I entered the URL address for the homework page on my website to be checked for universal accessibility. I was not sure what boxes we were supposed to check off so I just checked all of them. When my website was tested, it received seven yeses, four N/As, and 1 warning.
It got a warning in checkpoint 2.1 which stated "Short alternative text may not be valid, warn the report user if alternative text was found that is less than seven characters in length. Additionally alternative text should not be larger than 80 characters, if the alt text is greater the long description attribute should be used. This check validates that the alt attribute does not exceed 80 characters in length." My website failed this checkpoint because "the alternative text failed the minimum/maximum allowed characters check.
Note - img Element at Line: 36, Column: 1 - The alt attribute is 0 characters.
Note - img Element at Line: 37, Column: 1 - The alt attribute is 0 characters.
Note - img Element at Line: 48, Column: 148 - The alt attribute is 0 characters."
I felt that the results of this test were a bit confusing; however, to pass in the future, I would have to add alternate text characters to these lines.
Teachers can ensure that their websites are accessible to all students by always having alternate text. Alternate text allows students who are not able to see the image to still know what it is of.
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I used my index page to be evaluated for universal accesibility. I received similar results to Valerie's. I got seven yes, seven N/A's, three N/V's, and one warning. I also got a warning in checkpoint 2.1:
Short alternative text may not be valid, warn the report user if alternative text was found that is less than seven characters in length. Additionally alternative text should not be larger than 80 characters, if the alt text is greater the long description attribute should be used. This check validates that the alt attribute does not exceed 80 characters in length.
The alternative text failed the minimum/maximum allowed characters check
Note - img Element at Line: 47, Column: 1 - The alt attribute is 0 characters.
Note - img Element at Line: 48, Column: 1 - The alt attribute is 0 characters.
Note - img Element at Line: 88, Column: 11 - The alt attribute is 0 characters.
Note - img Element at Line: 88, Column: 76 - The alt attribute is 0 characters.
I would need to make improvements involving the alternate text of the parts of my website that yielded a warning. I would need to make alterations so that my alternate text is between 7 and 80 characters.
Teachers can ensure that their websites are accesible to all students by making sure that alternate text is used where it is crucial. When including this alternate text, it is critical to remember the requirements (length, etc.)
Val-I agree this website was VERY confusing...I am glad I am not the only one who thought so.
I never even knew that alternate text needed to be a certain number of characters long, forget knowing that a website could get a warning because of it!
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