Poll Everywhere Accessibility Audit and Remediation Roadmap 2024 - Participant application
The remediation timelines listed are a good-faith effort for planning as of Oct. 2024, however, they are subject to change as development occurs.
| Issue | Plan | Timing |
|---|---|---|
| Attendance Mgmt: Location check retry alert icon has low contrast | Update colors to meet contrast minimums for WCAG 2.2 AA. | Q2 2025 |
| Attendance Mgmt: Location drop down in certify page has low contrast | Update colors to meet contrast minimums for WCAG 2.2 AA. | Q2 2025 |
| CIP: "Clear Last Response" button | Ensure that full visible button text is announced by screen reader. | Q2 2025 |
| Cookie Consent Banner: Missing labels | Add labels | Q2 2025 |
| Cookie Consent: Skipped by screenreader and keyboard | Add correct ARIA markup | Q2 2025 |
| home: username voice over | Ensure that "Join presentation with your PollEverywhere username" is announced by screen reader. | Q2 2025 |
| Navigation: “Registration” is too wide for the container when letter spacing is adjusted | Force navigation container to expand to accommodate adjusted letter spacing | Q2 2025 |
| Present: Missing Level-one heading | Add Level-one heading | Q2 2025 |
| Present: empty button | Place text content within the <button> element or give the <input> element a value attribute. | Q2 2025 |
| Presenter bar Pinned tab does not have any value text | Add text content within the button element. | Q2 2025 |
| Register: HTML for appearance | Ensure that the visual appearance of <h1> reflects its position in the page hierarchy. | Q2 2025 |
| Registration: "You are currently on a button" focus | Ensure that focus indicator is unambiguous | Q2 2025 |
| Registration: empty button | Place text content within the <button> element. | Q2 2025 |
| Registration: Focus indicator is visible but link text is not. | Ensure that focusable element is visible. | Q2 2025 |
| Registrations: Save button need a label for screen readers (at page launch, before changes are made) | Add label for the save button. | Q2 2025 |
| Response History: "export results" needs a confirmation notification | Use a visible success message that is read out using a live region or aria alert. | Q2 2025 |
| Response History: "Prev" & "Next" are visible and clickable to screen reader | Hide "Prev" & "Next" when there is only 1 page of content | Q2 2025 |
| Response history: list items | Put <li> elements in a <ul> | Q2 2025 |
| Response link : MCP: Live results image is missing alternative text. | Hide image from screen readers since it's decorative in nature. | Q2 2025 |
| Response Page: "response saved" notification | Change aria role for "Response Saved" Notification for all activity types | Q2 2025 |
| Response Page: Change how screen readers read votes to MCPs | Change order of items as read by screen reader | Q2 2025 |
| Response Page: CIP: Keyboard-only responses aren’t possible | Allow keyboard-only responses | Q2 2025 |
| Response Page: CIP: poll is too dimmed after a response is submitted | Decrease opacity of overlay | Q2 2025 |
| Response Page: Dimmed Responses: Contrast | Update colors to meet contrast minimums for WCAG 2.2 AA. | Q2 2025 |
| Response Page: Give a message after clearing response to tell screenreader users what happened | Alert the participant that the most recent response was cleared. | Q2 2025 |
| Response Page: Missing alt text when there is no instruction image | Update that component to omit the img tag entirely when there is no instructions image attached to the poll | Q2 2025 |
| Response Page: Q&A poll's Upvote/Downvote buttons need labels that include the option they apply to | Change the vote buttons selected so they read "Upvote FullResponse" and "Downvote FullResponse." | Q2 2025 |
| Response Page: Q&A polls need a description for how they work whenever you load | Adjust labeling and messaging to tell people how it works. | Q2 2025 |
| Response page: Q&A title not announced on response page after choosing screen name | Announce activity title when joining a Q&A on pollev.com | Q2 2025 |
| Response Page: Q&A: load more responses contrast | Update colors to meet contrast minimums for WCAG 2.2 AA. | Q2 2025 |
| Response Page: Rank: Aria Labels | Add ARIA labels | Q2 2025 |
| Response page: Scrollable content should be focusable by keyboard | Element should have focusable content and be focusable | Q2 2025 |
| Response Page: Survey Confirmation: Missing Level 1 heading | Add a level 1 heading | Q2 2025 |
| Response Page: Survey Title Page: Empty Headings | Add ARIA labels | Q2 2025 |
| Response page: Survey with CIP : Missing alt txt on the image | Require alt text for UGC images | Q2 2025 |
| Response Page: Survey: "Finish" button should be labeled as Finish instead of Next Question | "Finish" button will be labeled as “Finish” | Q2 2025 |
| Response Page: Suspicious Default Alt Text | Require users to enter their own alt text. | Q2 2025 |
| Screen Name Modal: Partially Obscured Focus | Using CSS scroll-padding to un-obscure content | Q2 2025 |
| Settings: Contrast failures in several text fields/placeholders on participant Settings page | Update colors to meet contrast minimums for WCAG 2.2 AA. | Q2 2025 |
| Settings: edit email contrast [axe bug] | Update colors to meet contrast minimums for WCAG 2.2 AA. | Q2 2025 |
| Settings: Edit Username contrast | Update colors to meet contrast minimums for WCAG 2.2 AA. | Q2 2025 |
| Settings: Missing Autocomplete on forms | Input purpose needs to be identified and auto-filling in browser must be enabled. | Q2 2025 |
| Settings: new tab/window link labels for screenreaders | Add a label to the icons |
Q2 2025 |
| Sign Up: add aria labels to Privacy & Terms of Service links | Update labels to identify links as such and that they will open in a new tab | Q2 2025 |
| Student Pays: "Book code" text has low contrast | Update colors to meet contrast minimums for WCAG 2.2 AA. | Q2 2025 |
| Student Pays: "Code already redeemed" error text has low contrast | Update colors to meet contrast minimums for WCAG 2.2 AA. | Q2 2025 |