- Template
- 2.5Rev
- Edition
- Revised Section 508
- Report date
- 2026-11-05
/ Example report · Revised Section 508
Quillstone Course Portal 9.1 (fictional product): example Accessibility Conformance Report
Example report for a fictional product. 38 criteria reported at Levels A and AA (WCAG 2.0 rows): 23 Supports, 11 Partially Supports, 2 Does Not Support, 2 Not Applicable. The gaps that matter most are the missing focus outline in the student view, keyboard-inaccessible matching questions, missing audio description and the untagged PDF export reported under 504.2.2.
Example only. Quillstone Course Portal 9.1 (fictional product) is a made-up product, and every finding below is invented to show how a filled report reads. It is not a report on any real product.
- Product
- University course portal
- Scope
- Example report for an invented product; Quillstone Course Portal and its vendor do not exist. Covers version 9.1 of the hosted portal at demo.quillstone.example in the student and instructor roles: course home, modules, discussion forums, assignments and submission, quizzes, gradebook, calendar, the built-in lecture video player, the course page editor and the help centre. Course material uploaded by institutions and the third-party live conferencing integration are out of scope. Standards covered: WCAG 2.0 Levels A and AA, and the Revised Section 508 Standards (36 CFR 1194, as corrected January 22, 2018).
- Evaluation methods
- Manual testing of every in-scope screen and of the complete processes for enrolling, submitting an assignment, taking a quiz and building a course page, by a tester trained in the Trusted Tester process and an instructional designer who uses the portal. Keyboard only; JAWS and NVDA with Chrome and Firefox; VoiceOver with Safari; ZoomText; Dragon voice control. Automated checks with axe-core. Exported PDFs checked with a PDF/UA validator.
- What it shows
- A course portal is also an authoring tool, so section 504 applies and the PDF export becomes a Section 508 finding. The report does not claim the 501.1 exception for web applications, because that exception depends on full WCAG 2.0 A and AA conformance, which the portal does not yet have.
Table 1: Success Criteria, Level A
| Criteria | Conformance level | Remarks and explanations |
|---|---|---|
| 1.1.1 Non-text Content | Partially Supports | Interface icons and buttons have text alternatives. Equations made with the math tool render as images whose alt text is the raw LaTeX source, which a screen reader reads as code. Authoring tool: the editor prompts for alt text when an image is inserted. |
| 1.2.1 Audio-only and Video-only (Prerecorded) | Not Applicable | The portal itself contains no audio-only or video-only content. Media uploaded by instructors is outside this report. |
| 1.2.2 Captions (Prerecorded) | Supports | The nine tutorial videos have edited captions, and the lecture player displays caption files that instructors attach. |
| 1.2.3 Audio Description or Media Alternative (Prerecorded) | Partially Supports | Six tutorial videos have transcripts. Three screen walkthroughs have neither a transcript nor audio description. |
| 1.3.1 Info and Relationships | Partially Supports | The gradebook is a data table with row and column headers, and forum threads use nested lists. Quiz answer options are not grouped with their question, so a screen reader announces the options without it. |
| 1.3.2 Meaningful Sequence | Supports | Reading order matches the visual order. |
| 1.3.3 Sensory Characteristics | Supports | Instructions do not rely on shape, size, position or sound. |
| 1.4.1 Use of Color | Partially Supports | Late submissions in the gradebook are marked only by an orange cell background. |
| 1.4.2 Audio Control | Supports | No audio plays automatically. Answered Supports rather than Not Applicable, following the template's note on criteria with no applicable content. |
| 2.1.1 Keyboard | Partially Supports | Drag-and-drop matching questions cannot be answered with a keyboard. All other question types and all other functions can. |
| 2.1.2 No Keyboard Trap | Supports | In the course page editor Tab indents; Escape followed by Tab leaves the editor, and the help centre documents this. |
| 2.2.1 Timing Adjustable | Partially Supports | Instructors can set quiz time limits and grant extra time to named students, but a student cannot adjust or extend a limit, and no essential-time exception is claimed. |
| 2.2.2 Pause, Stop, Hide | Supports | The announcement banner that scrolls has a pause button. |
| 2.3.1 Three Flashes or Below Threshold | Supports | No content flashes. |
| 2.4.1 Bypass Blocks | Supports | Skip links lead to the course navigation and to the main content. |
| 2.4.2 Page Titled | Partially Supports | Pages inside a course module all share the title "Course content | Quillstone" and do not name the module or page. |
| 2.4.3 Focus Order | Supports | Focus order is logical, and dialogs move focus in and back out. |
| 2.4.4 Link Purpose (In Context) | Partially Supports | The assignment list repeats "Submit" links that do not include the assignment name. |
| 3.1.1 Language of Page | Supports | Every page declares its language. |
| 3.2.1 On Focus | Supports | No change of context on focus. |
| 3.2.2 On Input | Supports | Selecting a course in the course switcher does nothing until Go is pressed. |
