Rise 360 Accessibility Maturity Plan
Last updated: April 17, 2025
Planned
At Articulate, we’re committed to improving our products so you can create accessible e-learning. To see how Rise 360 supports Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.1 and other accessibility standards, check out our accessibility conformance report, or Voluntary Product Accessibility Template (VPAT®).
You can view our Rise 360 User Guide and see what we’re working on in our Articulate 360 Feature Roadmap. This maturity plan lists known accessibility issues, their status, and any available workarounds. We’ll update it as we make progress to keep you informed and help support your own compliance efforts. Let us know if you have any questions.
Issue
Status
Workarounds
Kommentare
Ability to add closed captions to Audio blocks.
- 1.2.2 Captions (Prerecorded) (Level A)
Planned
Use a text or accordion block to create a transcript of the audio text.
Add support for closed captions for audio blocks.
A temporary solution for adding text is to use a text or accordion block to create a transcript of the audio text.
Ability to add an audio description in video blocks.
- 1.2.3 Audio Description or Media Alternative (Prerecorded) (Level A)
Planned
Create audio descriptions in a separate app and import them into Rise 360.
Video blocks cannot currently include an audio description.
The PDF export is not accessible.
- 1.3.2 Meaningful Sequence (Level A)
Planned
Manually edit using Adobe Acrobat.
When a PDF is used as an alternative to an online course, it is expected to be accessible.
The interactive sorting activity (drag-and-drop) block is currently inaccessible.
- 2.1.1 Keyboard (Level A)
Planned
No workarounds
This block does not conform to WCAG guidelines.
The compact navigation mode obstructs lesson views at 400% zoom.
- 1.4.10 Reflow (Level AA)
Planned
No workarounds
At 400% zoom, compact navigation should not obstruct the lesson list.
When using Talkback, the focus is placed on the body text instead of the continue button when submitting a quiz answer.
- 2.4.3 Focus Order (Level A)
Planned
No workarounds
Talkback on Android should focus on the continue button after submitting a quiz question answer.
Respect system motion preferences.
- 2.3.3 Animation from Interactions (Level AAA)
Planned
No workarounds
When a user has a reduced motion system preference set, we need a mechanism to detect and reduce (or stop) specific animations.
- Lesson page transitions
- Interactive flashcard grid
- Interactive flashcard stack
- Quote carousel
- Gallery carousel
- Interactive process block
- Interactive sorting activity
When scrolling the sidebar navigation, the sidebar header blocks focus on section headers.
- 2.4.11 Focus Not Obscured (Minimum)
Planned
Use compact or overlay navigation.
A collapsible section header can receive focus behind the sticky sidebar header, but the focus should not be obscured.
Talkback focuses on two empty elements before announcing the flashcard stack.
- 2.4.3 Focus Order (Level A)
Planned
No workarounds
The search and expand/collapse buttons should pass the new WCAG 2.2: SC 2.5.8 Target Size (Minimum) requirement.
The overlay navigation in the Horizon theme does not follow a logical focus order.
- 2.4.3 Focus Order (Level A)
Planned
No workarounds
The Horizon theme’s overlay navigation needs a logical tab and screen reader reading order.
When a continue block is the last block in a microlearning with stepped navigation, it announces, “Additional content has been loaded.”
- 4.1.3 Status Messages (Level AA)
Planned
Use another theme
When a continue block is the last block on a microlearning stepped navigation, do not announce “additional content has been loaded.”
Released
We’re continually improving Rise 360 to enhance accessibility and ensure compliance with WCAG 2.1 guidelines. The following table lists what we’ve achieved from our maturity plan. Let us know if you have questions.
Issue
Status
The quote carousel block is now accessible.
May 2024
Improved user experience for invalid response scenarios.
May 2024
The gallery carousel block is now accessible.
July 2024
Video controls on labeled graphic videos are no longer beyond the container’s width and can be accessed.
July 2024
The interactive scenario block is now accessible.
November 2024
Ability to set heading levels for all blocks.
November 2024
The focus is misplaced when accessing the search sidebar from compact navigation.
November 2024
VoiceOver is no longer reading items that are not visible when the overlay navigation modal is expanded.
December 2024
The dialog (menu) for overlay navigation has an accessible name.
December 2024
The clear search button has an accessible name when using overlay navigation.
December 2024
The overlay navigation mode no longer obstructs lesson views at 400% zoom.
January 2025
When navigating to the first step in microlearning, the content preview is announced, and the focus goes to the navigation panel.
January 2025
The reading order for stepped navigation microlearning on a mobile device follows the visual elements.
January 2025
The quiz and knowledge check matching (drag-and-drop) blocks are now accessible.
January 2025
The landmark description is no longer repeated in iOS 17.
January 2025
The focus is correctly placed when accessing the search sidebar from overlay navigation.
January 2025
VoiceOver now reads quiz feedback in Safari.
January 2025
The focus order is lost when restarting a process block that does not include an introduction.
January 2025
Image alt text is read by screen readers even when there’s no image when using sidebar navigation.
January 2025
Expanded compact navigation covers focused elements on small screens.
January 2025
The compact navigation buttons (search and expand/collapse) don’t pass the target size minimum requirement.
January 2025
The cover image blocks the screen reader from reading the cover text contents.
February 2025
The overlay navigation contents are unreachable by screen readers when the course has a cover image with alt text.
February 2025
Lesson header contents are unreachable by screen readers when the background image has alt text.
February 2025
Text spacing override causes some section charts to appear clipped.
March 2025
The progress pie indicator is too light and doesn’t pass minimum contrast requirements.
April 2025