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  1. Moodle
  2. MDL-20409 META: Accessibility issues raised in the CANnect Accessibility report by Randall Hansen
  3. MDL-20479

Visual cues in "Marks" can be confusing

          Details

          • Type: Sub-task
          • Status: Closed
          • Priority: Minor
          • Resolution: Fixed
          • Affects Version/s: 1.9.5
          • Fix Version/s: 2.1
          • Component/s: Accessibility, Quiz
          • Labels:
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          • Affected Branches:
            MOODLE_19_STABLE
          • Fixed Branches:
            MOODLE_21_STABLE

            Description

            Each multiple-choice quiz question contains text like this: "Marks: --/1"

            Why it matters

            To a sighted user this likely means, "You've not yet received a score for this question, and one point is possible." A screen reader user hears, "Marks colon dash dash slash one." This is difficult to understand.

            Possible solution

            If a question has not been attempted, do not show this text. If a question has been attempted, explicitly state the result: "Marks received: 1 of a possible 1."

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                  Improvement - An enhancement to an existing Moodle feature. MDL-20636 META: Question engine re-write

                  • Blocker - Blocks development and/or testing, prevents Moodle from running (applicable to bugs only)
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                    timhunt Tim Hunt added a comment -

                    I think we should show this even before the question is attempted. For example, most exam papers I have ever done have had an indication of the marks available like [4] by each question.

                    Note that in Moodle, this text appears on the left, under the question number.

                    My suggestion is (I think brevity is important): before the question is graded is says:

                    Marked out of 1.00

                    and after the question has been graded

                    Marks 0.75 out of 1.00

                    By the way, how do screen readers cope with decimal numbers like 0.75?

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                    timhunt Tim Hunt added a comment - I think we should show this even before the question is attempted. For example, most exam papers I have ever done have had an indication of the marks available like [4] by each question. Note that in Moodle, this text appears on the left, under the question number. My suggestion is (I think brevity is important): before the question is graded is says: Marked out of 1.00 and after the question has been graded Marks 0.75 out of 1.00 By the way, how do screen readers cope with decimal numbers like 0.75?
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                    timhunt Tim Hunt added a comment -

                    I have a nice solution to this in my question engine rewrite, which will probably now only go into Moodle 2.1.

                    Therefore, I am disinclined to try to change this in Moodle 2.0, so reassigning.

                    http://docs.moodle.org/en/Development:Question_Engine_2

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                    timhunt Tim Hunt added a comment - I have a nice solution to this in my question engine rewrite, which will probably now only go into Moodle 2.1. Therefore, I am disinclined to try to change this in Moodle 2.0, so reassigning. http://docs.moodle.org/en/Development:Question_Engine_2
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                    timhunt Tim Hunt added a comment -

                    Fixed in 2.1 dev now that MDL-20636 has been integrated.

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                    timhunt Tim Hunt added a comment - Fixed in 2.1 dev now that MDL-20636 has been integrated.

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                          Fix Release Date:
                          1/Jul/11