LearnSci Accessibility Conformance Report

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

Name of Product: LearnSci Chemistry LabSims

Report Date: August 2023

Product Description: A collection of 51 highly interactive single page web applications designed to assist students in learning practical chemistry 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 2.0/2.1 Report

Note: When reporting on conformance with the WCAG 2.0/2.1 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)	Does not support	Some images, animations or inline SVGs are missing text alternatives. Some buttons have no value text.
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)	Supports	N/a
1.2.3 Audio Description or Media Alternative (Prerecorded) (Level A)	Supports	N/a
1.3.1 Info and Relationships (Level A)	Does not support	Some UI interface controls don’t have labels, regions are not labelled and some related form controls are not grouped. Some custom components don't provide text alternatives. Select boxes are missing labels. Some animations have no descriptive text.
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)	Supports	N/A
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)	Supports	N/A
2.4.2 Page Titled (Level A)	Does not support	Some missing page titles.
2.4.3 Focus Order (Level A)	Partially Supports	Some dialogs do not have focus skip to button within. Some focusable elements are hidden. Some positive tab-index values are used but the meaning of the content is retained.
2.4.4 Link Purpose (In Context) (Level A)	Partially Supports	Slider components contain links with no text. Minimal impact on user experience.
2.5.1 Pointer Gestures (Level A 2.1 only)	Supports	N/A
2.5.2 Pointer Cancellation (Level A 2.1 only)	Supports
2.5.3 Label in Name (Level A 2.1 only)	Does not support
2.5.4 Motion Actuation (Level A 2.1 only)	Supports
3.1.1 Language of Page (Level A)	Does not support
3.2.1 On Focus (Level A)	Supports
3.2.2 On Input (Level A)	Supports
3.3.1 Error Identification (Level A)	Partially Supports	All errors are explained in text.  Sometimes the incorrect element is not programmatically identified.
3.3.2 Labels or Instructions (Level A)	Partially Supports	Some UI elements are not labelled.
4.1.1 Parsing (Level A)	Supports
4.1.2 Name, Role, Value (Level A)	Partially Supports	Some UI elements do not have sufficient names, roles or values. ARIA has been used sporadically.

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)	Supports	N/A
1.4.3 Contrast (Minimum) (Level AA)	Partially Supports	Some UI elements do not meet the required contrast ratio.
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)	Partially Supports	N/A
2.4.5 Multiple Ways (Level AA)	Supports	N/A
2.4.6 Headings and Labels (Level AA)	Partially Supports	Some missing headings and labels. Some select boxes are missing labels.
2.4.7 Focus Visible (Level AA)	Does not support
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)	Does not support	Dynamic content is not announced for assistive technologies.