Fixing UDOIT Issues

Finding Issues

Issues List

On the 'Fix Issues' page, you will initially see a list of all of the accessibility barriers found by the scan.

They are automatically sorted by type, so that fixing the same type of issue over and over is the default behavior, as opposed to learning a new type of error and rationale each time you save a change. However, you may choose to filter your list further.

Sorting Through the Search

At the top of the Fix Issues page, there is a search and filter area. You may choose to:

Search using words from the page title, error description, or error rule id (found on the reports page)
Filter:
- By Severity: Select only view Issues, Potential Issues, or Suggestions.
- By Published: to show only Published content, Unpublished, or both, which is the default.
- By Content Type: to select only barriers from Pages, Assignments, Announcements, Discussions, Discussion Forums, Files, Quizzes, or the Syllabus.
- By State: to select only Fixed, Reviewed, or Unreviewed barriers.
- By Module: to select only barriers that appear in content from a specific course module.

The filters you've selected will be highlighted in pill form. If you don't have any filters selected, you won't see any pills next to the search bar. To change whether or not you want the filters' lists to show by default, please go to the Settings Page.

Fixing Issues

Once you select an issue, the view will change and show you all the tools you'll need to fix the issue. Each issue will involve three steps, identifying the issue listed, determining if it is applicable, and using the tools on the form to fix or mark the issue as reviewed.

Identifying the Problem

When you first click on an issue, you'll be greeted with the name of the issue, the severity of the issue (violation, potential error, or suggestion) and a button to learn more about the accessibility barrier. If there is a UDOIT form in place, you will also see tools for fixing potential errors.

Once you click on the accessibility barrier button, you'll see descriptions about the issue UDOIT has marked for you as an accessibility barrier. Given the information, now you can make an informed decision on whether or not that applies to the page, as seen in the preview.

Is It Applicable?

Now you want to turn your attention to the preview of the page, which will be shown here on the right.

In this case, UDOIT has marked an image as missing alternative text (which is invisible in standard text), which is required for all non-decorative images to be accessible. Thus, we need to go back to the form by clicking the green accessibility button on the left to go back.

Using the Form

Finally, having identified that there's a problem, we want to take a look at certain components of the form.

Many forms will have tools to fix a given issue. In this case, the problem is that you're missing alternative text on the image, and so we have a way to add text to the image or mark it as decorative (as decorative images do not require alt text)
Once you're satisfied with the changes you made, you can click the 'Save' button. This will make the change directly in your course content!
For some of the issues marked as 'suggestions', it's possible UDOIT marked the issue incorrectly or you deem the content accessible as is. If there's no issue, you can press 'Mark as Reviewed' and UDOIT will ignore it as an issue on subsequent scans.
Below the "Mark as Reviewed" section, we have options to move back and forth between issues. You can click the button in the middle to display the full list of issues in your course.