Re: Your comments on WCAG 2.0 Last Call Working Draft of December, 2007

On Thu, Apr 3, 2008 at 9:45 AM, Taylor, Suzanne
<suzanne.taylor@pearson.com> wrote:
> 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.

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Response from Working Group:
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If the time limit can be extended for students with disabilities, then
the time limit is not essential, and the exception would not apply.

SC 2.2.1 addresses the behavior of the Web page. In your example, the
time limit on the quiz is set by telling the student to stop. It
sounds as if there is no time limit in the Web page forcing the
student to stop. So there would be no time limit set by the content
and SC 2.2.1 would be satisfied.

If the time limit is set by the content, say if the Web page
containing the text automatically closes when the time limit expires,
then it would be necessary to have some mechanism to change that time
limit in order to give the student the additional time he needs.


Thanks again for the interest that you have taken in these guidelines.
Could we ask you to let us know whether or not you are satisfied with
this response by Wed, April 16?

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

Received on Friday, 11 April 2008 17:26:18 UTC