Review of Udutu

Udutu Reviewed 15 Jul 2014 · Average score 73%

Summary

Udutu claims to follow US 508 guidelines but there still seem to be some accessibility issues. Labelling of some edit fields, no instant access to help files with keyboard shortcut advice or general support for accessibility guidance. The manual does not appear to have instructions to help creators develop alternative formats. However, it is easy to follow and users can offer a wide range of multimedia teaching and learning resources with accessible options for quizzes etc if you know how to work in these features. <a href="http://elearningpda.blogspot.co.uk/2010/08/accessibility.html">Jane's e-learning PDA Blog</a> was written in 2010 but it gives you some ideas as to how she developed alternative formats.

Detailed Results

#	Test	Outcome	Notes
1	Login, Signup and Other Forms Accessible	67%	Keyboard access/tabbing works logically and sign up was via email and login fields were accessible. No CAPTCHAS found. However, some form controls/fields do not appear to have corresponding labels (WAVE), but most could be read using NVDA.
2	Image ALT Attributes	33%	Some critical elements do not have Alt attributes, such as Tick sign or Exit button and even the image which can be altered on the trial LMS failed to have an alt tag. It represented menu items but as it could be changed it should have been described.
3	Link Target Definitions	33%	Most links are understandable and fully appropriate. However, few are non-defined/duplicated, such as "Read More" or "Click Here".
4	Frame Titles and Layout	100%	Most frames are not titled, but do not affect the layout. Firefox - AE tool, IE - WAT.
5	Removal of Stylesheet	100%	The content and navigation are accessible and structured. (WAVE).
6	Audio/Video Features	100%	Transcriptions can be added to the description field but captioning needs to be done before uploading.
7	Video/animations - audio descriptions	67%	You can add text descriptions and transcript, but not an audio description which has to be done as part of the video creation
8	Appropriate use of Tables	33%	Data/Layout tables are found within the website, which are not headered. This might create problems with a screen reader.
9	Tab Orderings Correct and Logical	67%	Tab order is logical and layout is easily navigable but not all fields are read out due to lack of labelling in places.
10	Page Functionality with Keyboard	100%	The website is fully operable via keyboard. Alternatives to mouse use possible.
11	Accessibility of Text Editors	67%	Rich text editors are used on the website and the user tabs into the menu sections first and then into the edit field and out. Depending on where you are in the LMS or author suite different options are available.
12	Appropriate Feedback with Forms	67%	The feedback is not always specific, for example you could easily save a completely empty document, without even naming it.
13	Contrast and Colour Check	67%	Colour contrast in the site is generally good, apart from some minor issues, such as orange menu buttons or orange headers within the layout with white text which is not always easy to read.
14	Page Integrity when Zooming	100%	Readability unaffected when zooming and the layout is responsive to changes.
15	Text size, style, blinking elements and Readability	100%	Text is generally between 10pt-12pt, sans-serif font, with good sized menus. There is no flashing or blinking content.