{"id":3504,"date":"2020-09-22T18:35:03","date_gmt":"2020-09-22T18:35:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/glowblogs\/glowbloghelp\/?page_id=3504"},"modified":"2020-09-22T18:43:08","modified_gmt":"2020-09-22T18:43:08","slug":"accessibility-statement-for-glow-blogs-help","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/glowblogs\/glowbloghelp\/accessibility-statement-for-glow-blogs-help\/","title":{"rendered":"Accessibility Statement for Glow Blogs Help"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This accessibility statement applies to the Glow Blogs Help site that is run by Education Scotland.<\/p>\n<p>AbilityNet has advice on making your device easier to use if you have a disability. This is an external site with suggestions to make your computer more accessible.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/mcmw.abilitynet.org.uk\/\">AbilityNet &#8211; My computer my way<\/a><\/p>\n<h3>Reporting accessibility problems with this website<\/h3>\n<p>We are constantly working to ensure that all parts of this website are fully accessible. If there are parts of the site that you cannot access or if you think we are not meeting accessibility requirements, please contact us:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"mailto:enquiries@educationscotland.gov.scot\"><strong>enquiries@educationscotland.gov.scot<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>+44 (0)131 244 4330<\/p>\n<p>We will consider your request and get back to you.<\/p>\n<h3>Enforcement procedure<\/h3>\n<p>The Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) is responsible for enforcing the Public Sector Bodies (Websites and Mobile Applications) (No. 2) Accessibility Regulations 2018 (the \u2018accessibility regulations\u2019). If you\u2019re not happy with how we respond to your complaint,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.equalityadvisoryservice.com\/\">contact the Equality Advisory and Support Service (EASS)<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h3>How accessible this website is<\/h3>\n<p>We know some parts of Glow Blogs Help are not fully accessible:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Icons are focusable but nothing is announced<\/li>\n<li>Links are not associated to heading<\/li>\n<li>Images of text not announced<\/li>\n<li>User cannot dismiss modal using keyboard alone<\/li>\n<li>User is required to tab through all the elements in the menu navigation bar<\/li>\n<li>Skip to content does not appear on desktop or mobile and does not function correctly<\/li>\n<li>Links do not help users identify link purpose<\/li>\n<li>Insufficient visible focus<\/li>\n<li>Dynamic content is not announced by screen reader<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Technical information about this website\u2019s accessibility<\/h3>\n<p>Education Scotland is committed to making all of its websites accessible, in accordance with the Public Sector Bodies (Websites and Mobile Applications) (No. 2) Accessibility Regulations 2018.<\/p>\n<h4>Compliance Status<\/h4>\n<p>This website and related services are partially compliant with the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/WCAG21\/\">Web Content Accessibility Guidelines version 2.1<\/a> AA standard, due to \u2018the non-compliances\u2019 listed below.<\/p>\n<h4>Non Accessible Content<\/h4>\n<p>The content listed below is non-accessible for the following reasons.<\/p>\n<h5>Non-compliance with the accessibility regulations<\/h5>\n<p>The following items do not comply with the WCAG 2.1 AA success criteria<\/p>\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"141\"><strong>WCAG Guideline<\/strong><\/td>\n<td width=\"459\"><strong>Description<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"141\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.w3.org\/WAI\/WCAG21\/Understanding\/non-text-content\">1.1.1 Non-text content<\/a><\/td>\n<td width=\"459\">Icons are focusable but nothing is announced<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"141\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.w3.org\/WAI\/WCAG21\/Understanding\/info-and-relationships\">1.3.1 Info and Relationships<\/a><\/td>\n<td width=\"459\">Icons are focusable but nothing is announcedLinks are not associated to heading<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"141\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.w3.org\/WAI\/WCAG21\/Understanding\/images-of-text\">1.4.5 Images of Text<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/td>\n<td width=\"459\">Images of text not announced<\/p>\n<p>User cannot dismiss modal using keyboard alone<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"141\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.w3.org\/WAI\/WCAG21\/Understanding\/keyboard\">2.1.1 Keyboard<\/a><\/td>\n<td width=\"459\">User cannot dismiss modal using keyboard alone<\/p>\n<p>User is required to tab through all the elements in the menu navigation bar<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"141\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.w3.org\/WAI\/WCAG21\/Understanding\/no-keyboard-trap\">2.1.2 No Keyboard Trap<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/td>\n<td width=\"459\">User cannot dismiss modal using keyboard alone<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"141\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.w3.org\/WAI\/WCAG21\/Understanding\/bypass-blocks\">2.4.1 Bypass Blocks<\/a><\/td>\n<td width=\"459\">kip to content does not appear on desktop or mobile and does not function correctly<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"141\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.w3.org\/WAI\/WCAG21\/Understanding\/link-purpose-in-context\">2.4.4 Link Purpose (In context)<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/td>\n<td width=\"459\">Links do not help users identify link purpose<\/p>\n<p>User cannot dismiss modal using keyboard alone<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"141\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.w3.org\/WAI\/WCAG21\/Understanding\/focus-visible\">2.4.7 Focus Visible<\/a><\/td>\n<td width=\"459\">Insufficient visible focus<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"141\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.w3.org\/WAI\/WCAG21\/Understanding\/on-focus\">3.2.1 On Focus<\/a><\/td>\n<td width=\"459\">\u00a0User is required to tab through all the elements in the menu navigation bar<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"141\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.w3.org\/WAI\/WCAG21\/Understanding\/status-messages\">4.1.3 Status Messages<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/td>\n<td width=\"459\">Dynamic content is not announced by screen reader<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>See the section below (&#8216;What we&#8217;re doing to improve accessibility&#8217;) on how we are improving our site accessibility.<\/p>\n<h5>Disproportionate burden<\/h5>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>We are not currently claiming that any accessibility problems would be a disproportionate burden to fix.<\/p>\n<h5>Content that\u2019s not within the scope of the accessibility regulations<\/h5>\n<p>We are not currently claiming that any accessibility problems are not within the scope of the accessibility regulations.<\/p>\n<h3>What we\u2019re doing to improve accessibility<\/h3>\n<p>Education Scotland are currently working to address the areas of non-compliance detailed above and plan to have the Glow Blogs Help site conform fully with WCAG 2.1 AA by\u00a0 Dec 2020.<\/p>\n<h3>Preparation of this accessibility statement<\/h3>\n<p>This statement was prepared on 17\/09\/2020. It was last reviewed on 22\/09\/2020. This website was last tested in March 2020. The test was carried out by User Vision.<\/p>\n<p>The following approach was taken for the accessibility audit by User Vision.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Automated evaluation using Accessibility Insights, Powermapper and Wave.<\/li>\n<li>Manual accessibility evaluation to code level using browser code inspectors, an approach that identifies issues that cannot be captured by automated tools.<\/li>\n<li>We viewed the application in a range of browsers:\n<ul>\n<li>Chrome, Firefox and IE on desktop.<\/li>\n<li>Safari on iPad &amp; iPhone.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>We assessed pages using the following assistive technology:\n<ul>\n<li>NVDA (with Firefox and Chrome) screen reader for desktop.<\/li>\n<li>VoiceOver for iPad &amp; iPhone (iOS).<\/li>\n<li>Talkback for Android<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>We checked colour combinations using a colour contrast analyser to determine if there is enough contrast in the visual presentation.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This accessibility statement applies to the Glow Blogs Help site that is run by Education Scotland. AbilityNet has advice on making your device easier to use if you have a disability. This is an external site with suggestions to make your computer more accessible. 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