Date of Inspection: January 2016

Originator: María Santana

General URL:  http://project.ecolearning.eu/ (open new window)

Level of approval: Level AA

Principal Technologies used: HTML5, CSS,  PHP, Wordpress (cms)

Title, versión and URI of the guidelines :

Tools for automatic revision:

Other tools used:

  • General Review: Accessibility Evaluator for Firefox 1.5.7.1.1
  • Contrast and brightness of colours: WCAG Contrast checker for Firefox 1.5.1.1 (Revision para (WCAG 2.0.) / http://snook.ca/technical/colour_contrast/colour.html

Review procedure:

There is a doublé review process,  on the one hand via the automatic revisión tools mentioned previously and on the other via manual revisión point by point.  This document is made up from a verification list : http://sidar.org/checklist/checklist.php, (open new window)
The comments and point reviews refer to the web page as a whole.  In the case of any exceptions these will be specified in each point.

Principle 1: Perceivable - Information and user interface components must be presentable to users in ways they can perceive.

Guideline 1.1 Text Alternatives: Provide text alternatives for any non-text content so that it can be changed into other forms people need, such as large print, braille, speech, symbols or simpler language.
Level Conformity Criteria Achieved Comments
A

1.1.1 Non-text Content: All non-text content that is presented to the user has a text alternative that serves the equivalent purpose, except for the situations listed below. (Level A)

  • Controls, Input: If non-text content is a control or accepts user input, then it has a name that describes its purpose. (Refer to Guideline 4.1 for additional requirements for controls and content that accepts user input.)
  • Time-Based Media: If non-text content is time-based media, then text alternatives at least provide descriptive identification of the non-text content. (Refer to Guideline 1.2 for additional requirements for media.)
  • Test: If non-text content is a test or exercise that would be invalid if presented in text, then text alternatives at least provide descriptive identification of the non-text content.
  • Sensory: If non-text content is primarily intended to create a specific sensory experience, then text alternatives at least provide descriptive identification of the non-text content.
  • CAPTCHA: If the purpose of non-text content is to confirm that content is being accessed by a person rather than a computer, then text alternatives that identify and describe the purpose of the non-text content are provided, and alternative forms of CAPTCHA using output modes for different types of sensory perception are provided to accommodate different disabilities.
  • Decoration, Formatting, Invisible: If non-text content is pure decoration, is used only for visual formatting, or is not presented to users, then it is implemented in a way that it can be ignored by assistive technology.
YES

Scripts:
Verified that page is functional if user desactivates scripts.
In the case that on deactivation some function of the page is impaired alternative routes and content has been created.

Time based multimedia content :  ver pauta 1.2

Sensorial: there is no sensorial content that tries to créate an experience.

Captcha: Not in use on this web.

Decoration, Format, Invisible:
It has been verfied that images appearing on the page have their corresponding alternative text.

In the case of deactivation of images the  reading matter is still comprehensible and no information is lost as said information can be reached via different alternative paths.
Guideline 1.2 Time-based Media: Provide alternatives for time-based media.
Level Conformity Criteria Achieved Comments
A

1.2.1 Audio-only and Video-only (Prerecorded): For prerecorded audio-only and prerecorded video-only media, the following are true, except when the audio or video is a media alternative for text and is clearly labeled as such:

  • Prerecorded Audio-only: An alternative for time-based media is provided that presents equivalent information for prerecorded audio-only content.
  • Prerecorded Video-only: Either an alternative for time-based media or an audio track is provided that presents equivalent information for prerecorded video-only content.

N/A

Non applicable

A

1.2.2 Captions (Prerecorded): Captions are provided for all prerecorded audio content in synchronized media, except when the media is a media alternative for text and is clearly labeled as such.

YES

Video of the section: http://project.ecolearning.eu/about-eco/our-project/

Eqipped with subtitles, video and audio.
A

1.2.3 Audio Description or Media Alternative (Prerecorded): An alternative for time-based media or audio description of the prerecorded video content is provided for synchronized media, except when the media is a media alternative for text and is clearly labeled as such.

YES

English audio translation added.

AA

1.2.4 Captions (Live): Captions are provided for all live audio content in synchronized media.

YES

The video has subtitles.

AA

1.2.5 Audio Description (Prerecorded): Audio description is provided for all prerecorded video content in synchronized media.

YES

The information  on the video track is provided in the audio track, the audio transciption in english has been added with the intention of incorporating the translation  in other  languages used on the web.

 

AAA

1.2.8 Media Alternative (Prerecorded): An alternative for time-based media is provided for all prerecorded synchronized media and for all prerecorded video-only media.

