H5P Content Types and Accessibility

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H5P Content Types & Accessibility

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WCAG 2.2 standards were published in October 2023, and Cornell University policy 5.12 urges that we use the most recently published standards. As of October 2023, H5P is supporting 2.1 standards. Please review your chosen element against the 2.2 updates — especially in regards to dragging movements and target size minimum— to ensure it still meets our minimum standard.

From H5P.com:

Below is a list of the H5P content types available on H5P.com. For each element in the list we indicate if the content type is accessible as well as whether or not the core team is maintaining it and if the content type has any known browser limitations.

 When a content type is listed as accessible it means that either there are no known accessibility issues that we are aware of for the end user view of the content type, or that any known issues are about to be fixed.The goal for the accessible content types is WCAG 2.1 AA support, so the content types have been tested against these criteria and more. The content types have gone through a lot of testing with various screen readers, keyboard navigation, zooming, code inspection, and more. We can't, however, guarantee any level of accessibility support.  Do note that due to mistakes done by authors the example content (not the software) on H5P.org isn't always accessible yet. The example content sometimes doesn't have WCAG AA contrast and lacks subtitles and there are also other flaws not related to the software but caused by authors picking the wrong colors or not uploading subtitle files. This will be fixed, but unfortunately fixing especially the contrasts will be a lot of work since it requires completely redesigning or at least replacing all the colors in the example content to maintain the same aesthetic quality with improved contrast. Also, note that Screen Reader testing has focused on open and/or free screen readers like NVDA and ChromeVox.  When a content type is listed in red it means that the H5P Team does not recommend using it and is not actively fixing problems with it. 

Content Type

Accessible

Maintained by the core team

Browser Support

Accordion

✔ Yes

✔ Yes

Full

Agamotto

✔ Yes

❌ No

Full

AR Scavenger

❌ No

❌ No

Full

Arithmetic Quiz

✔ Yes

✔ Yes

Full

Audio

If text alternative is added

✔ Yes

Full

Audio Recorder

✔ Yes

✔ Yes

Full

Branching Scenario

✔ Yes

✔ Yes

Full

Chart

✔ Yes

✔ Yes

Full

Collage

✔ Yes

✔ Yes

Full

Column

✔ Yes

✔ Yes

Full

Complex Fill in the Blanks

✔ Yes

❌ No

Full

Cornell Notes

✔ Yes

❌ No

Full

Course Presentation

✔ Yes

✔ Yes

Full

Crossword

✔ Yes

❌ No

Full

Dialog Cards

✔ Yes

✔ Yes

Full

Dictation

❌ No(providing a text alternative won't make sense)

❌ No

Full

Documentation Tool

✔ Yes

✔ Yes

Full

Drag and Drop

✔ Yes(Note: Must have visible labels for dropzones/draggables)

✔ Yes

Full

Drag the Words

✔ Yes

✔ Yes

Full

Emoji Cloud

✔ Yes

✔ Yes

Full

Essay

✔ Yes

❌ No

Full

Fill in the Blanks

✔ Yes

✔ Yes

Full

Find the Hotspot

❌ No

✔ Yes

Full

Find Multiple Hotspots

❌ No

❌ No

Full

Flashcards

✔ Yes

✔ Yes

Full

Guess the Answer

✔ Yes

✔ Yes

Full

Image Choice

✔ Yes

✔ Yes

Full

Iframe Embedder

Depends on the content

❌ No

Full

Image Hotspots

✔ Yes

✔ Yes

Full

Image Juxtaposition

❌ No

❌ No

Full

Image Sequencing

❌ No

❌ No

Full

Image Slider

✔ Yes

✔ Yes

Full

Information Wall

❌ No

❌ No

Full

Interactive Book

✔ Yes

✔ Yes

Full

Interactive Video

✔ Yes

✔ Yes

Full

KewAr Code

✔ Yes

❌ No

Full

Mark the Words

✔ Yes

✔ Yes

Full

Multi Poll

✔ Yes

✔ Yes

Full

Memory Game

✔ Yes

✔ Yes

Full

Multiple Choice

✔ Yes

✔ Yes

Full

Personality Quiz

❌ No

❌ No

Full

Quiz (Question Set)

✔ Yes

✔ Yes

Full

Questionnaire

❌ No

✔ Yes

Full

Single Choice Set

✔ Yes

✔ Yes

Full

Sort the Paragraphs

✔ Yes

❌ No

Full

Speak the Words

❌ No

✔ Yes

Chrome only (not iOS Chrome)

Speak the Words set

❌ No

✔ Yes

Chrome only (not iOS Chrome)

Structure Strip

✔ Yes

❌ No

Full

Summary

✔ Yes

✔ Yes

Full

The Chase

✔ Yes

✔ Yes

Full

Timeline

Unknown

❌ No

Unknown

True/false

✔ Yes

✔ Yes

Full

Twitter User Feed

Unknown

❌ No

Full

Virtual Tour (360)

✔ Yes

✔ Yes

Full

Word Cloud

✔ Yes

✔ Yes

Full

How did we do?

Guide to Using Accessibility Checker Tools

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