Content Updates to Platform Site - Regarding Codespace (Post-Audit c/o CAIA Accessibility)

[sara-amanda]

Description

• CAIA Accessibility Specialists reviewed Codespace to assess its functionality with assistive technology:
  • It was reviewed for users of assistive technology, who may encounter a prototype in Codespace during user research sessions.
    • [ ] Review the findings and considerations in this ticket's comments for the user side.
  • It was also reviewed from a developer perspective, a developer who utilizes assistive technology.
    • [ ] Review the findings and considerations in this ticket's comments for the user side.

Request

We are wanting to share these findings with Platform, should you agree with making the updates you see fit to the site, regarding this new information about Codespace functionality.

Relevant URLs & Paths

• Research at VA / Remote Moderated Research / Assistive Technology / Accessible Prototyping with CodePen
  • [ ] https://depo-platform-documentation.scrollhelp.site/research-design/accessible-prototyping-with-codepen
• Developer Docs / Frontend Developer Documentation / Run and Build VA.gov Locally / Using GitHub Codespaces
  • [ ] https://depo-platform-documentation.scrollhelp.site/developer-docs/using-github-codespaces

Team and Leadership

Sara Smith

• Team: Content, Accessibility and Information Architecture (CAIA)
• Title:Accessibility Specialist
• Role: CAIA Accessibility Lead

OCTO Leadership

• Please contact OCTO Accessibility Strategist/Designer, Martha Willkes at @artsymartha68 for any approvals needed, as she is our primary OCTO Leadership contact.
• Review Martha's feedback from 10/8/2024 regarding this request.

cc: @coforma-jamie @mutiaadhocteam @NaomiPMC

[jknipes]

Hi @sara-amanda thank you for bringing this to our attention, we will add this to our Backlog for review by the team and next steps

[sara-amanda]

Hi @sara-amanda thank you for bringing this to our attention, we will add this to our Backlog for review by the team and next steps

Thanks, Joe! We appreciate it very much!