaces must be presented in such a way that they can be perceived by all users. This includes, for example, alternative texts for images, sufficient color contrasts, and subtitles for audiovisual content.
All functions must be operable – both with the mouse and with the keyboard or other input methods. Content must not require interactions that presuppose certain abilities that are not present in all users.
Content and user interface operation must be clear and predictable. This includes simple language, consistent navigation, and understandable error messages.
Content must be designed in such a way that it can be reliably interpreted by a variety of current and future user agents – including assistive technologies such as screen readers.
The Conformance Level AA describes a medium level of requirements: It includes all A-criteria (basic requirements) as well as additional criteria that ensure good accessibility for most user groups.
Implementation of Accessibility
We align the design of our user interface with WCAG 2.1 and WCAG 2.2 Level AA standards.
User frontend
The User Area offers support for screen readers and keyboard operation, tab navigation, color contrasts, color blindness, and magnification. Additionally, it was examined and adapted with automatic testing options for accessibility.
Content Area
In the Content Area, the authors are primarily responsible for the accessible design of their e-learning content, as learning content used in Avendoo can originate from various, internal and external sources.. Avendoo makes the options for alternative texts for images, accessible alternatives for audio– video elements and interactions, adjustment of contrasts and the provision of subtitles available.. Predefined controls from Move also adhere to WCAG 2.2 Level AA.
Web-based trainings
For Web Based Trainings (WBT), authors are generally responsible for ensuring accessibility, as these are contents or learning programs created outside of Avendoo .. This also applies to attached media such as PDF files.
Guidelines for Accessible Content Creation
- WCAG 2.2 Level AA can only be achieved if the color values used in the customer design and their combination meet the contrast requirements.
- In general, accessibility can only be ensured with the latest versions of Avendoo – please ensure regular updates of your Avendoo Learning World.
- Inserted images can be provided with alternative texts, as long as they are not background images and thus merely “decorative elements”.
- Videos can be provided with subtitles.
- For interactive elements such as a matching question, it is recommended to create accessible alternatives to provide the displayed content accessibly.
- When using fonts and colors, sufficient contrast ratio should be ensured. Content should also not be displayed too small. For example, use appropriate font sizes and images with sufficient display size.
- Texts should be formatted using the predefined paragraph formats in your Avendoo Learning World to ensure maximum responsiveness.