-

Related to point 1.2.5.

Guideline 1.3 Adaptable: Create content that can be presented in different ways (for example simpler layout) without losing information or structure.
Level Conformity Criteria Achieved Comments
A

1.3.1 Info and Relationships: Information, structure, and relationships conveyed through presentation can be programmatically determined or are available in text.

YES
  • The use of properties and positioning of CSS, which permits the total separation of the presentation and content, allows the documents to retain a coherent order outside the CSS.
  • The title, contents and  menus are organised in a coherent manner,
  • The site is organised in section  in groups of themes.
  • Information can be accessed via different paths to avoid the loss of information. i.e. the whole menú may be accessed from the web map, from the menú + submenú and in case the submenú was disabled for any reason the internal section can be accessed from the main correponding  section.
  • The pages are structured via  titles h1-h6, used in the appropriate order.
  • Information compiled of lists of elements are  marked with the help of the elements ul, ol y li.
  • Site composition is based exclusively on style sheets.
  • Style presentation is the same on the whole site as a ethe same unique  blueprint is used throughout.,
  • The creation of manual personalised style sheets css  to avoid the use of incorrect bold or headlines.
  • Tables have only been used to show data and captions are planned as well as showing the corresponding  headline  <th scope="col">
A

1.3.2 Meaningful Sequence: When the sequence in which content is presented affects its meaning, a correct reading sequence can be programmatically determined.

YES
A

1.3.3 Sensory Characteristics: Instructions provided for understanding and operating content do not rely solely on sensory characteristics of components such as shape, size, visual location, orientation, or sound.

YES
Guideline 1.4 Distinguishable: Make it easier for users to see and hear content including separating foreground from background.
Level Conformity Criteria Achieved Comments
A 1.4.1 Use of Color: Color is not used as the only visual means of conveying information, indicating an action, prompting a response, or distinguishing a visual element.

YES

Colour is not used to elicit an answer or distinguish a visual element, including where the  obligatory fields on forms are indicated via the text.

A 1.4.2 Audio Control: If any audio on a Web page plays automatically for more than 3 seconds, either a mechanism is available to pause or stop the audio, or a mechanism is available to control audio volume independently from the overall system volume level.

YES

Not applied as the web has no audio, in the case of the video in the section “Our Project” the video does not reproduce automatically  has its own audio controls.

AA 1.4.3 Contrast (Minimum): The visual presentation of text and images of text has a contrast ratio of at least 4.5:1.

YES

Automatic and manual revisión of all contrasts in color and text of images with information, obtaining in the main a contrast score the same or higher than  “7.1” and never lower than  "4.5".

For texts included in images , except those belonging to the news section or partners logos, the same criteria has been followed in order to obtain the best level of contrast posible.
AA 1.4.4 Resize text: Except for captions and images of text, text can be resized without assistive technology up to 200 percent without loss of content or functionality.

YES

It is posible to increase the text without losing content, as the web is adaptable according to the available space (size, screen, zoom etc)

AA 1.4.5 Images of Text: If the technologies being used can achieve the visual presentation, text is used to convey information rather than images of text.

YES*

Images are not used with text to transmit relevant information.  In the case of the web logo the size and contrast have been made the best posible.

* Partners logos  - we have tried to make them as visible/contrasted as possible. Within the frame of corporate colours,  and they have their corresponding “alt” and the name will be visualised in textual form.
AAA 1.4.6 Contrast (Enhanced): The visual presentation of text and images of text has a contrast ratio of at least 7:1.

-

See point 1.4.3.

Principle 2: Operable - User interface components and navigation must be operable.

Guideline 2.1 Keyboard Accessible: Make all functionality available from a keyboard.
Level Conformity Criteria Achieved Comments
A

2.1.1 Keyboard: All functionality of the content is operable through a keyboard interface without requiring specific timings for individual keystrokes, except where the underlying function requires input that depends on the path of the user's movement and not just the end points.

YES

The page is navigatable through the keyboard (tabulator)

Keyboard shortcuts are provided for the important links. (See Annex 1)
A

2.1.2 No Keyboard Trap: If keyboard focus can be moved to a component of the page using a keyboard interface, then focus can be moved away from that component using only a keyboard interface, and, if it requires more than unmodified arrow or tab keys or other standard exit methods, the user is advised of the method for moving focus away.

YES

It is posible to navigate the web through the keyboard without blocking  focus., including the aforementioned video.

