{"id":5497,"date":"2021-05-28T11:54:19","date_gmt":"2021-05-28T11:54:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/blackboardhelp\/?page_id=5497"},"modified":"2024-09-17T10:05:36","modified_gmt":"2024-09-17T10:05:36","slug":"padlet-accessibility","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/blackboardhelp\/padlet-accessibility\/","title":{"rendered":"Padlet Accessibility"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"5497\" class=\"elementor elementor-5497\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-79b8fe2 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"79b8fe2\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-99d5d90\" data-id=\"99d5d90\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-07a8f3c elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"07a8f3c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Accessibility features within Padlet<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-087e330 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"087e330\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-53dbe20\" data-id=\"53dbe20\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e2b62f7 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"e2b62f7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_animation&quot;:&quot;none&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p dir=\"ltr\"><span style=\"color: #000000\">Padlet is an online virtual \u201cbulletin\u201d board, where students and teachers can collaborate, reflect, share links and pictures, in a secure location. However, Padlet has got limited accessibility features. We have listed some of the accessibility features .<\/span><\/p><ul><li><strong><span style=\"color: #000000\">Screen readers<\/span><\/strong><\/li><\/ul><p><span style=\"color: #000000\">We have tested Padlet extensively with the most commonly used screen reader softwares (such as Apple VoiceOver, JAWS for Windows). We use landmarks to organize content so you can seamlessly navigate through it. We have implemented live regions so that any content updates are properly announced. We have added screenreader-only announcements for auto-saving forms.<\/span><\/p><ul><li><strong><span style=\"color: #000000\">Keyboard navigation<\/span><\/strong><\/li><\/ul><p><span style=\"color: #000000\">We support full keyboard navigation across all our pages. We also provide convenient shortcuts for quick content creation. You can seamlessly move away from any section of the page without any keyboard traps blocking your way.<\/span><\/p><ul><li><strong><span style=\"color: #000000\">Alternative Text (Alt Text)<\/span><\/strong><\/li><\/ul><p><span style=\"color: #000000\">We support adding Alt Text to all images uploaded on Padlet. We highly recommend that you do so.<\/span><\/p><ul><li><strong><span style=\"color: #000000\">Captions<\/span><\/strong><\/li><\/ul><p><span style=\"color: #000000\">We automatically generate audio and video captions using AI. We will soon provide the ability to download the auto generated captions so you can update and re-upload.<\/span><\/p><ul><li><strong><span style=\"color: #000000\">Color contrast<\/span><\/strong><\/li><\/ul><p><span style=\"color: #000000\">We intend to fix all color contrast issues as part of our AA compliance target.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #000000\">In the meantime, we recommend you download a web extension such as\u00a0<a style=\"color: #000000\" href=\"https:\/\/chrome.google.com\/webstore\/detail\/high-contrast\/djcfdncoelnlbldjfhinnjlhdjlikmph\">High Contrast for Chrome<\/a>\u00a0to increase contrast on Padlet pages.<\/span><\/p><ul><li><strong><span style=\"color: #000000\">Accessibility settings<\/span><\/strong><\/li><\/ul><p><span style=\"color: #000000\">We have added toggles that allow you to enable or disable shortcuts, choose if you want the toast notifications to disappear after a while or stay put.<\/span><\/p><p>For more information, please visit the <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;color: #0000ff\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff;text-decoration: underline\" href=\"https:\/\/legal.padlet.com\/accessibility\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Padlet website<\/a><\/span>\u00a0<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-fe206f3 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"fe206f3\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-d880afb\" data-id=\"d880afb\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-27a8c20 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"27a8c20\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"color: #808080\"><em>Last Updated September\/2024<\/em><\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Accessibility features within Padlet Padlet is an online virtual \u201cbulletin\u201d board, where students and teachers can collaborate, reflect, share links and pictures, in a secure location. 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