Fwd: Response from Suzanne Taylor

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From: Taylor, Suzanne <suzanne.taylor@pearson.com>
Date: Thu, Apr 3, 2008 at 9:45 AM
Subject: RE: Your comments on WCAG 2.0 Last Call Working Draft of December, 2007
To: Loretta Guarino Reid <lorettaguarino@google.com>
Cc: public-comments-WCAG20@w3.org


Thank you for considering my comment.

 I feel that the exception mentioned is too broad and something should
 exist in the guidelines to indicate that the exception does not apply in
 cases where simple solutions can prevent time extension from
 invalidating the activity.


 "Essential Exception: the time limit is essential and extending it would
 invalidate the activity;"

 For example, a quiz with a time limit would fall under the exception as
 it stands now; however, if we tell students when time is up, but allow
 the students to keep working and simply record how long each student
 took to complete the quiz, the quiz will be accessible. On the other
 hand, as the guidelines stand now, this simple solution could be
 over-looked, and an educational site could advertise WCAG Accessibility,
 while completely excluding some students from participation in class
 activities.

 Thanks,
 st

 -------------------------------------------
 Suzanne Taylor
 Accessibility Specialist / Senior UI Designer & Developer
 User Experience Group
 Pearson

 201-236-7781
 Suzanne.Taylor@pearson.com




 -----Original Message-----
 From: Loretta Guarino Reid [mailto:lorettaguarino@google.com]
 Sent: Monday, March 10, 2008 8:22 PM
 To: Taylor, Suzanne
 Cc: public-comments-WCAG20@w3.org
 Subject: Your comments on WCAG 2.0 Last Call Working Draft of December,
 2007

 Dear Suzanne Taylor,

 Thank you for your comments on the 11 Dec 2007 Last Call Working Draft
 of the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines 2.0 (WCAG 2.0
 http://www.w3.org/TR/2007/WD-WCAG20-20071211). The WCAG Working Group
 has reviewed all comments received on the December draft. Before we
 proceed to implementation, we would like to know whether we have
 understood your comments correctly and whether you are satisfied with
 our resolutions.

 Please review our resolutions for the following comments, and reply to
 us by 31 March 2008 at public-comments-wcag20@w3.org to say whether
 you accept them or to discuss additional concerns you have with our
 response. Note that this list is publicly archived.

 Please see below for the text of comments that you submitted and our
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 also include links to the relevant changes in the WCAG 2.0 Editor's
 Draft of 10 March 2008 at
 http://www.w3.org/WAI/GL/WCAG20/WD-WCAG20-20080310/.

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 Regards,

 Loretta Guarino Reid, WCAG WG Co-Chair
 Gregg Vanderheiden, WCAG WG Co-Chair
 Michael Cooper, WCAG WG Staff Contact

 On behalf of the WCAG Working Group

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 Comment 1: Need Bullets for Educational Testing Situations
 Source:
 http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public-comments-wcag20/2008Feb/0154.
 html
 (Issue ID: 2593)
 Status: VERIFIED / NOT ACCEPTED
 ----------------------------
 Original Comment:
 ----------------------------

 When students take timed tests online, some students with disabilities
 are entitled to "double time" or "time and a half", etc. In these
 cases, there is an important 3-way relationship: application,
 instructor, student. All of the current bullet points address 2-way
 relationships: user, application.

 Proposed Change:
 Add Bullets:

 When the time limit is exceeded, the user is allowed to complete the
 activity and the amount of time the user spent is recorded with any
 activity results.

 Instructor or administrative access allows time limits to be set on a
 user-by-user basis.

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 Response from Working Group:
 ---------------------------------------------

 Timed tests are covered under the Essential Exception clause of SC
 2.2.1:

 Essential Exception: the time limit is essential and extending it
 would invalidate the activity;

 That is, the success criterion can be satisfied by timed tests that
 don't permit ways for the user to turn off, adjust, or extend the time
 limit until the user has enough time to complete the task.

 There are a variety of policies that apply to students with
 disabilities, and web pages for use with students with disabilities
 should implement the appropriate policy. This can be a requirement
 beyond satisfying WCAG 2.0. However we feel it would be inappropriate
 to add any of those policies to the guidelines.
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