Guideline 2.2 Enough Time: Provide users enough time to read and use content.
Level Conformity Criteria Achieved Comments
A

2.2.1 Timing Adjustable: For each time limit that is set by the content, at least one of the following is true: (Level A)

  • Turn off: The user is allowed to turn off the time limit before encountering it; or
  • Adjust: The user is allowed to adjust the time limit before encountering it over a wide range that is at least ten times the length of the default setting; or
  • Extend: The user is warned before time expires and given at least 20 seconds to extend the time limit with a simple action (for example, "press the space bar"), and the user is allowed to extend the time limit at least ten times; or
  • Real-time Exception: The time limit is a required part of a real-time event (for example, an auction), and no alternative to the time limit is possible; or
  • Essential Exception: The time limit is essential and extending it would invalidate the activity; or
  • 20 Hour Exception: The time limit is longer than 20 hours.

N/A

There is no time limit for navigating the net.

A

2.2.2 Pause, Stop, Hide: For moving, blinking, scrolling, or auto-updating information, all of the following are true: (Level A)

  • Moving, blinking, scrolling: For any moving, blinking or scrolling information that (1) starts automatically, (2) lasts more than five seconds, and (3) is presented in parallel with other content, there is a mechanism for the user to pause, stop, or hide it unless the movement, blinking, or scrolling is part of an activity where it is essential; and
  • Auto-updating: For any auto-updating information that (1) starts automatically and (2) is presented in parallel with other content, there is a mechanism for the user to pause, stop, or hide it or to control the frequency of the update unless the auto-updating is part of an activity where it is essential.

YES

There is no moving contento n the web page.

Note: On Home page there is a slider, this has a brief preload  animation  for images  which later remains static, allowing user to move around the information slider without time limits and without blinking.
Guideline 2.3 Seizures: Do not design content in a way that is known to cause seizures.
Level Conformity Criteria Achieved Comments
A

2.3.1 Three Flashes or Below Threshold: Web pages do not contain anything that flashes more than three times in any one second period, or the flash is below the general flash and red flash thresholds.

YES

There is no moving , blinking or  sparking on the web page.

Guideline 2.4 Navigable: Provide ways to help users navigate, find content, and determine where they are.
Nivel Criterio de Conformidad CUMPLE Comentarios
A

2.4.1 Bypass Blocks: A mechanism is available to bypass blocks of content that are repeated on multiple Web pages.

YES

Includes an direct access key which avoids blocking repeated content (menú).

A

2.4.2 Page Titled: Web pages have titles that describe topic or purpose.

YES

Pages have headlines describing the subject.

A

2.4.3 Focus Order: If a Web page can be navigated sequentially and the navigation sequences affect meaning or operation, focusable components receive focus in an order that preserves meaning and operability.

YES

It is posible to navigate secuentially without losing the order.

A

2.4.4 Link Purpose (In Context): The purpose of each link can be determined from the link text alone or from the link text together with its programmatically determined link context, except where the purpose of the link would be ambiguous to users in general.

YES

The purpose of each link can be determined with only the text of the link or through the text together with its link context.

AA

2.4.5 Multiple Ways: More than one way is available to locate a Web page within a set of Web pages except where the Web Page is the result of, or a step in, a process.

YES

The page has a  search engine at the foot of the page, a web map and from the header and the footer you can access any section of the web .

AA

2.4.6 Headings and Labels: Headings and labels describe topic or purpose.

YES

Pages are structured via descriptive headings  h1-h6 , used in appropriate order with careful use of the correct labels throughout the web.

AA

2.4.7 Focus Visible: Any keyboard operable user interface has a mode of operation where the keyboard focus indicator is visible.

YES

CSS is used to change the presentation of a user interface component when it receives focus.

Principle 3: Understandable - Information and the operation of user interface must be understandable.

Guideline 3.1 Readable: Make text content readable and understandable.
Level Conformity Criteria Achieved Comments
A

3.1.1 Language of Page: The default human language of each Web page can be programmatically determined.

YES

The language code is determined at the beginning of each page. In accordance with the language of the user navigator on entering page it is automatically directed to same, if user wishes to change language it can be done from the header menú.

AA

3.1.2 Language of Parts: The human language of each passage or phrase in the content can be programmatically determined except for proper names, technical terms, words of indeterminate language, and words or phrases that have become part of the vernacular of the immediately surrounding text.

YES

Changes of language have been specified  in the case of supposed different language to the one chosen

NOTE: this point cannot be verified in the news section as this is generated by different professionals according to the needs of the moment.
Guideline 3.2 Predictable: Make Web pages appear and operate in predictable ways.
Nivel Criterio de Conformidad CUMPLE Comentarios
A

3.2.1 On Focus: When any component receives focus, it does not initiate a change of context.

YES

Agreed.

