WebCT Page Accessibility Evaluation

Functional Web Accessibility Testing

Functional Accessibility Rating
Navigation	Conformance Rating
N.1 Does the web page have a unique TITLE element and at least one level 1 heading that is a subset of the page TITLE content?	Rating for N.1	Comment for N.1:
N.2 Do menus and navigation bars have titles with level 2 headings to provide orientation, and do those menu bars, exapandable menu bars, and other expansion controls change their heading levels based on whether they are expanded?	Rating for N.2	Comment for N.2:
N.3 Do all major/minor topics have headings (H2-H6)? Do the headings provide useful orientation information? NOTE: Headings should not be used to manipulate font attributes.	Rating for N.3	Comment for N.3:
N.4 Are links clear, descriptive and meaningful out of context and do all links indicate the target of the links? NOTE: The same link text should not be used to point to different URIs and references to the same URI should use the same link text.	Rating for N.4	Comment for N.4:
N.5 Do all form controls have descriptive labels? Are the labels structurally associated with the form controls?	Rating for N.5	Comment for N.5:
N.6 Are relationships among form controls indicated using structural mark-up; such as fieldset/legend or headings (h2-h6)?	Rating for N.6	Comment for N.6:
N.7 Do changes in content language include an appropriate LANG attribute?	Rating for N.7	Comment for N.7:
N.8 Do data tables use appropriate structural mark-up to identify cells and indicate relationships among cells? Data table mark-up may include a table caption, table summary, id and header elements.	Rating for N.8	Comment for N.8:
N.9 Do lists of items use UL, OL or DL list markup.?	Rating for N.9	Comment for N.9:
N.10 Do frames have useful/meaningful TITLE attributes? NOTE: Frames used for script processing or do not contain content should be marked as title="hidden".	Rating for N.10	Comment for N.10:
N.11 Does content make sense when the page is linearized (i.e., Table mark-up and/or stylesheets are disabled)?	Rating for N.11	Comment for N.11:
Text Equivalents	Conformance Rating
E.1 Do all decorative images set ALT=''? NOTE: Decorative images do not carry any content but are used purely for graphical styling (i.e. spacers, divider lines, ..), ideally these should all be moved to CSS techniques.	Rating for E.1	Comment for E.1:
E.2 Do all content carrying and icon images have descriptive ALT text?	Rating for E.2	Comment for E.2:
E.3 Does the ALT text for all images used for links or form control buttons match the onscreen text? NOTE: If an image is used in conjunction with text links that ALT='' text should be null, otherwise the link text is spoken twice in screen readers.	Rating for E.3	Comment for E.3:
E.4 Do all OBJECTs/APPLETS have text descriptions and alerntaive accessible version of the content and functions provided by the applet or object.	Rating for E.4	Comment for E.4:
E.5 Are text transcipts of audio, video+audio and other multimedia available?	Rating for E.5	Comment for E.5:
E.6 Are Text transcipts video+audio and other multimedia with visual and auditory renderings synchoronized with visual rendering?	Rating for E.6	Comment for E.6:
E.7 Are links available to play multi-media content in external multi-media players?	Rating for E.7	Comment for E.7:
Styling	Conformance Rating
Y.1 Does content reflow when browser text zooming features change font size? NOTE: As content reflows the user should not need to use the horizontal scrolling features to view content and text content should not overlap with other text content.	Rating for Y.1	Comment for Y.1:
Y.2 Does content reflow when the graphical window width changes. NOTE: As content reflows the user should not need to use the horizontal scroll features to view content.	Rating for Y.2	Comment for Y.2:
Y.3 Is content still usable when high contrast stylesheets are applied to the web page? NOTE: The Opera browser has built-in high contrast user stylesheets and the Mozilla/Firefox Accessibility Extension also provides a high contrast stylesheet feature.	Rating for Y.3	Comment for Y.3:
Y.4 Are Background images used for decorative styling, instead of inline images?	Rating for Y.4	Comment for Y.4:
Y.5 Is any image used to stylize text, except in logos and other branding icons?	Rating for Y.5	Comment for Y.5:
Y.6 Is all content styled through CSS stylesheets, no in-line styling elements are used (i.e. B, I, FONT, CENTER, BLINK, MARQUEE, ...)?	Rating for Y.6	Comment for Y.6:
Y.7 Do dynamic CSS pseudo-classes like :hover have corresponding :focus dynamic pseudo-class selectors. NOTE: Keyboard movement of fous should cause changes in stypling, similar to :hover effects.	Rating for Y.7	Comment for Y.7:
Scripting and Automation	Conformance Rating
R.1 Can all functions of the web page be performed with only the keyboard?	Rating for R.1	Comment for R.1:
R.2 Is any OnChange event used for SELECT elements?	Rating for R.2	Comment for R.2:
R.3 Are session time outs adjustable by the user?	Rating for R.3	Comment for R.3:
R.4 Can animations be paused and restarted by the user?	Rating for R.4	Comment for R.4:
R.5 Is any content that flickers between 2-55 Hz disabled by default, users must be warned of the flickeering before the content is started?	Rating for R.5	Comment for R.5:
R.6 Is an accessible alternative for embedded Java Applets, Flash and other APPLETS and OBJECTS available?	Rating for R.6	Comment for R.6:
Standards	Conformance Rating
S.1 Is DOCTYPE specified?	Rating for S.1	Comment for S.1:
S.2 Is default language specified?	Rating for S.2	Comment for S.2:
S.3 Is character encoding specified?	Rating for S.3	Comment for S.3:
Functional Accessibility Comments

