Strategies to improve online education accessibility in Moodle

Abstract

This work aims to contribute to an accessible online education, by sharing results obtained in the accessibility tests to Moodle 3.9 themes and features. Manual tests were performed using NVDA screen reader and keyboard navigation. Four Moodle themes were analysed on Windows environment. This analysis focused on Moodle features that allow student interaction (Resources and Activity) and some external tools such as H5P, Perusall and Google Assignments, all integrated in Moodle. Based on results, some recommendations about the most accessible features are presented as well as some pedagogical practices to improve equity in online education.