Hi Dan,
Sorry for the delay in responding. I'm really glad you enjoyed the
unconference and U-Camp!
We haven't yet done comprehensive UX Walkthroughs of uPortal from an
accessibility perspective. Most of what we have observed suggests that
uPortal is fairly accessibility for keyboard-only users. I haven't yet
tested with a screenreader.
It's my understanding that 2.6 has improved the state of the markup and
CSS in uPortal quite a bit. It sounds like if CSU Chico has done work to
improve the markup even further, we should encourage them to contribute
it back to the community!
Section 508 has the bizarre requirement that sites must work with CSS
turned off. It would be an interesting exercise to spend some time
working with uPortal with stylesheets disabled and see how it works.
JavaScript, on the other hand, is not prohibited by Section 508.
Unfortunately, though, the current drag and drop layout functionality in
uPortal 2.6 is not accessible. We're working with Jen Bourey and Eric
Dalquist to replace this code with the more accessible Reorderer, which
supports keyboard accessibility and assistive technology through ARIA.
I hope this helps,
Colin
Biondi, Dan wrote:
Anastasia, Colin, Gary, and Paul:
It was great to meet you, either directly or indirectly, at the JA-SIG
unconference this week. I was in awe of the work you have/are doing in
relation to the Fluid project and your contributions to the open source
community.
I was wondering if I could get your comments/recommendations to the thread
below regarding the state of accessibility for uPortal 2.6 and beyond. At Sac
State, all Web apps implemented after 9/1/07 are required to be US Section 508
compliant. There is also major effort underway across the California State
University system to bring all university media into accessibility compliance.
What is the status of accessibility in uPortal or what would be the best
resource to determine this status?
Thanks for help.
Dan Biondi
Web Portal Coordinator
Sacramento State
v: +1 916-278-7616
(P.S. Being new to the open source community, I wasn't sure if there is a list
that would be appropriate for this inquiry. If so, please feel free to also
post your replies there as well [or let me know where I should post].)
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Jungling, Scott
Sent: Tuesday, November 13, 2007 1:21 PM
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Subject: RE: [ATI-webcop] uPortal accessibility?
Peter and Dave,
Here at CSU, Chico accessibility has been a top priority for uPortal since we started back in 2004.
Currently, we're running uPortal 2.6 and not using any of the AJAX/DHTML UI elements. In addition,
we spent a fair amount of time de-table-ifying the XSLT files for uPortal and rebuilt it from the
ground up using clean semantically meaningful(ish) markup. What we discovered is that in doing this
we could make most aspects of uPortal accessible. Unfortunately there are some pieces of uPortal
which are "outdated" and sometimes the end markup is less than optimal (jTidy for
instances seems to love inserting the "shape"
attribute on all links...). In addition, it is tough to ensure that portlets or
external content is 100% accessible.
Basically our uPortal instance can be viewed without CSS and/or Javascript
while retaining all functionality. In addition, we use headings to create a
clear outline for all the content on each page.
We're using the Yahoo User Interface(YUI) CSS to do multiple column layouts and
the YUI TabView component to create tabs across the top.
Scott Jungling
Web Application Development
CSU, Chico
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[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Margolis, Dave
Sent: Tuesday, November 13, 2007 13:01
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Subject: RE: [ATI-webcop] uPortal accessibility?
I would like to mirror Peter's question - we are at the same stage with uPortal.
Also, anybody using the newer AJAX/DHTML UI elements in uPortal with any
success? In my initial analysis, those features could be accessed through more
static means (regular links and such), but we won't be a position to do any
real testing/evaluating until March.
Thanks!
Dave Margolis
Coordinator of Web Services
Information Resources & Technology
Sacramento State
916-278-7343
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[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Mosinskis, Peter
Sent: Tuesday, November 13, 2007 12:51 PM
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Subject: [ATI-webcop] uPortal accessibility?
Hi folks,
I know a few CSU campuses use uPortal (Chico? SLO?).
For campuses which are using it, have you done any accessibility eval and
repair on uPortal? If so, do you have a write-up about what kinds of repairs
were done to make it accessible? Or, alternately, would you be able to speak to
me about the experience and share what you recall?
We are in the early stages of a uPortal rollout, and it would be useful to not
re-invent the wheel when it comes to discovery and repair of accessibility
issues within the interface.
Thanks,
Peter
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Adaptive Technology Resource Centre, University of Toronto
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