A

3.2.2 On Input: Changing the setting of any user interface component does not automatically cause a change of context unless the user has been advised of the behavior before using the component.

YES

Send buttons are provided for the forms and advance warmning on opening a new window.

AA

3.2.3 Consistent Navigation: Navigational mechanisms that are repeated on multiple Web pages within a set of Web pages occur in the same relative order each time they are repeated, unless a change is initiated by the user.

YES

The page maintains the same structure,  navigation outline and design throughout all sections.

AA

3.2.4 Consistent Identification: Components that have the same functionality within a set of Web pages are identified consistently.

YES

Coherence of use and design is maintained in all the elements integrated in the web in order to avoid confusión to the user.

Guideline 3.3 Input Assistance: Help users avoid and correct mistakes.
Nivel Criterio de Conformidad CUMPLE Comentarios
A

3.3.1 Error Identification: If an input error is automatically detected, the item that is in error is identified and the error is described to the user in text.

YES

Errors are identified on filling in the form and the field to be corrected is marked for correction.

Compulsory fields are indicated textually.
A

3.3.2 Labels or Instructions: Labels or instructions are provided when content requires user input.

YES

Descriptive labels are provided and <label> for completion of forms and indicating compulsory fields.

AA

3.3.3 Error Suggestion: If an input error is automatically detected and suggestions for correction are known, then the suggestions are provided to the user, unless it would jeopardize the security or purpose of the content.

YES

Textual descriptions are provided to identify compulsory fields which were not filled in.

A textual description is provided when the data provided by the user is not in accordance with formato or values required.

AA

3.3.4 Error Prevention (Legal, Financial, Data): For Web pages that cause legal commitments or financial transactions for the user to occur, that modify or delete user-controllable data in data storage systems, or that submit user test responses.

N/A

Not applicable.

Note: Confirmation is provided when the date is sent successfully.

Principle 4: Robust - Content must be robust enough that it can be interpreted reliably by a wide variety of user agents, including assistive technologies.

Guideline 4.1 Compatible: Maximize compatibility with current and future user agents, including assistive technologies.
Nivel Criterio de Conformidad CUMPLE Comentarios
A

4.1.1 Parsing: In content implemented using markup languages, elements have complete start and end tags, elements are nested according to their specifications, elements do not contain duplicate attributes, and any IDs are unique, except where the specifications allow these features.

YES

Html5 has been used in accordance with the rechnical specifications for use.

Different sections of the web page have been revised in order to check that all the marks have their corresponding opening/closing .
A

4.1.2 Name, Role, Value: For all user interface components (including but not limited to: form elements, links and components generated by scripts), the name and role can be programmatically determined; states, properties, and values that can be set by the user can be programmatically set; and notification of changes to these items is available to user agents, including assistive technologies.

YES

All possibilities offered by  html5 have been used to make the web, following the standard use to avoid errors and loss of information giving amongst others the forms of labels <label>  y contro of use.

The label <title> has been added where appropriate as in the  <iframe>.

ANNEX 1:

NAVIGATION AND LINKS

You can Access the site map from any page, the navigation menus reflect the information structure. They give permanent Access to the whole site, the related links are grouped in a logical and structured manner.  We have tried to make the adjacent links separated by printable characters in order to avoid confusión with the supporting technologies.

As commented previously you can Access the information from different paths to avoid the loss of any information.

ACCESEKEY

Element apge has “accesekey” so that you can navigate page through the keyboard.

A numerical system was chosen, following the example used in 2002 by United Kingdom and by Sweden in 2008, establishing A numerical system was chosen, following the example used in 2002 by United Kingdom and by Sweden in 2008 establishing a numerical distribution in order to avoid confusión or random decisions, especially since the page is multi-language.

Keyboard shortcuts:

  • S = Skip navigation, go directly to text content.
  • 0 = ACCESSIBILITY - http://project.ecolearning.eu/accessibility/
  • 1 = HOME - http://project.ecolearning.eu/
  • 2 = SITE MAP - http://project.ecolearning.eu/site-map/
  • 3 = ABOUT ECO - http://project.ecolearning.eu/about-eco
  • 4 = LEARN MORE - http://project.ecolearning.eu/learn-more/
  • 5 = NEWS - http://project.ecolearning.eu/news/
  • 6 = CONTACT - http://project.ecolearning.eu/contact/
  • 7 = MOOCs ACCESS - https://ecolearning.eu/