LearnSci Accessibility Conformance Report

WCAG Edition, (Based on VPAT® Version 2.4Rev)

Name of Product: LearnSci Bioscience LabSims

Report Date: January 2025

Product Description: A collection of 85 highly interactive single page web applications designed to assist students in learning practical bioscience concepts in a formative style. 

Contact Information: support@learnsci.com

Notes: This report covers the full range of resources from a top level perspective, it does not detail each individual resource separately. Experience may vary between resources. The most used 5 have been analysed in detail to create this report. 

Evaluation Methods Used: 

• Wave Chrome extension

• ChromeVox screen reader

• Lighthouse in Chrome

• Firefox, Chrome Dev tools

Applicable Standards/Guidelines:

This report covers the degree of conformance for the following accessibility standard/guidelines:

Standard/Guideline	Included In Report
Web Content Accessibility Guidelines 2.0	Level A Level AA
Web Content Accessibility Guidelines 2.1	Level A Level AA

Terms

The terms used in the Conformance Level information are defined as follows:

• Supports: The functionality of the product has at least one method that meets the criterion without known defects or meets with equivalent facilitation.

• Partially Supports: Some functionality of the product does not meet the criterion.

• Does Not Support: The majority of product functionality does not meet the criterion.

• Not Applicable: The criterion is not relevant to the product.

• Not Evaluated: The product has not been evaluated against the criterion. This can be used only in WCAG 2.0 Level AAA.

WCAG 2.1 Report

Note: When reporting on conformance with the WCAG 2.1 Success Criteria, they are scoped for full pages, complete processes, and accessibility-supported ways of using technology as documented in the WCAG 2.0 Conformance Requirements.

Table 1: Success Criteria, Level A

Criteria	Conformance level	Remarks and explanations
1.1.1 Non-text Content (Level A)	Supports
1.2.1 Audio-only and Video-only (Prerecorded) (Level A)	Supports	No audio or video only content
1.2.2 Captions (Prerecorded) (Level A)	Not Applicable
1.2.3 Audio Description or Media Alternative (Prerecorded) (Level A)	Not Applicable
1.3.1 Info and Relationships (Level A)	Supports
1.3.2 Meaningful Sequence (Level A)	Supports
1.3.3 Sensory Characteristics  (Level A)	Supports
1.4.1 Use of Color (Level A)	Supports
1.4.2 Audio Control (Level A)	Not Applicable
2.1.1 Keyboard (Level A)	Supports
2.1.2 No Keyboard Trap (Level A)	Supports
2.1.4 Character Key Shortcuts (Level A 2.1 only)	Supports
2.2.1 Timing Adjustable (Level A)	Supports
2.2.2 Pause, Stop, Hide (Level A)	Supports	All animations are either shorter than 5 seconds or are essential to the content
2.3.1 Three Flashes or Below Threshold (Level A)	Supports
2.4.1 Bypass Blocks (Level A)	Not Applicable
2.4.2 Page Titled (Level A)	Supports
2.4.3 Focus Order (Level A)	Supports	Fully tested
2.4.4 Link Purpose (In Context) (Level A)	Supports
2.5.1 Pointer Gestures (Level A 2.1 only)	Not Applicable
2.5.2 Pointer Cancellation (Level A 2.1 only)	Supports
2.5.3 Label in Name (Level A 2.1 only)	Supports
2.5.4 Motion Actuation (Level A 2.1 only)	Supports
3.1.1 Language of Page (Level A)	Supports
3.2.1 On Focus (Level A)	Supports
3.2.2 On Input (Level A)	Supports
3.3.1 Error Identification (Level A)	Supports	The activities are formative and there are very few “input errors” as such. There are questions that are answered correctly or incorrectly but each one has dedicated feedback.
3.3.2 Labels or Instructions (Level A)	Supports
4.1.1 Parsing (Level A)	Supports
4.1.2 Name, Role, Value (Level A)	Supports

Table 2: Success Criteria, Level AA

Criteria	Conformance level	Remarks and explanations
1.2.4 Captions (Live) (Level AA)	Supports
1.2.5 Audio Description (Prerecorded) (Level AA)	Supports
1.3.4 Orientation (Level AA 2.1 only)	Supports
1.3.5 Identify Input Purpose (Level AA 2.1 only)	Not Applicable
1.4.3 Contrast (Minimum) (Level AA)	Supports
1.4.4 Resize text (Level AA)	Does not support
1.4.5 Images of Text (Level AA)	Supports
1.4.10 Reflow (Level AA 2.1 only)	Does not support
1.4.11 Non-text Contrast (Level AA 2.1 only)	Supports
1.4.12 Text Spacing (Level AA 2.1 only)	Does not support
1.4.13 Content on Hover or Focus (Level AA 2.1 only)	Not Applicable
2.4.5 Multiple Ways (Level AA)	Not Applicable
2.4.6 Headings and Labels (Level AA)	Supports
2.4.7 Focus Visible (Level AA)	Supports
3.1.2 Language of Parts (Level AA)	Supports
3.2.3 Consistent Navigation (Level AA)	Supports
3.2.4 Consistent Identification (Level AA)	Supports
3.3.3 Error Suggestion (Level AA)	Supports
3.3.4 Error Prevention (Legal, Financial, Data) (Level AA)	Supports
4.1.3 Status Messages (Level AA 2.1 only)	Supports