Quiz: Accessibility Self-Check

Quiz Accessibility Self-Check

Now that you have completed Module 2, please complete this self-check quiz to check your understanding. Select the best answer for each question.

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Accessibility Self-Check

QUESTION 1/5

Which of the following hyperlinked descriptions improves the navigation experience of a person using a screen reader.

View the Course Checklist at https://community.canvaslms.com/groups/designers/blog/2018/06/29/course-evaluation-checklist.

The Course Evaluation Checklist is available via Google Docs "Make a Copy" so you can customize for your institution.

Click here to view the Course Evaluation Checklist in the Canvas Community.

Note: In these examples, the text is not really linked. Instead, the text is underlined to reflect what would be linked in a real scenario.

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Right!

Explanation: When including links within your content, it is important to insert those links directly within the text to describes the title of the linked website or resource to users as opposed to including the entire web URL or using the wording "click here."

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QUESTION 2/5

Potentially, accessibility can benefit:

⬅︎ALL three are correct.

K-12 schools, universities & institutions

People without disabilities

People with disabilities

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Explanation: Accessible technology can benefit people with or without disabilities. For instance, in addition to providing benefit to users who are deaf or hard of hearing, captioned videos can help a user who is viewing the video in a noisy or distracting environment. Providing accessible technology can help institutions to comply with legal and policy requirements, and is also typically easier to maintain, manage, and support.

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QUESTION 3/5

When inserting or embedding non-decorative images directly into online content, what should users tag those images with?

Alternative Text

Login prompt

Audio Message

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Explanation: Tagging your images with alternative text provides information for an image if a user cannot view it and screen readers can accurately describe that image. If your image is decorative (such as an icon, content divider, etc) be sure to set that image as decorative.

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QUESTION 4/5

A great accessibility option is to color-code your content. For example, assignments are orange, quizzes are blue and discussions are red.

True

False

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Explanation: It is important to use something other than just color to convey meaning. Some of the more obvious responses include those that are blind, color blind, or low vision. However, the rationale is for a larger audience as well. Course content may be printed on a black and white printer and the color may not be evident. Content may be read on a digital device with the colors inverted.

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QUESTION 5/5

When using and inserting tables into online learning content, it is best to use them for:

visual layout purposes

displaying data

embedding images

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Explanation: It is generally recommended to minimize your use of tables, but if you do use tables, use them for data display only and not layout or alignment purposes. Additionally, tables should hainclude a caption and header row and/or column in the table properties.

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Congrats! You Have COMPLETED the Self-Check Quiz!

Click on each button below to review the content that we have covered in Module 2.

Color

Hyperlinks

Images & Alt Text

Audio & Video

Tables

Styles & Fonts

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