In Case You Missed It: Accessibility Updates Since July

Since our accessibility group launched in August, it has grown to 342 members! To keep you informed, we’re taking it back to July as a starting point for our updates. Since then, we’ve released important product updates, shared upcoming features, and published new and updated articles. We’ll keep sharing these “In Case You Missed It” posts as more improvements roll out. Stay tuned for more updates! 

 

Where are accessibility updates posted normally?

Our version history pages—Rise 360 Version History, Storyline 360 Version History, and Reach 360 Version History—showcase all product updates.

Our accessibility journey articles—Rise 360: Our Accessibility Journey and Storyline 360: Our Accessibility Journey—contain accessibility-specific updates.

 

What features are underway, and where can I find them?

You can see what our team is working on in the Articulate 360 Feature Roadmap.

Current accessibility items on our feature roadmap include:

• Rise Accessible Drag-and-Drop Questions
• Storyline Accessibility Checker
• Storyline Math Equations

 

What about accessibility updates in articles and documentation?

We refreshed a few Rise and Storyline articles to include new accessibility sections:

• Rise 360: How to Use Scenario Blocks
• Rise 360: Using Heading Levels
• Storyline 360: How to Design an Accessible Course
• Storyline 360: Adding Pictures
• Storyline 360: Adding Audio
• Storyline 360: Adding Videos
• Storyline 360: Adding Content Library 360 Icons
• Storyline 360: Adding Tables

We launched a new resource center that includes accessibility:

• The Importance of Accessibility in E-Learning
• Accessible E‑Learning Checklist
• What We Learned at axe-con 2024 
• What is WCAG? A Quick Guide to Web Accessibility Conformance

We shared articles related to activities in our community as well as product updates:

• How Articulate Uses a Prioritization Framework to Drive Accessibility Maturity
• Check out this post for all the resources: Accessibility: Frameworks, Prioritization, and Maturity
• Announcing Our All-New Accessibility Group
• Oodles of Features to Improve Design Flexibility, Accessibility, and Course Distribution
• Breaking Language Barriers: How the Reach 360 Learner Interface Now Supports Multiple Languages

That’s a lot. Could you summarize the most important product updates?

Sure! Let’s break it down by product.

Rise

• New: Immerse all learners in customizable interactive experiences with accessible scenario blocks that offer alternative text, screen reader support, and a visible focus indicator.
• New: Improve screen-reader navigation and readability for all learners with adjustable heading levels.
• New: Select the source course language when exporting your training for translation.
• Enhanced: Select the text of a hyperlink to apply formatting, including changing the color of the text.

Storyline

• Enhanced: Enhance table accessibility with built-in screen reader support.
• Enhanced: When writing alt text in Storyline 360, you’ll now see a dynamic character count and a tip not to exceed 150 characters.
• Enhanced: We added a new Czech neural voice, Jitka, and a new German (Swiss) neural voice, Sabrina, for text-to-speech conversion.

Reach 360

• New: Make Reach 360 more inclusive by letting learners choose English, Spanish, French, or German as their preferred interface language, with more options coming soon.