Accessibility Statement: Learning Analytics Product

We know some parts of this website aren’t fully accessible. We are working on these parts of the site and are committed to producing an accessible site for all users. Those parts with accessibility problems are as follows:

• Some of the pages are not announced automatically by the screen reader but are accessible using a keyboard.
• Some of the pages are announced twice by the screen reader.

If you need information on this website in a different format like accessible PDF, large print, easy read, audio recording or braille, please email the owner of the sub-site. If it's not clear who the owner of the site is, please contact the servicedesk via https://universityofbirmingham.service-now.com/itportal/.

We’ll consider your request and get back to you within 10 days.

You do not need to give us details of your disability or accessibility need as part of your request. Your details will be processed in accordance with our Privacy Policy: Read the University's Student Privacy Policy.

We’re always looking to improve the accessibility of this website and are continuing to audit our content. If you find something that you are unable to access, or we have failed to identify a barrier, please let us know.

If you find any problems that aren’t listed on this page or think we’re not meeting accessibility requirements, please email accessibility@contacts.bham.ac.uk.

You do not need to give us details of your disability or accessibility need as part of your request. Your details will be processed in accordance with our Privacy Policy: Read the University's Student Privacy Policy.

If you are unhappy with the response you have received from the University about your accessibility-related issue, you can make a complaint to the University by adding a comment to your previous IT Service Desk call. Read the IT Service Desk opening hours and contact methods.

You do not need to give us details of your disability or accessibility need as part of your request. Your details will be processed in accordance with our Privacy Policy: Read the University's Student Privacy Policy.

 

The Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) is responsible for enforcing the Public Sector Bodies (Websites and Mobile Applications) (No. 2) Accessibility Regulations 2018 (the ‘accessibility regulations’). If you’re not happy with how we respond to your complaint, contact the Equality Advisory and Support Service (EASS).

The University of Birmingham is committed to making its websites accessible, in accordance with the Public Sector Bodies (Websites and Mobile Applications) (No. 2) Accessibility Regulations 2018.

This website is partially compliant with the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines version 2.1 AA standard. The ‘non-compliances and exemptions’ are listed below.

1. In some areas the text content is not readable when scrolling horizontally or vertically.
   This doesn't meet WCAG 2.1 criterion 1.4.10 [Reflow].
   This is a known issue with Microsoft Power BI and can only be addressed by Microsoft - please see https://cloudblogs.microsoft.com/industry-blog/government/2018/09/11/accessibility-conformance-reports/ 
2. In the graphs used, the contrast ratio for different objects does not meet the requirement of 3:1.
   This doesn’t meet WCAG 2.1  success criterion 1.4.11 [Non-Text- Contrast]. 
   This is a known issue with Microsoft Power BI and can only be addressed by Microsoft - please see https://cloudblogs.microsoft.com/industry-blog/government/2018/09/11/accessibility-conformance-reports/
3. All page functionality is available using the keyboard, however the scrollable region is not focusable. For example: Assignment submissions, Panopto and Zoom engagement breakdown data tables scrollable regions not focusable.
   This doesn’t meet WCAG 2.1 success criterion 2.1.1 [Keyboard].
   This is a known issue with Microsoft Power BI and can only be addressed by Microsoft - please see https://cloudblogs.microsoft.com/industry-blog/government/2018/09/11/accessibility-conformance-reports/
4. Some of the pages are announced twice by the screen reader and some of the pages are not announced automatically by the screen reader but are accessible using keyboard.
   This doesn’t meet WCAG 2.1 success criterion 2.5.3 [Label in Name].
   We plan to make this content available to screen readers by end of 2021.

We are not making any claims of disproportionate burden.Content that’s not within the scope of the accessibility regulations.All content on the site is within the scope of the regulations.

 

Not applicable.

This website was last tested on 28/07/2021. The test was carried out on all dashboards by staff at the University of Birmingham.
We tested with a mix of automated and manual tests, using the ‘Accessibility Insights for Web’ tool, and screen-reading software like NVDA, iOS Screen reader and Android Screen Reader.

We aim to fix issues identified in our latest accessibility test by the end of 2021. This date is subject to change; however, we will continue to review LAP and re-test accessibility when any changes to WCAG or this service are released.

More information on Microsoft PowerBI accessibility conformance is available on the Microsoft Conformance site: https://cloudblogs.microsoft.com/industry-blog/government/2018/09/11/accessibility-conformance-reports/ 

Microsoft accessibility overview for PowerBI ois available at https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/power-bi/create-reports/desktop-accessibility-overview

This statement was prepared on 28th July 2021. It was last reviewed on 9th September 2021.