| 3.3.1 Error Identification | Supports | Errors are identified in text beside the field. |
| 3.3.2 Labels or Instructions | Supports | Fields have visible labels, and file upload states the accepted formats and size. |
| 4.1.1 Parsing | Supports | For WCAG 2.0 and the Revised 508 Standards, the September 2023 errata indicates this criterion is always supported. |
| 4.1.2 Name, Role, Value | Partially Supports | The course navigation tree does not expose the expanded or collapsed state of modules. Editor toolbar buttons have names and states. |
Table 2: Success Criteria, Level AA
| Criteria | Conformance level | Remarks and explanations |
|---|---|---|
| 1.2.4 Captions (Live) | Not Applicable | The portal has no live synchronized media. Live sessions run in a separate conferencing product outside this report. |
| 1.2.5 Audio Description (Prerecorded) | Does Not Support | None of the tutorial videos has audio description, and the player offers no way to attach a description track. |
| 1.4.3 Contrast (Minimum) | Partially Supports | Due dates on course cards measure 3.6:1. Other text passes. |
| 1.4.4 Resize Text | Supports | Text resizes to 200 percent without loss of content or function. |
| 1.4.5 Images of Text | Supports | The interface contains no images of text. |
| 2.4.5 Multiple Ways | Supports | Pages can be reached through course navigation, search and the calendar. |
| 2.4.6 Headings and Labels | Supports | Headings and labels describe their topic or purpose. |
| 2.4.7 Focus Visible | Does Not Support | A style reset removes the focus outline from links, buttons and tabs throughout the student view. Only form fields show focus. |
| 3.1.2 Language of Parts | Supports | Interface text is in one language. Authoring tool: the editor lets authors mark the language of a passage. |
| 3.2.3 Consistent Navigation | Supports | Navigation is consistent across courses. |
| 3.2.4 Consistent Identification | Supports | Components with the same function are identified consistently. |
| 3.3.3 Error Suggestion | Supports | Error messages suggest a correction where one is known. |
| 3.3.4 Error Prevention (Legal, Financial, Data) | Partially Supports | Quiz submission asks for confirmation and lists unanswered questions. Assignment submission is final with no review or undo step. |
Other chapters of the template
- Chapter 3: Functional Performance Criteria
- 302.1 Without Vision: Partially Supports (math images, drag-and-drop questions, see 1.1.1 and 2.1.1). 302.2 With Limited Vision: Partially Supports (focus not visible, see 2.4.7 and 1.4.3). 302.3 Without Perception of Color: Partially Supports (late marker, see 1.4.1). 302.4 Without Hearing: Supports. 302.5 With Limited Hearing: Supports. 302.6 Without Speech: Supports, no function needs speech. 302.7 With Limited Manipulation: Partially Supports (see 2.1.1). 302.8 With Limited Reach and Strength: Supports. 302.9 With Limited Language, Cognitive, and Learning Abilities: Partially Supports (students cannot extend quiz time limits, see 2.2.1).
- Chapter 4: Hardware
- Removed. The portal is software delivered through a browser and includes no hardware.
- Chapter 5: Software
- 501.1 Scope: see the WCAG 2.x tables. The 501.1 exception for web applications is not claimed, because it depends on conformance to every WCAG 2.0 Level A and AA criterion. 502.2.1, 502.3.1 to 502.3.14 and 502.4 apply to platform software: Not Applicable. 502.2.2 No Disruption of Accessibility Features: Supports, the portal does not override browser or operating system zoom, contrast or screen reader settings. 503.2 User Preferences: Not Applicable under its exception for web applications. 503.3 Alternative User Interfaces: Not Applicable. 503.4.1 Caption Controls: Supports, the caption button sits beside the volume control. 503.4.2 Audio Description Controls: Not Applicable, the player has no program selection controls (the missing descriptions are reported under 1.2.5).
- Chapter 5: 504 Authoring Tools
- The course page editor is an authoring tool. 504.2 Content Creation or Editing: Partially Supports, authors can set headings, lists, link text, alt text and language, but the table tool cannot mark header cells. 504.2.1 Preservation of Information in Format Conversion: Partially Supports, Word import keeps headings and alt text and drops table headers. 504.2.2 PDF Export: Does Not Support, "Export module as PDF" produces untagged files that do not conform to PDF/UA-1. 504.3 Prompts: Partially Supports, the editor prompts for alt text but not for table headers or video captions. 504.4 Templates: Supports, the five supplied page templates conform to WCAG 2.0 AA.
- Chapter 6: Support Documentation and Services
- 602.2 Accessibility and Compatibility Features: Supports, the help centre lists keyboard commands, caption controls and the assistive technologies tested. 602.3 Electronic Support Documentation: see the WCAG 2.x tables, the help centre was evaluated with the portal. 602.4 Alternate Formats for Non-Electronic Support Documentation: Not Applicable, no documentation is supplied only on paper. 603.2 Information on Accessibility and Compatibility Features: Supports. 603.3 Accommodation of Communication Needs: Supports, support is available by email, phone, relay calls and chat.
- Table 3: Success Criteria, Level AAA
- Not included. The product was not evaluated at Level AAA, and the template allows the table to be removed when a level is not reported.