Accessibility testing report for open.lshtm.ac.uk
Sample pages/courses were selected for testing, based upon their importance to Open Study at LSHTM users and represent the general level of accessibility.
We intend to refer errors/alerts relating to Moodle core features to our Moodle host provider for further recommendations by January 2021.
Login screen
Open Study at LSHTM VLE: https://open.lshtm.ac.uk/login/index.php
Errors reported
- No additional errors reported.
Alerts reported
- Missing H1 level (site wide): Affecting Moodle core feature. Refer to Moodle host provider.
- Noscript element present (site wide): Relating to embedded Google Tag Manager script to gather user analytics data. We intend to contact colleagues for further recommendations by September 2020.
- Redundant text title: Affecting the following Moodle core feature – title applied to logo image. Refer to Moodle host provider.
Home page (logged in)
Opens Study at LSHTM VLE: https://open.lshtm.ac.uk
Errors reported
- Missing alternative text (site wide): Affecting the following Moodle core feature - ‘User menu’ within the top navigation bar. Refer to Moodle host provider.
- Empty link (site wide): Affecting hidden core Moodle features. Refer to Moodle host provider.
Alerts reported (excluding site wide alerts mentioned within the login screen section)
- Fieldset missing legend (site wide): Affecting the following Moodle core feature - ‘Search courses’ facility. Refer to Moodle host provider.
- Missing H1 level (site wide): Affecting Moodle core feature. Refer to Moodle host provider.
- Suspicious link text (site wide): Affecting the following Moodle core feature - ‘Actions’ menu ‘More’ link. Refer to Moodle host provider.
- Noscript element present (site wide): Relating to embedded Google Tag Manager script to gather user analytics data. We intend to contact colleagues for further recommendations by September 2020.
- Very small text: (site wide): Affecting the following Moodle core features – ‘Notifications menu’ update text within top navigation bar, ‘badge info’ and ‘label info’ labels’. Refer to Moodle host provider.
- Redundant alternative text (site wide - course page only): Affecting the following Moodle core feature - ‘Activities’ block links, ‘Breadcrumb trail’ links, left ‘Navigation drawer’ links. Refer to Moodle host provider.
Example open access course
Good Clinical Practice: https://open.lshtm.ac.uk/course/view.php?id=6
Errors reported (excluding site wide errors mentioned within the login and home screen sections)
- Empty headings: Empty H5 heading present in specific course sections. We intend to continue accessibility guidance and training for academics/course administrators from September 2020.
- Very low contrast: Affecting specific content added to certain course sections. We intend to continue accessibility guidance and training for academics/course administrators from September 2020.
Alerts reported (excluding site wide alerts mentioned within the login and home screen sections)
- Redundant alternative text (site wide): Affecting the following Moodle core feature - ‘Activities’ block links, ‘Breadcrumb trail’ links, left ‘Navigation drawer’ links. Refer to Moodle host provider.
- Skipped heading level: Present within certain course sections. We intend to continue accessibility guidance and training for academics/course administrators from September 2020.
- Suspicious alternative text: Affecting the following Moodle core features - Resource and activity icons associated with course content. Refer to Moodle host provider.
- Redundant link: Present within a certain course section/s. We intend to continue accessibility guidance and training for academics/course administrators from September 2020.
- Underlined text: Has been applied to emphasise certain phrases. We intend continue accessibility guidance and training for academics/course administrators from September 2020.
Example open access course
Programming for Nutrition Outcomes: https://open.lshtm.ac.uk/course/view.php?id=3
Errors reported (excluding site wide errors mentioned within the login and home screen sections)
- Missing alternative text: Affecting an image within the HTML block and an image within a course section. We intend to continue to provide accessibility guidance and training for academics/course administrators from September 2020, and where practicable add missing text descriptions as soon as possible.
- Empty heading: Affecting a hidden course section. We intend to continue accessibility guidance and training for academics/course administrators from September 2020.
Alerts reported (excluding site wide alerts mentioned within the login and home screen sections)
- Skipped heading level: Present within certain course sections. We intend to continue accessibility guidance and training for academics/course administrators from September 2020.
- Possible heading: Present within a certain course section. We intend to continue accessibility guidance and training for academics/course administrators from September 2020.
- Redundant link: Affecting link to creative commons licence added to a specific course section. We intend to continue accessibility guidance and training for academics/course administrators from September 2020 and where practicable remove redundant links as soon as possible.
- Redundant title text: Affecting the following Moodle core feature – ‘View only’ section toggle button icon. Refer to Moodle host provider.
Examples Open Educational Resources course (OER)
Health in Humanitarian Crises OER: https://open.lshtm.ac.uk/course/view.php?id=21
Errors reported (excluding site wide errors mentioned within the login and home screen sections)
- No additional errors reported.
Alerts reported (excluding site wide alerts mentioned within the login and home screen sections)
- Suspicious alternative text: Affecting image resources added to the course page. We intend to continue accessibility guidance and training for academics/course administrators from September 2020.
- Skipped heading level: Present within certain course sections. We intend to continue accessibility guidance and training for academics/course administrators from September 2020.
- Redundant title text: Affecting the following Moodle core feature – ‘View only’ section toggle button icon. Refer to Moodle host provider.
Examples Open Educational Resources course (OER)
Ebola in Context OER: https://open.lshtm.ac.uk/course/view.php?id=8
Errors reported (excluding site wide errors mentioned within the login and home screen sections)
- No additional errors reported.
Alerts reported (excluding site wide alerts mentioned within the login and home screen sections)
- Suspicious alternative text: Affecting image resources added to the course page. We intend to continue accessibility guidance and training for academics/course administrators from September 2020.
- Skipped heading level: Present within certain course sections. We intend to continue accessibility guidance and training for academics/course administrators from September 2020.
- Redundant title text: Affecting the following Moodle core feature – ‘View only’ section toggle button icon. Refer to Moodle host provider.