WebCT Page Accessibility Evaluation

Instructions

WebCT Evaluation Information

Functional Web Accessibility Testing

Navigation

N.11 Does content make sense when the page is linearized (i.e., Table mark-up and/or stylesheets are disabled)?

Text Equivalents

E.4 Do all OBJECTs/APPLETS have text descriptions and alerntaive accessible version of the content and functions provided by the applet or object.

E.5 Are text transcipts of audio, video+audio and other multimedia available?

E.6 Are Text transcipts video+audio and other multimedia with visual and auditory renderings synchoronized with visual rendering?

E.7 Are links available to play multi-media content in external multi-media players?

Styling

Y.1 Does content reflow when browser text zooming features change font size? NOTE: As content reflows the user should not need to use the horizontal scrolling features to view content and text content should not overlap with other text content.

Y.2 Does content reflow when the graphical window width changes. NOTE: As content reflows the user should not need to use the horizontal scroll features to view content.

Y.3 Is content still usable when high contrast stylesheets are applied to the web page? NOTE: The Opera browser has built-in high contrast user stylesheets and the Mozilla/Firefox Accessibility Extension also provides a high contrast stylesheet feature.

Y.4 Are Background images used for decorative styling, instead of inline images?

Y.5 Is any image used to stylize text, except in logos and other branding icons?

Y.6 Is all content styled through CSS stylesheets, no in-line styling elements are used (i.e. B, I, FONT, CENTER, BLINK, MARQUEE, ...)?

Scripting and Automation

R.1 Can all functions of the web page be performed with only the keyboard?

R.2 Is any OnChange event used for SELECT elements?

R.3 Are session time outs adjustable by the user?

R.4 Can animations be paused and restarted by the user?

R.5 Is any content that flickers between 2-55 Hz disabled by default, users must be warned of the flickeering before the content is started?

R.6 Is an accessible alternative for embedded Java Applets, Flash and other APPLETS and OBJECTS available?

Standards

S.1 Is DOCTYPE specified?

S.2 Is default language specified?

S.3 Is character encoding specified?

Functional Accessibility Comments

Y.1 Does content reflow when browser text zooming features change font size?
NOTE: As content reflows the user should not need to use the horizontal scrolling features to view content and text content should not overlap with other text content.

Y.2 Does content reflow when the graphical window width changes.
NOTE: As content reflows the user should not need to use the horizontal scroll features to view content.

Y.3 Is content still usable when high contrast stylesheets are applied to the web page?
NOTE: The Opera browser has built-in high contrast user stylesheets and the Mozilla/Firefox Accessibility Extension also provides a high contrast stylesheet feature.