Accessibility

In most educational settings, accessibility (the ability for users with certain disabilities to access Moodle's functionality), is now a legal requirement. So, it is important to make sure that your system complies with the respective standards. An area has been dedicated to Moodle accessibility in the Moodle Docs, which you can access at docs.moodle.org/en/accessibility. It provides useful links to standards, guidelines, legislation, and also subject-related tools and resources.

Guaranteeing accessibility through Moodle themes

CSS is Moodle's representation layer that is independent from the content layer, which is represented in XHTML 1.0 Strict. Thus, accessibility can be achieved through the theme itself.

Once you have implemented your accessibility styles, either directly in the theme or through the Custom CSS, as shown in the preceding example, Moodle provides links to three external sites, which check the current page for standard compliance. To activate these, go to...