Accessibility
ChimeIn is created and maintained by the College of Liberal Arts at the University of Minnesota.
Mission Statement
We believe that creating inclusive and equitable learning environments improves teaching and learning for everyone. Our goal is make ChimeIn accessible to all participants and presenters.
We:
- commit to providing equitable access to all users,
- strive to meet W3C WCAG 2.1 level AA and ARIA 1 guidelines,
- work to identify and fix accessibility issues in a timely manner
Technical and Accessibility Support
For ChimeIn help documentation, tap Help in the main menu.
Users experiencing technical or accessibility issues may contact help@umn.edu.
ChimeIn is an open source project that welcomes community participation. Interested users can track development work, submit issues, and share feature requests at https://github.com/UMN-LATIS/ChimeIn2.0.
Best Practices for Presenters
- Plain text can be read by assistive devices. Do not use screenshots of text.
- Images with alternative text or captions can be read by assistive devices. Include alt text on all images.
- The image submission question type allows participants to add image descriptions which can be read by screen readers. Ask your participants to include an image description with their submission. Model this behavior for users.
Voluntary Product Accessibility Template (VPAT)
A Voluntary Product Accessibility Template (VPAT) is a document that explains how information and communication technology (ICT) products conform to the Revised 508 Standards for IT accessibility.
Name of Product: ChimeIn
Product Description: ChimeIn is a live polling tool for partipant engagement.
Last VPAT Update: August 2022
Contact Information: latistecharch@umn.edu
Download: ChimeIn VPAT
Resources
Known Issues
- The image heatmap question type is likely to be challenging for participants with visual impairment or fine motor impairments.