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Description

Glogster allows you to create free interactive posters, or glogs that can be viewed as web pages and shared with others. It is possible to add text and multimedia features to the posters with various backgrounds. Glogster EDU has been set up to allow students to work with teachers on projects.

Accessibility Testing Results

This is a fun site to add images, videos, audio and text but sadly it is not very accessible to a keyboard or screen reader user. Captions and audio descriptions cannot be added. Drag and drop and a lack of accessible text has affected the scores. Flash features are well designed but once again this mean that features can not be reached without a mouse or the slow use of Mousekeys.

#	Test	Score	Summary
1	Login, Signup and Other Forms Accessible		It is a shame there is a Captcha as the rest of the register form is well labelled and easy to use with a keyboard. Even when you make mistakes the screen reader can access the error comments.
2	Image ALT Attributes		It is possible to add tags to any images that are added to the poster but not when they are shapes or features that are part of the drawing tools.
3	Link Target Definitions		Links are short and to the point. All are appropriate and the main ones remain available wherever you are in the application.
4	Frame Titles and Layout		There is one outer iframe but this does not affect the use of the site with NVDA.
5	Removal of Stylesheet		Top navigation menu disappears to the bottom of the page which is not helpful to screen reader users as they have to work through all the other items first.
6	Audio/Video Features		Video and audio may be added but it is not possible to add any text at the same time as uploading the video. However, text can be added separately but it is not keyboard or screen reader accessible.
7	Video/animations - audio descriptions		Audio descriptions can be added separately to the images and video etc. but the controls are not always accessible to a screen reader or keyboard user.
8	Appropriate use of Tables		The pages do not have tables and the keyboard user can navigate around the outside of the Flash objects.
9	Tab Orderings Correct and Logical		Tab ordering is good but fails when within the Flash Object unless the user has been able to select one item with a mouse or use mousekeys.
10	Page Functionality with Keyboard		The Flash editors and player require mouse use and there is the requirement to drag and drop some graphics to develop the poster.
11	Accessibility of Text Editors		Text can be added to shapes that are placed on the poster. The edit form is not accessible
12	Appropriate Feedback with Forms		Feedback for forms that are accessible is good and when something is developed for the poster it can be seen as it is placed.
13	Contrast and Colour Check		There are good contrast levels for the page as it is designed by the developers but when users design and share there own posters there are no control for good contrast levels.
14	Page Integrity when Zooming		The pages zoom well and text is clear.
15	Text size, style, blinking elements and Readability		Font sizes are good around the site but those on the user generated posters can be chosen from a long list and be of any size.

Disability-Tailored Results

The following table shows how well the product performs for people with disabilities, as listed in the Disabilities section.

Percentages do not indicate how much of a site is accessible. They indicate the average figure of test results relevant to each disability. Select a disability to see which tests are relevant to it.

Activities you can do with Glogster

• Image Sharing
• Video Sharing
• Embeddable Content Generation
• Presentation