(Based on VPAT® Version 2.4)
Report Date
This report was last updated on December 13, 2024.
Product Description
GitHub Education is a portal from which you can access your GitHub Education benefits and resources, all in one place.
Please share questions or comments on the accessibility community discussion page.
Scope
The scope of this report is limited to content on education.github.com:
- Community Exchange
- Education Blog
- Education theme
- Events
- Get connected
- GitHub Education Live
- Learning Path
- Profile
- Student developer pack offers
Evaluation Methods Used
Scenarios were tested using:
- Keyboard-only interactions
- JAWS and NVDA with Google Chrome
- axe
- Colour Contrast Analyzer
- Platform features such as high contrast and zoom
Applicable Standards/Guidelines
This report reflects outstanding issues found by an audit based on the level A and AA criteria of the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines version 2.1 (WCAG 2.1 AA).
Terms
- Supports: The functionality of the product has at least one method that meets the criterion without known defects or meets with equivalent facilitation.
- Partially Supports: Some functionality of the product does not meet the criterion.
- Does Not Support: The majority of product functionality does not meet the criterion.
- Not Applicable: The criterion is not relevant to the product.
- Not Evaluated: The product has not been evaluated against the criterion.
WCAG 2.1
Level A Success Criteria
| Success Criteria |
Conformance Level |
Remarks and Explanations |
| 1.1.1 Non-text Content |
Supports
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| 1.2.1 Audio-only and Video-only (Prerecorded) |
Supports
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| 1.2.2 Captions (Prerecorded) |
Supports
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| 1.2.3 Audio Description or Media Alternative |
Supports
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| 1.3.1 Info and Relationships |
Partially Supports
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Exceptions include:
- [GH_EW_GlobalCampNav1.5] [GitHub Education global campus-Learn] The screen reader is announcing unnecessary information for the 'video' content.
- [GHEduWebPackPages1.2] [Pack Pages-Experiences] The JAWS screen reader does not announce the heading levels when navigating through the 'Experiences' subsections.
- [GHEduWebPackPages1.6] [Pack Pages-All offers] The <dl> elements in the grid view which are present under 'All offers' heading are not structured correctly.
- [GHEduWebPackPages1.4] [Pack Pages-All Offers/dropdown] The aria children role is not defined for the menu items inside the 'Sort By' dropdown.
- [GHEduWebCampExpt1.2] [Campus Expert- Submit Application] <dl> and <dt> elements are not defined inside a parent description list.
- [EventPages1.4] [EventPages - Filter by location] Screen reader does not announces the information of the results after providing valid input in the edit field.
- [EventPages1.3] [EventPages - Top] Screen reader does not announce the count information of the submenu list items when activated.
- [EventPages1.2] [EventPages - Search All events] Screen reader does not announces the information of the content after entering the invalid input in the search edit field.
- [GHEduEventPages11.1] [Education Event Pages-2018 GitHub Education Classroom Report] Screen reader is not announcing the information that is visible on the page, while navigating in browse mode.
- [Edu_web2.8] [Education web- Global campus – Virtual event kit control] Slider control information of increase/decrease in volume is not visually discernable.
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| 1.3.2 Meaningful Sequence |
Partially Supports
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Exceptions include:
- [GHEduWebPackPages1.1] [Pack Pages-GitHub Student Developer Pack] The screen Reader focus moves twice to the control 'Like76K' in browse mode.
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| 1.3.3 Sensory Characteristics |
Supports
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| 1.4.1 Use of Color |
Supports
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| 1.4.2 Audio Control |
Supports
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| 2.1.1 Keyboard |
Partially Supports
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Exceptions include:
- [EduCmtyXchg3.1] [GitHub EduCommExchange-Add Repository] The tooltip which appears for the 'Profile' links is not accessible through keyboard.
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| 2.1.2 No Keyboard Trap |
Supports
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| 2.1.4 Character Key Shortcuts |
Supports
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| 2.2.1 Timing Adjustable |
Supports
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| 2.2.2 Pause Stop Hide |
Supports
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| 2.3.1 Three Flashes or Below Threshold |
Supports
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| 2.4.1 Bypass Blocks |
Supports
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| 2.4.2 Page Titled |
Supports
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| 2.4.3 Focus Order |
Partially Supports
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Exceptions include:
- [GHEduWebPackPages1.4] [Pack Pages-All Offers/dropdown] The keyboard focus moves to the background controls without the -'Sort by' dropdown automatically collapsing.
- [GHEW-DiscntReqst1.4] [Discount Request-Instruction-Road] On invoking the road button, the focus of screen reader is not sync-up with keyboard on the list item (road a standard road map).
- [GhEducaMrktngPages1.1] [Marketing pages-Header] The keyboard focus moves to the next interactive controls without collapsing the expanded control.
- [GHEW-DiscntReqst1.3] [Discount Request-Map-Road] Expanded 'Road' button does not collapse upon invoking the ‘esc’ key.
- [EduCmtyXchg1.3] [GitHub EduCommExchange-Filter by Purpose] Keyboard focus moves out of the expanded items of 'Purpose' dropdown to the background controls of the page without the dropdown automatically collapsing.
- [Edu_web2.8] [Education web- Global campus – Virtual event kit control] Keyboard focus disappears and doesn’t retain back to ‘Fullscreen’ button after collapsing the full-screen mode.
- [Edu_web2.8] [Education web- Global campus – Virtual event kit control] Keyboard focus disappears and doesn’t retain back to ‘more’ button after expanding to the items inside it.
