Accessibility statement for Digital Skills Articulate Rise 360 courses

Website accessibility statement in line with Public Sector Body (Websites and Mobile Applications) (No. 2) Accessibility Regulations 2018

This accessibility statement applies to all courses created in Articulate by Digital Skills. The Digital Skills Team use a strict template to ensure the features used in Articulate courses are as accessible as possible. The statement does not cover Articulate courses not created by the Digital Skills Team.

This application is provided by a third party Articulate to host training courses at the University of Edinburgh. It is provided by the third-party company, Articulate. We want as many people as possible to be able to use this application. For example, that means you should be able to:

• Change most colours, contrast levels and fonts using browser or device settings
• Magnify content to 400% with reflow
• Navigate to most of the content using keyboard only
• Navigate most of the application using speech recognition software e.g. Dragon 
• Navigate most of the application using a screen reader e.g. JAWS

We’ve also made the application text as simple as possible to understand. However, some of our content is technical, and we use technical terms where there is no easier wording we could use without changing what the text means.

AbilityNet has advice on making your device easier to use if you have a disability. This is an external site with suggestions to make your computer more accessible:

AbilityNet - My Computer My Way

With a few simple steps you can customise the appearance of our website using your browser settings to make it easier to read and navigate:

Additional information on how to customise our website appearance

If you are a member of University staff or a student, you can use the free SensusAccess accessible document conversion service:

Information on SensusAccess

We know some parts of this website are not fully accessible:

• The application is not fully compatible with assistive software
• Certain links open in a new tab without alerting the user of this
• Selection displays are not always clear for users who rely on keyboard navigation
• Some information may be conveyed by colour only e.g. links
• Link hypertext is not always meaningful
• There are examples of text as an image
• Not all videos have human corrected transcripts
• Not all videos have audio description
• There is moving content on the site that cannot be stopped or paused by the user 

If you need information on this website in a different format, including accessible PDF, large print, audio recording or braille:

• email: is.skills@ed.ac.uk
• postal address: Digital Skills and Training, 5 Forrest Hill, Edinburgh, EH1 2QL 

We’ll consider your request and get back to you within 5 working days.

We are always looking to improve the accessibility of this website. If you find any problems not listed on this page, or think we’re not meeting accessibility requirements, please contact:

• email: is.skills@ed.ac.uk
• postal address: Digital Skills and Training, 5 Forrest Hill, Edinburgh, EH1 2QL 

We’ll consider your request and get back to you within 5 working days.

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 please contact the Equality Advisory and Support Service (EASS) directly:

Contact details for the Equality Advisory and Support Service (EASS)

The government has produced information on how to report accessibility issues:

Reporting an accessibility problem on a public sector website

The University of Edinburgh is committed to making its websites and applications 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 (WCAG) 2.2 AA standard, due to the non-compliances listed below.

The full guidelines are available at:

Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.2 AA standard

The content listed below is non-accessible for the following reasons.

Non-compliance with the accessibility regulations

The following items do not comply with the WCAG 2.2 AA success criteria:

• Not all media has human-corrected transcripts and audio descriptions.
  • 1.2.1 – Audio-only and Video-only (Prerecorded)
  • 1.2.5 – Audio Description (Prerecorded) 
• Keyboard navigation does not always follow a logical order
  • 1.3.2 Meaningful Sequence
  • 2.4.3 Focus Order
• Some information is conveyed by colour only e.g. links
  • 1.4.1 – Use of Colour
• Some text may be as presented as an image
  • 1.4.5 – Images of Text
• There is movement that the user cannot stop or pause
  • 2.2.2 Pause, Stop, Hide
• It can be difficult to identify where you have navigated to using keyboard.
  • 2.4.7 – Focus Visible
• Links open in a new tab without alerting the user of this.
  • 3.2.2 – On Input
• The site is not fully compatible with screen readers and speech-to-text technology, e.g. some links are not coded correctly
  • 4.1.2 – Name, Role, Value  

Users may upload content directly into Articulate or create their own courses and it is not possible to guarantee these are accessible despite guidance being provided. For example:

• Some images are missing alternative text
  • 1.1.1 – Non-text Content
• Not all media will have human-corrected transcripts, human-corrected captions and audio descriptions.
  • 1.2.1 – Audio-only and Video-only (Prerecorded)
  • 1.2.2 – Captions (Prerecorded)
  • 1.2.5 – Audio Description (Prerecorded) 
• Not all elements meet minimum contrast ratio thresholds.
  • 1.4.3 – Contrast (Minimum)
• Not all links will have a clear purpose
  • 2.4.4 – Link Purpose (In Context)
• Heading levels may be missed
  • 2.4.6 – Headings and Labels
• There may be PDFs on the site that are inaccessible
  • 1.1.1 Non-text content
  • 4.1.2 Name, Role, Value

We aim to improve the accessibility of our websites on a regular and continuous basis. See the section below ('What we're doing to improve accessibility') on how we are improving our site accessibility. 

We are working towards solving these problems and expect significant improvements by August 2027 for those elements within our control. For those elements outwith our control we will continue to liaise with the supplier to seek resolution.

We are not currently claiming that any accessibility problems would be a disproportionate burden to fix.

Content that’s not within the scope of the accessibility regulations

At this time we believe no content is outwith the scope of the accessibility regulations.

We will continue to address and make improvements to the accessibility issues highlighted. Unless specified otherwise, a complete solution or significant improvement will be in place by August 2027. Some of the issues are not within our control and where this is the case, we will work with Articulate to resolve these issues, obtaining timeframes in which they expect these issues to be fixed.

While we are in the process of resolving these accessibility issues we will ensure reasonable adjustments are in place to make sure no user is disadvantaged. As changes are made, we will continue to review accessibility and retest the accessibility of this website.

This statement was prepared on 24^th June 2026. It was last reviewed on 19^th August 2026.

The website was last tested in April 2026. The testing was carried out by the Disability Information Service within the Information Services Group at the University of Edinburgh using both automated and manual methods. The site was tested on a PC, primarily using Google Chrome alongside Mozilla Firefox and Microsoft Edge.

A recent world-wide usage levels survey for different screen readers and browsers shows that Chrome, Mozilla Firefox and Microsoft Edge are increasing in popularity and Google Chrome is now the favoured browser for screen readers:

WebAIM: Screen Reader User Survey

The aforementioned three browsers have been used in certain questions for reasons of breadth and variety.

We ran automated testing using WAVE WebAIM and AXE browser extension (for Google Chrome) and then manual testing that included:

• Spell check functionality
• Scaling using different resolutions and reflow
• Options to customise the interface (magnification, font, background colour, etc)
• Keyboard navigation and keyboard traps
• Data validation
• Warning of links opening in new tab or window
• Information conveyed in the colour or sound only
• Flashing, moving or scrolling text
• Use with screen reading software (for example JAWS)
• Assistive software (TextHelp Read and Write, Windows Magnifier, ZoomText, Dragon Naturally Speaking, TalkBack and VoiceOver)
• Tooltips and text alternatives for any non-text content
• Time limits
• Compatibility with mobile accessibility functionality (Android and iOS)
• Any drag functionality and alternatives
• Consistent help function
• No need to re-enter data already submitted
• Any cognitive tests