Is my Moodle site accessible? At the beginning of the course, I never considered this idea before. However, there is great importance in doing so. I would want to create a site that anyone could access regardless of ability or disability. Although there are many adaptive technologies like screen reading software, braille printers, screen magnifiers, and single click mice, I know that I cannot depend on all people having access to them. Therefore, I found it extremely helpful to read the WCAG 2 list of guidelines to follow when creating accessible sites. In the future, I would want to make the site more perceivable by creating videos with the lesson instructions on them. This would allow for text alternatives, especially since my site is largely text based. A lot of video resources in the media may not have captions, so I may need to somehow incorporate captions or provide a transcript.
Also, to make the site more operable, it is important that I make all functionality available on the keyboard, while giving users enough time to read and use content. This may include increasing time limits or not having time limits at all for tests or assignments. When I put a time limit on my Moodle quiz, I was thinking this idea was best for assessment purposes. However, because it is a review quiz to prepare students for an actual test, it may be a better idea to not have such a strict time limit. Therefore, I increased the time limit. Students are able to try this quiz as many times as they want. By keeping some sort of time limit allows them to pace themselves and see if they need to work faster in order to be successful during the actual test. Also, it is important to help users find content by creating an easy-to-use layout. This helps to make the site understandable for the user. For my moodle site, I used the same format for my modules and for the graphic user interface to make it predictable for the users. I feel that this helps increase the ease of use of my Moodle site.
In terms of the site being robust, I know my Moodle site is compatible on mobile devices, like a smartphone, and it works with multiple browsers. However, it is only when I am designing on Moodle that it seems to work best on the Firefox browser.
I checked my site at the Markup Validation site and the response I received was: “The document located at
Overall, I think one of the main challenges would be to not lose the original meaning of the site when using assistive technologies. Despite presenting content in different ways, the user should still be able to have the same meaningful experience as any other user. To make a site more accessibility, it may be more labour intensive. However, it could create a richer learning experience for more people which would make it all worth it in the end.