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WereMike
WereMike
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March 22, 2010
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Accessibility: Cannot get focus on text on Random Quiz

  • March 22, 2010
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I have created a Question Pool of 24 questions. The quiz randomly selects 10 questions.  When the first question's Submit button is pressed, the focus goes to the next question's radio buttons (answers), not the text (the question).  Is there any way to direct the focus to the question before the answers?  I tried re-ordering objects on the question slide, but the Order options (Send to Back, Bring to Front, etc) are all grayed-out.

Help me Captiv8r, you're my only hope.

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Jim Leichliter
Legend
March 22, 2010

Mike,

Quiz Accessibility is one of my gripes with Captivate.  If a Learner is using a screen reader, you would think that the accessibility text would be the first thing it reads, but it isn't.  In terms of cursor focus, I haven't had much luck either.  I've submitted a feature request to have quizzes more accessible.  You could create a widget to alter the focus, but that's overkill.  It should be an integral part of the quiz design.  Here's my previous rant about the quzzing.

Jim Leichliter

WereMike
WereMikeAuthor
Participant
March 22, 2010

Jim, thanks for the response.

I just finished reading your requests and rants.  I agree with your feelings and let me add that I'm beginning to think Adobe pulled a "bait and switch" re: Captivate and accessibility.  Right now, I'm facing having to rebuild my training from scratch either in Flash or a HTML/Javascript approach because <sarcasm>I have SO much time and budget to complete my assignment</sarcasm>.

I also wonder why the Order options are unavailable for these question slides?  Sometimes re-ordering the objects on a slide can "trick" the Assistive Technology (AT) into reading the slide in proper order.

For what it's worth: We have had some success with creating linear quizzes in Captivate but not with random quizzes pulling questions from a pool.  And definitely DO NOT convert from a PPT if your audience is using AT.

Jim, if you're championing an Accessibility bandwagon with Adobe products, I'll ride shotgun.

Thanks for your help and insight.

J
Jim Leichliter
Legend
March 22, 2010

Mike,

Yes, we were sold a bill of goods.  I wish the Cp dev team would have people with disabilities test Captivate.  I think they'd have a BIG surprise realizing that there's more to accessibility than just 508 compliance.  If Adobe is serioius about going after the state and federal government markets, they'd better get their product on par.  As it stands from an AT perspective, it's almost useless.  With the threat that we can be sued if websites and training is not accessible, this is a real legitimate concern.  Take the lawsuit a few years back where Target was sued for their website not being accessible.  It cost them 6 Million in damages.  Adobe Captivate Dev Team... are you listening???

Any how, thank you for the tip on re-ordering the quiz elements.  I'll have to give that a shot.  I wish there was a way to make our voices heard besides the feature request form and this forum...  championing a cause like accessibility needs more of a platform than that... but it's a start nontheless.

Jim Leichliter

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