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Sakai CLE

Consistent with the goal to make Sakai the most innovative and powerful Collaboration and Learning Environment, the Sakai community with the support and encouragement of the Sakai Foundation will ensure that all of the core features of the CLE are accessible and usable by the greatest number of potential users, including people with disabilities.

Ensuring that the CLE has as few accessibility barriers as possible provides a rich and enjoyable user experience for all users. Therefore, we will continue developing the CLE core to meet or exceed the accessibility design principals found in recognized international standards. Our goal is to meet all of the W3C Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.0 Level A and AA Success Criteria and to use emerging standards and best practice design techniques (such as the WAI-ARIA Suite) that support existing and emerging adaptive technologies.

Leveraging accessibility experts in the Sakai Community, all future development on tools intended for inclusion in the CLE core will undergo regular, documented usability and accessibility evaluations throughout the design and development process to ensure that it meets these goals.

The results of the Sakai accessibility evaluation efforts are published on our wiki.

Sakai OAE

Consistent with the goal to make Sakai the most innovative and powerful Collaboration and Learning Environment, the Sakai community with the support and encouragement of Sakai Foundation will ensure that all of the features of the OAE (the next generation of Sakai) are accessible and usable by the greatest number of potential users, including users with disabilities.

To ensure this high level of accessibility for the greatest number of users, our goal is to design OAE to meet or exceed the accessibility design principals found in recognized international standards. Our goal is to meet all of the W3C Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.0 Level A and AA Success Criteria and the Authoring Tool Accessibility Guidelines (ATAG).

To ensure that the OAE has as few accessibility barriers as possible and to provide a rich and enjoyable user experience for all users, Sakai will be developed using emerging standards and best practice design techniques (such as the WAI-ARIA Suite), and support existing and emerging adaptive technologies.
Leveraging accessibility experts in the Sakai Community, all future development in the OAE will undergo regular, documented usability and accessibility evaluations throughout the design and development process to ensure that it meets these goals.