Help: Tips for accessibility

Is the platform accessible for people with a visual impairment?

People who are blind cannot see your materials, but can use them through assistive devices such as screen readers. For this to work well, it is important that you take digital accessibility into account. The platform developers work on the interface so it can be used by participants with q visual impairment but you can do something about it yourself too!

What can I do to improve accessibility?

LearningStone technology has a lot design options but if you want to take accessibility into account, it is good to keep the structure of your material as uncluttered as possible.  You should make your material as predictable as possible.

This is what you can do:

Turn off functions

If you aren’t using certain functions, e.g. Albums, it is good to disable them. Go to Settings > Features and Permissions.

Use of titles

A logical title structure is important for participants working with screen readers. Make sure you only have one H1 on the page and then you can use H2 and H3. Always use headings in the right order:

Correct:
H1
H2
H3
H2

Incorrect:
H1
H3
H2

Use enough contrast

Contrast is very important for people who are not necessarily blind but have an impairment in seeing color. This also applies to people who have more difficulty reading at night. You can check the contrast of the background color and foreground color on the following site or install an app.
Site: https://webaim.org/resources/contrastchecker/
App: https://www.tpgi.com/color-contrast-checker/

Avoid text in images

It’s possible to upload title bars containing text in an image.. Avoid this if you expect participants who have poor vision because screen readers will not be able to see these headings.

Alt texts

It is important to use alternative text, also called alt text to images that add something to the content. This ensures that someone using a screen reader will also know what image is being displayed. In any case, place an alt text if there is text in an image (although it's better to avoid that). And only add alt text to images that are important. If a decorative image of a cow doesn't add anything to the text, don't put "Cow in the pasture" in it because that will be annoying.

Subtitling of videos

For those people who have a visual- or hearing-impairment, or some other limiting factor in watching video, it is important that you add subtitles. Standard video services already have options for this.

Lists

If you  add a reference to places within the platform, include links so that someone gets there as easily as possible. A screen reader reads literally everything and then it can be annoying if you find out somewhere at the bottom of the page that you should be on some other page. Especially when you have to find that page yourself instead of following a link.