IMPORTANT: This feature enables support for screen readers to be used with EdReady. While it enables certain features that help screen readers to work with EdReady content this setting will remove from view any learning tools that are not compatible with screen readers, including videos. This feature can be turned on and off at will. You may wish to try both ways, or toggle the feature on and off depending on your needs at any given time. Be sure to log out and back in after making changes to this setting. |
Steps To Enable Screen Reader Support
From your EdReady Goals Dashboard, hover on your name at the top right of the screen to reveal the dropdown menu.
Select the first option, "My Account", as shown in the screenshot below.
On the My Account screen, look for the text at the bottom of the Account Information section that says "Show Additional Options" and click on it to reveal several checkboxes:
Select the checkbox for "Use EdReady with a screen reader" to enable the option:
Here, you can use the dropdown menu to select your preferred screen reader: ChromeVox (aka Screen Reader for Chrome) JAWS, NVDA, Voice Over, Other, or I don't know.
If you use a screen reader that is not listed, choose Other or I don't know. You can also experiment with the other available options, as some may work better or worse as technologies evolve over time.
Additional Options
You can select any of the four additional options using your spacebar key:
- Use EdReady with a Screen reader (required in most cases) will highlight focus indicators on each page, making it easier to navigate the site. Once this setting is enabled, the student experience will focus only on the questions (in all test activities: diagnostic, unit tests, and topic tests) and learning materials that are fully accessible with a screen reader. This functionality will work seamlessly in the background.
- Enable keyboard focus wherever possible enables you to navigate through the interactive elements on the page and provides a sighted user with a visual indicator of the current element.
- Enable contrast controls will present you with contrast options for the display of EdReady. These options help people with low contrast sensitivity and color blindness set the optimal display for readability. However, some students notice that it obscures parts of questions that they need to see in order to answer correctly, so it may be undesirable in some parts of the system.
- Enable table of contents for all pages will give you an overview of the screen’s contents and organization at the top of the screen. It will also allow you to more quickly navigate to a specific section of the screen.
Select “Save changes” before navigating away.
Next, you must log out and log back in to ensure that EdReady will only load accessible resources.
IMPORTANT: You must click Save Changes AND log out of EdReady, then log back in to fully enable screen reader support.