The program’s Accessibility Check tool should not be used as the final indicator determining if a title is Section 508- or WCAG-compliant, or if it is not. Instead, the Accessibility Check tool can be used to help identify objects within your title that may require special attention in order to comply with Section 508 or WCAG requirements. For example, the Accessibility Check tool cannot determine if you have appropriately provided synchronized captions for animations that may exist within your title. However, it can detect that animations exist, and will supply a warning indicating that you may need to address the animation.
The Accessibility Checker will help in determining if your title complies with Section 508 of the Rehabilitation Act - Paragraph 1194.22 (a) through (p) and WCAG 2.0 Guidelines - Level AA. The Accessibility Checker only applies to titles that will be published to a Web-based format (HTML, CourseMill, AICC/Web-based, and SCORM/Web-based).
Follow these steps to run the Accessibility Check:
Save your title.
From the Tools ribbon, select Accessibility Check from the Review group. The program rapidly reviews your title for 508/WCAG 2.0 - Level A- Compliance errors and displays the results in the Check Title for Accessibility window.
For each item that is flagged by the tool, a reference to the corresponding 508/WCAG 2.0 - Level A- rule is cited, along with additional information about how to resolve the issue. Double-click items that are warnings (displayed in blue) or errors (displayed in red) to jump to the page containing the object that is causing the problem.
Make the necessary changes to your title to resolve the errors and click Done.
Re-run the Accessibility Check as necessary until you have eliminated all errors. Some warning messages (displayed in blue) may never be resolved.
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