This post focuses on the Accessibility area only. There are 164 individual accessibility checks performed on each page (web page, calendar event, PDF, Word Document, Excel Document). Of these, 132 are Level A compliance issues and 32 are Level AA compliance. Level A are considered basic issues. Level AA are considered intermediate issues. To be compliant at Level AA, you must be compliant at Level A. There is also a Level AAA. We will not address that level at this time, as it is generally not included in audits.<\/p>\n
Level A – Accessibility Errors (35):<\/h1>\n
Of the Level A issues, we have pages that fail 90 of the 132 checks. However, I have reviewed these errors and have listed below 35 issues that I believe may be generating false positive results and have asked SchoolMessenger to check on them. This does not mean that you do not have these errors in the content you manage. Rather it means that the issue may reside in the SchoolMessenger code behind the page. However, because these errors typically occur on all or nearly all similar pages, for now I am asking you to address these issues only to the extent I describe in the following text. You should examine and resolve all other Level A issues not listed here.<\/p>\n
Level A \u2013 General Errors<\/h2>\n
The following accessibility errors are general page errors that seem to appear on every (or nearly every page).<\/p>\n
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- \nTitle attribute for all img elements is absent or the empty string (”) if the image is decorative (17,531 pages).
\n<\/strong><\/div>\nYou can skip this error if:
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- You see this error on a page that has no OCPS supplied image elements.
\n<\/span><\/li>\n- You have checked the OCPS supplied images on the referenced page and all have Title (alt-text) content that is meaningful.
\n<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\nOtherwise, enter ‘Decorative’ for images that do not add to the content of the page and a detailed description for images that do add materially to the content of the page.
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Alt text for all img elements that are not used as source anchors conveys the same information as the image. (17,531 pages).
\n<\/strong><\/div>\nYou can skip this error if:
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- You see this error on a page that has no OCPS supplied image elements.
\n<\/span><\/li>\n- You have checked the OCPS supplied images on the referenced page and all have Title (alt-text) content that is meaningful and conveys the same information as in the image especially if the image contains text.
\n<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\nThis means that all pertinent text that appears in the image must appear in the Alt-text for those who may be using a screen reader. Never use the image of a page as a substitute for text
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Id attributes must be unique (17,195 pages).
\n<\/strong><\/div>\nFor now, ignore this error until we get further clarification.
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Use of colgroup and col elements to group columns (1,954 pages).
\n<\/strong><\/div>\nYou should not group columns (merge of cells).
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All complex data tables have a Summary (1,947 pages).
\n<\/strong><\/div>\nThis primarily refers to tables within tables and tables with a large quantity of text with many columns and or rows.
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Use thead to group repeated table headers, tfoot for repeated table footers and tbody for other groups of rows (1,954 pages).
\n<\/strong><\/div>\nA table should have no more than 1 header row and one footer row.
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Each source anchor contains text (3,683 pages).
\n<\/strong><\/div>\nAnchor tags (hyperlinks) must enclose other text that is displayed on the page or an image. See my blog post about phantom links.
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All groups of links with a related purpose are marked (17,548 pages).
\n<\/strong><\/div>\nIgnore this error for now until I get clarification as to why this is on all the pages.
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All text references do not use shape, size, or relative position alone (17,548 pages)
\n<\/strong><\/div>\nIgnore this error for now until I get clarification as to why this is on all the pages.
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Unicode right-to-left marks or left-to-right marks are used whenever the HTML bidirectional algorithm produces undesirable results (17,548 pages).
\n<\/strong><\/div>\nSeems to affect most if not all pages. Unless you have specifically change the HTML direction for reading your content such as for arabic, ignore this error.
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All changes in text direction are marked using the dir attribute (17,548 pages).
\n<\/strong><\/div>\nSeems to affect most if not all pages. Unless you have specifically change the HTML direction for reading your content, ignore this error.
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A skip to content link appears on all pages with blocks of material prior to the main document (17,538 pages).
\n<\/strong><\/div>\nIgnore this error for now until I get clarification as to why this is on all the pages.
\n<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\nLevel A – Form Related Errors<\/h2>\n
The following accessibility errors appear on every page (or nearly every page) suggesting that it is not being caused by OCPS content. However, it is possible that there could be a few pages that do use content for which these error messages are valid. You should only need to check if your page has a form.<\/p>\n
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- \nEach label describes its associated input element (17,530 pages).
\n<\/strong><\/div>\nI believe this only affects forms. If you do not have a form on your page, ignore this error
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All input elements, type of “text”, have a label that describes the purpose or function of the control (17,522 pages).
\n<\/strong><\/div>\nI believe this only affects forms. If you do not have a form on your page, ignore this error
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All form fields that are required are indicated to the user as required (17,539 pages).
\n<\/strong><\/div>\nI believe this only affects forms. If you do not have a form on your page, ignore this error
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All form submission error messages identify any empty required fields (17,539 pages).
\n<\/strong><\/div>\nI believe this only affects forms. If you do not have a form on your page, ignore this error
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Input should not use color alone (17, 531 pages).
\n<\/strong><\/div>\nI believe this only affects forms. If you do not have a form on your page, ignore this error
\n<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\nLevel A \u2013 Script Related Errors<\/h2>\n
Similarly, very few OCPS content pages have OCPS supplied <script> code. There is the use of <iframe> code for advertising, but even this is only on limited pages, not all of the pages. Ads only appear on the home page of each school and about a dozen or so pages at the district level. The <iframe> code for the ads is:<\/p>\n
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- You have checked the OCPS supplied images on the referenced page and all have Title (alt-text) content that is meaningful and conveys the same information as in the image especially if the image contains text.
- You have checked the OCPS supplied images on the referenced page and all have Title (alt-text) content that is meaningful.
- You see this error on a page that has no OCPS supplied image elements.
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