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Accessible, on-line tests and quizzes

One of the most important and valuable features of a distance education class is the ability for the students to take a quiz or exam on-line. This can be accomplished with the use of forms, which submit user input to either a script or an email message.

Forms are made easily accessible with just a few simple touches.

  1. Form controls should be labled with the TITLE attribute. Screen readers will then be able to relay this information to a non-visual user.

  2. Requested information should be naturally grouped into logical units. This allows keyboard users to easily navigate the controls with the TAB key. TABINDEX sets the order for browsers that support it.

  3. Some legacy technology needs text to be present in the TEXTAREA control in order to function properly. This is done with the VALUEattribute.

  4. All images used within forms also require ALT-text.

<INPUT TYPE="text" tabindex="1" NAME="Name" SIZE="25" VALUE="What is your name?" TITLE="Name">

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