Accessibility

Ensuring that PlayPosit is accessible to all users is a high priority for us. For details on our adherence to Section 508 standards, please refer to our Voluntary Product Accessibility Templates (VPATs) below. If you have additional questions, please reach out to help@playposit.org Note: PlayPosit's recommended screenreader is NVDA. JAWS and Mac VoiceOver are also supported but with some restrictions.

PlayPosit 3.0 VPATs

Below are our most recent VPATs for each microservice that align with WCAG 2.0 and 2.1 Level A-AAA and Section 508 Revised Standards.

Learner Player - link
Learner Dashboard - link
Learner Designer - link

PlayPosit accessibility roadmap

Click here for the most recent accessibility roadmap.

Player keyboard shortcuts

Accessing the rich text editor

To access the rich text toolbar, focus on the text area. Then press Fn + Alt + F10 (PC) or Fn + Option + F10 (Mac).

Note: This is the text editor for a discussion interaction. After using the keyboard shortcuts to access the rich text editor, press Tab to expand the second row of options by focusing on the triple dot menu and pressing Enter.

To access the expanded rich text editor toolbar, focus on the text area. Then press Fn + Alt + F9 (PC) or Fn + Option + F9 (Mac). Pressing Escape will bring the focus back to the text area.

With free-response interactions, press Tab to focus on Use rich text and press Enter.

The expanded rich text editor toolbar can be accessed using the same keyboard commands from above. The triple dot menu will be absent.

Equation editor accessibility tips

Make sure to enter text into the label box for an equation so screen readers can read out the alternate text for the equation. Click here for more information on the equation editor in interactions.