Upon checking the quick tips with WAI and WCAG2, I found that my Moodle site is not as accessible as they would like.  When I was building the Moodle site, I was aiming it at the students in my class right now.  I was not thinking about future students and their possible unique needs.  The process of putting a small amount of my course was labour intensive, adding all the recommendations for accessibility would be overwhelming.  I think it would be less labour intensive if the Moodle site was tweaked for a particular student but it would still require a great deal of work.

The positive points to my site included the use of video with sound, the use of Forums for communication, consistent pages with headings and links that work correctly.  These were all suggestions that were found when searching WAI and WCA2.  On the down side, my lack of sound or voice communication options was something I never thought of including.  My videos do not have captioning but there is some labeling of the parts included in digestion and enzyme activity.  I have included tables in my modules, which is not recommended.  For quizzes they recommend allowing adequate time for all students to complete, something that is easily added with very little effort.

I think the most challenging aspect would be making a perfectly accessible site.  I think that no matter how “all-inclusive” you try to make your site, there is a chance you missed someone.  What surprised me the most was how hard it is to meet all learners’ needs on a course site.  I know how hard it is in a classroom setting to do this but for some reason I didn’t connect the same difficulty to my site.  I was surprised that I thought having a site would be better for all students when I have just learned it is not.  It brings me back to the S in SECTIONS, students and making sure their needs are met.