[Year 12 IT Apps] VITTA ITA exam 3

Mon Oct 15 12:39:11 EST 2007

Mult-choice Question 6 lacks sufficient detail as to the level of 
impairment.  A slight visual impairment may not be a colour blindness. 
There can be other colour combinations that make a site difficult to read 
other than the use of red and green colours.  More strongly contrasting 
colours would be a way to go here.

Also, is it suggesting the oganisation is already using red and green 
colours together?  If it is not, and we advise students not to add 
additional facts to any question, then B is definitely not going to be a 
"best answer".
Thus B is not necessarily a valid response.

Top navigation can present difficulties for the visually impaired, as noted 
by Maggie, and also if they zoom in or make the text size larger navigation 
is made more difficult as they will need to scroll more up/down and 
left/right throughout the pages.

Navigation at the top left for slight visual impairment may suit those with 
mild or slight impairment but may be more difficult for those with greater 
impairment as the location for navigation is not 'standard' with other 
sites.

The response "near the top" is not to the top left and is thus somewhat 
ambiguous.

The organisation should be considering greater degrees of impairment than 
those with a "slight" impairment to make their website INCLUSIVE for all 
users.

Maggie's comment on A:
> Using correct ALT tags and table header contents are a good use of HTML
> for visually impaired people who need the page read out electronically.

is then appropriate.  However, many who are slightly visually impaired would 
most likely not opt for the electronic reading, particularly if it is in the 
workplace.  Thus, their access would not be improved unless they are 
directed towards using the electronic reading.

The question is not very clear and a number of candidates could be 
influenced by personal experience to focus towards colour blindness; while 
others may appreciate other forms and levels of visual impairment.

A question with good intent, but fails to provide a clear correct response. 
D is the default position and I think many candidates would not choose this 
in preference to one of the other 3 responses.

I tend to lean towards A, but would prefer questions such as this did not 
appear without further clarification of the impairment to be addressed.

By the way, Mark is correct with Question 5.

Another 3c worth.

Geoff Moss
RMIT

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> Locating the navigation at the top is not necessarily a good choice for
> visually impaired people. Often the logoff menu is found at the top
> right. When they zoom in or make the textsize larger, the browser
> creates scroll bars. If the navigation is always at the top right, then
> visually impaired people need to use their mouse to scroll to the right
> find a way to navigate.
>
> If the navigation were at the *top left*, this would not occur.
>
> Using correct ALT tags and table header contents are a good use of HTML
> for visually impaired people who need the page read out electronically.
>
> Maggie
>
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> VITTA ITA exam 3
>
> Multichoice Q5 erratum - the suggested answer "A" is contradicted by its
>
> explanation.  It should be "D".
>
> Multichoice Q6 - It asks how to help make a web page more accessible for
>
> people who are slightly visually impaired.  The options were:
> A - adopting standard web and HTML code tags
> B - avoiding the use of red and green colours together
> C - locating a navigation system near the top of the page
> D - all of the above
>
> The suggested answer is D, but I fail to see how using standard HTML
> code tags would help such people.  Also, C would help anyone but how
> would it particularly help people with bad vision?  Any opinions?
>
> I'd say the best answer would have been B.
>
> 3c worth (because of inflation in the past financial quarter)
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