accessibility on the mobile virtual campus

Mobile Virtual Campus and

visually impaired students

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Community InitiativesOpen University of Catalonia

21-05-2012

Interview + Test

Users

10 visually imparied students

• 6/10 have smartphones

• 3/10 have iPads

• 1/10 have ebook

Results

• 6/10 have smartphones

Results

• 6/10 have smartphones

4 access to the Mobile Virtual Campus

Results

• Usability and accessibility problems

• Exemple: bad user experience when students with low vision check whether they have new messages in classroom forums

Results

Exemple: to check whether there are new messages in classroom forums

Word Forum placed on the left hand side of the screen

New messages indicator placed on the right hand of the screen

Exemple: to check whether there are new messages in classroom forums

Students wih low vision will usually use the zoom to enlarge the screen and to browse through the Mobile Virtual Campus

Exemple: to check whether there are new messages in classroom forums

They have to scroll horizontally from the left to the right

Exemple: to check whether there are new messages in classroom forums

During the scroll, students just find “emptiness”

Thanks

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Community InitiativesOpen University of Catalonia

prebaque@uoc.edu

21-05-2012