OHRN Learning

Section: Course Development and Organization

Name the course.

Yes.

Identify key learnings or core content, and deliver that content through at least two of: audio, visuals, and text.

Yes.

Define criteria and recognition for course completion.

Yes.

Work from a consecutive, hierarchical outline of course content

Yes

Use semantic file names

Yes

Establish clear goals or learning outcomes

Sometimes

Most Courses on the site were originally webinars. Some webinars had clear learning goals defined, but others did not.

Identify intended audience or learners

Sometimes

The intended audience for OHRN Learning as a whole is identified in the FAQs and "About OHRN Learning" on the Homepage. Some courses identify more specific groups, but most Courses do not.

Record roles of individuals and/or organizations in course development and delivery

Yes

In some courses, individual speakers are not named on the Course Curriculum page to respect privacy.

Section: Web and Document Structure and Formatting

Use Properly Formatted Headings to Structure Documents and Web Pages

Yes

Create True Bulleted or Numbered Lists, True Columns and Tables

Yes

Use Column Headers for Tables in Word and Column and/or Row Headers for Tables in Web Documents

Yes

Use Descriptive Hyperlink Text

Yes

Avoid Capitalizing All Letters (i.e. “All Caps”)

Yes

Break-up long blocks of text into smaller segments

Yes

Provide Alternate Text for Non-Text Objects ("Alt Text")

Sometimes

We describe all non-decorative visual elements in the text of the lesson, as an image caption, or as Alt Text. In webinar recordings, facilitators orally describe any visual elements of their presentation. However, there may be some webinars where the oral description is not descriptive enough.

Properly structure forms on the web

Yes

Section: Keyboard Access

All actions and controls accessible with a mouse (e.g. form fields, submit button, hyperlinks) are also keyboard accessible.

Sometimes

We have tested this, and find that it works in most cases. However, we could not scroll down in a Lesson using the keyboard. There may be other limitations we aren’t aware of yet.

Section: PDFs

Avoid image-only PDFs

Yes

Run the PDF Accessibility Checker to ensure full accessibility

No

Our Courses usually include external resources. We cannot ensure that they are accessible.

If creating a PDF from a Word or Office document, ensure that your starting document is properly structured and accessible

No

Our Courses usually include external resources. We cannot ensure that they are accessible.

Section: PowerPoints

Ensure that all of the slide text content appears in the outline view

No

Our Courses usually include external resources. We cannot ensure that they are accessible.

Format lists and tables properly; Add ALT text to images

No

Our Courses usually include external resources. We cannot ensure that they are accessible.

Section: Color and Contrast

Provide sufficient Color Contrast between foreground and background elements.

Sometimes

We checked key pages with WCAG Color Contrast Checker. All elements where we control the color has sufficient contrast. There are some elements where it was insufficient, but Thinkific controls those colors.

Do not convey information using color alone

Yes

Section: Multimedia

Provide transcripts for audio-only media.

Yes

Transcripts were auto-generated at first, and then reviewed and corrected by a real person.

Caption Videos.

Yes

Closed captions are available on all videos. Captions were auto-created. Some were reviewed and corrected by a real person. We are in the process of having all captions done professionally.

Provide Audio Description where needed

No

In webinar recordings, facilitators orally describe any visual elements of their presentation. However, there may be some webinars where the oral description is insufficient.

No auto-play of video or audio

Yes

Video and audio controls must be accessible

Yes

We have tested this, and find that it works, but there may be limitations we aren’t aware of yet.

No flashing content

Yes

Section: Writing Style

Use plain language

Sometimes

We plan to review text on our site to ensure plain language writing principles are met.

Group information into manageable chunks

Yes

Section: Assessment and Course Completion

Provide information before, during, and after multiple choice questions

Yes

Be flexible with limits to complete assessment

Yes

There are no time limits to complete assessment.

Show clear progress indicator at each point in the course

Yes