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| 2.4.4 Link Purpose (In Context) |
Supports
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| 2.5.1 Pointer Gestures |
Supports
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| 2.5.2 Pointer Cancellation |
Supports
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| 2.5.3 Label in Name |
Supports
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| 2.5.4 Motion Actuation |
Supports
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| 3.1.1 Language of Page |
Supports
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| 3.2.1 On Focus |
Supports
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| 3.2.2 On Input |
Supports
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| 3.3.1 Error Identification |
Supports
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| 3.3.2 Labels or Instructions |
Supports
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| 4.1.1 Parsing |
Supports
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| 4.1.2 Name Role Value |
Partially Supports
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Exceptions include:
- [GHEduWebPackPages1.4] [Pack Pages-All Offers/dropdown] The screen reader does not announce the 'Checked' state for the menu items which appears on invoking 'Sort by' control.
- [GHEduWebPackPages1.1] [Pack Pages-GitHub Student Developer Pack] Incorrect name is defined for the 'Tweet' control which is present under 'GitHub Student Developer Pack' heading.
- [ExperincePages1.8] [Experience Pages-Virtual Event Kit]: ARIA attributes are not allowed for an element's role.
- [GlobalCampusTeach1.5] [Global Campus - Your classroom] The screen reader does not announce the expanded or collapsed state for the ''Right Arrow shaped.' dropdown.
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Level AA Success Criteria
| Success Criteria |
Conformance Level |
Remarks and Explanations |
| 1.2.4 Captions (Live) |
Supports
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| 1.2.5 Audio Description (Prerecorded) |
Supports
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| 1.3.4 Orientation |
Supports
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| 1.3.5 Identify Input Purpose |
Supports
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| 1.4.3 Contrast (Minimum) |
Partially Supports
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Exceptions include:
- [GHEduWebPackPages1.1] [Pack Pages-GitHub Student Developer Pack] The luminosity ratio of the link text-' Like 76K' is 4.2:1 which is less than required contrast ratio i.e., 4.5:1.
- [EduWebPSchlAppl1.4] [Partner School-Please add your school's logo] The luminosity contrast ratio of the link 'Program terms and conditions' is4.34:1, which is less than 4.5:1.
- [GHEduWebBenefits1.2] [BENEFITS PAGE - Benefits] The luminosity ratio for the text 'Off per seat license' is 4.49:1 which is less than the required contrast ratio i.e.,4.5:1.
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| 1.4.4 Resize text |
Supports
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| 1.4.5 Images of Text |
Supports
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| 1.4.10 Reflow |
Partially Supports
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Exceptions include:
- [GhEducaMrktngPages5.2] [Marketing pages-Octernships] Horizontal scroll bar appears on the page upon setting the viewport to 320*256 pixels.
- [EduWebPSchlAppl1.4] [Partner School-Please add your school's logo] 'Please describe the eligibility requirements, i.e. current student' placeholder text gets truncated upon setting the viewport changes to 320*256 pixels.
- [EduWebPSchlAppl1.4] [Partner school-Please add your school's logo] A Horizontal scroll bar appears on the page upon setting the viewport to 320*256pixels.
- [GitHubEduEvntPg8.1] [Education Seasonal Event Pages-Home/teacher] The horizontal scroll bar appears on changing the viewport to 320*256 pixels.
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| 1.4.11 Non-text Contrast |
Partially Supports
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Exceptions include:
- [ExperincePages1.13] [Experience Pages-Explore GitHub]: The luminosity ratio of focus indicator for the control- 'Lists-GitHub Checkout' is 2.7:1 which is less than the required contrast ratio 3:1.
- [ExperincePages1.8] [Experience Pages-Virtual Event Kit]: The luminosity ratio of focus indicator for the control-'Virtual Event Kit Demo - GitHub Universe' is 2.7:1 which is less than the required contrast ratio 3:1.
- [ExperincePages1.8] [Experience Pages-Virtual Event Kit]: The luminosity ratio of focus indicator for the control- 'How students can get a free domain name from Namecheap' is 1.1:1 which is less than the required contrast ratio 3:1.
- [GhEducaMrktngPages7.1] [Marketing pages- Partners] The luminosity ratio of focus indicator for the control-'Get notified' is 2.9:1, which is less than the required contrast ratio 3:1.
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| 1.4.12 Text-spacing |
Partially Supports
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Exceptions include:
- [GHEduWebCampExpt1.2] [Campus Expert- Submit Application] The contents in the date picker control is not adopting to text spacing.
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| 1.4.13 Content on Hover or Focus |
Supports
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| 2.4.5 Multiple Ways |
Supports
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| 2.4.6 Headings and Labels |
Supports
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| 2.4.7 Focus Visible |
Partially Supports
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Exceptions include:
- [GHEduWebPackPages1.1] [Pack Pages-GitHub Student Developer Pack] The keyboard focus indicator is not visible on the control-'Like76K'.
- [EventPages1.3] [EventPages - Top] Keyboard focus gets disappeared when collapsing the submenu items of 'Top'.
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| 3.1.2 Language of Parts |
Supports
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| 3.2.3 Consistent Navigation |
Supports
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| 3.2.4 Consistent Identification |
Supports
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| 3.3.3 Error Suggestion |
Supports
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| 3.3.4 Error Prevention (LFD) |
Supports
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| 4.1.3 Status Messages |
Supports
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