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In keeping with our commitment to providing a product that is fully accessible for all users, Digication continuously works to ensure that as many actions as possible can be completed using a screen reader.  This guide is meant for any users accessing Digication with JAWS screen reader to help accomplish common tasks associated with using a Digication ePortfolio.

Page structure of Digication ePortfolios

Each ePortfolio page consists of one or more Sections which are used to organize your content. Each page can contain multiple sections, and each section can contain multiple modules. Modules hold different kinds of content such as text, documents, images and videos.

The first section of each page is the header section.  Some important things to note about the header section:

  • It is shared across all pages.  A change to the header section will be in effect across the whole ePortfolio, regardless of which page you are on when the change is made.
  • It must be unlocked by selecting the lock icon before any changes can be made.
  • To interact with the content of an individual page, you will need to navigate past the header section.

The order of the different buttons/items on the ePortfolio page is as follows

    1. Section
    2. Modules inside the section
    3. Module buttons are available only if module is selected by pressing Enter.
    4. The section buttons like the lock/unlock section(in case of instructional section),move section, open settings and delete section are available after the last module of the section.

Steps for common ePortfolio tasks

Identifying sections and modules

  • Sections are identified as articles and are available using the JAWS shortcut key "o"
  • Modules are identified as regions and will be available using the JAWS shortcut key "r".
  • The modules inside any instructional section will be identified as regions after the section is unlocked. 

Steps for adding a module to an ePortfolio page

  1. Ctrl+F for JAWS Find.
  2. Type "Add content to this page" in "Find what" input text field and press Enter to focus on the button.
  3. Enter to select the "Add content" button.
  4. Up/Down arrows to Navigate between control groups.
  5. Press Enter to select a control group.
  6. Up/Down arrows to Navigate between modules and Enter to select module.

Steps to edit content of a text module in the first section below the header

  1. Up/Down arrows for "Skip to main content" and press Enter.
  2. "o"/"r" key to navigate between sections/modules or use Tab to navigate between both sections and modules.
  3. Enter to open the module editing toolbar for the desired rich text module.
  4. B/Shift+B to navigate between module toolbar buttons.
  5. Enter to Toggle Editing mode.
  6. Up/Down arrows to navigate between lines.
  7. Tab/Shift+Tab to navigate between rich text editor toolbar and press Enter to select toolbar button.

Steps to upload a file to an ePortfolio page

  1. Ctrl+F for JAWS Find.
  2. Type "Add content to this page" in Find what input text field and press Enter to focus on the button.
  3. Enter to select the "Add content" button.
  4. Type "upload file" in "Search by content type or template name.." text field.
  5. Down arrow to "Upload File" button and press Enter
  6. B to "Choose Files" button and press Enter
  7. Choose file from the Windows File dialog
  8. Tab to "Upload" button and press Enter
  9. JAWS announces "Your changes have been saved" when file upload is complete

Steps to edit content of a gallery / file module

  1. Up/Down arrows for "Skip to main content" and press Enter.
  2. "o"/"r" key to navigate between sections/modules and modules or use Tab to navigate between both sections and modules.
  3. Enter to open the module editing toolbar for the desired media module.
  4. B to go to "Edit current Media module" button
  5. B to go to "REPLACE THIS ITEM" or "ADD MORE ITEMS".
  6. Enter to open the Library modal.
  7. Type "upload file" in "Search by content type or template name.." text field.
  8. Down arrow to "Upload File" or "Previous Upload" button and press Enter
  9. Choose file from the Windows File dialog
  10. Tab to "Upload" button and press Enter
  11. JAWS announces "Your changes have been saved" when file upload is complete

Steps to edit the navigation module

  1. Press "o" key till you reach "Header Section" and press Enter to select the section.
  2. Press Down arrow till you reach "Click the lock to make changes on Header Section" and press Enter
  3. Press Up arrow till you reach the header section menu item and press Enter to open the Navigation module toolbar
  4. B to go to the "Edit current Navigation module" button and Enter to open the Nav editing modal.
  5. Up/Down arrows to navigate to modal elements such as drag icon, page name input, settings icon, delete icon, etc.
  6. Navigate to the Save button and click to save.

Steps to open section settings sidebar 

  1. Press "o" key till you reach desired section and press Enter
  2. Down arrow till you reach "Open Settings menu for Section..." button and press Enter
  3. Focus shifts to section settings sidebar, use Up/Down arrow to move between items.

Steps to open module settings sidebar 

  1. Press "r" key till you reach desired module and press Enter
  2. Down arrow till you reach "Open Settings menu for module..." button and press Enter
  3. Focus shifts to module settings sidebar, use Up/Down arrow to move between items.

Steps to publish a page or pages

  1. Ctrl+F for JAWS Find.
  2. Type "portfolio action" in "Find what" input text field and press Enter to focus on the menu, press Enter to expand Portfolio action menu.
  3. Down arrow to navigate to the "PUBLISH THIS PAGE" or "PUBLISH PAGES" menu items.
  4. Enter to click on the menu to open the PUBLISH EPORTFOLIO modal.
  5. Up/Down arrows to navigate between elements such as pages' checkbox, close, cancel or publish buttons.
  6. Enter to select an element.
  7. Navigate to the Publish button and press Enter to submit.

Note: In the publish pages modal, if no page is selected, the Submit button is disabled. When navigating to the Submit button, it will be read as "Publish, dimmed button." Otherwise, it will read "Publish, button".

Steps for switching between Edit and Publish mode

  1. Ctrl+F for JAWS Find.
  2. Type "edit mode" in "Find what" input text field and press Enter to focus on the button.
  3. Enter to toggle between Edit and Published mode.

Steps to submit an ePortfolio and access other items in the ePortfolio menu

  1. Ctrl+F for JAWS Find.
  2. Type "portfolio action" in "Find what" input text field and press Enter to focus on the menu and press Enter to expand Portfolio action menu.
  3. Down arrow to navigate to "SUBMIT TO ASSIGNMENT" menu item.
  4. Enter to click on the menu then open the submission modal.
  5. Down arrow until you reach the "Assignments" list. Use Tab to switch between assignments Enter to select an assignment.
  6. Select all pages or specific pages you would like to submit by pressing Enter for that page.
  7. Down arrow until you reach the submit button and press Enter to submit the assignment.

Steps to view Conversations

  1. Ctrl+F for JAWS Find.
  2. Type in "toggle conversation" in "Find what" input text field and press Enter to focus on the button and press Enter to open the Conversation sidebar. The input to start the Conversation is focused if no Conversation exists. Otherwise, the comment input "Write a comment" is focused.
  3. Ctrl+F for JAWS Find..
  4. Type in "conversation thread" in "Find what" input text field to filter the elements to Conversation thread elements.
  5. Up/Down arrows to navigate between Conversation threads.
  6. Enter to open a Conversation thread.
  7. Up arrow to navigate to content of the Conversation thread.

Shortcuts to close the Conversations sidebar

  1. Ctrl+F for JAWS Find.
  2. Type in "Close Conversation" in "Find what" input text field and press Enter to focus on the button.
  3. Enter to click the button and close the Conversation sidebar.

Steps to add Conversations

  1. Ctrl+F for JAWS Find.
  2. Type in "toggle conversation" in "Find what" input text field and press Enter.
  3. Press Enter to click the button and open the Conversations sidebar. The input to start the Conversation is focused if no Conversation exists, otherwise the comment input "Write a comment" is focused.

If there is no existing Conversation 

  1. Use the keyboard to type your Conversation/comment.
  2. Tab to navigate to "Who should see this" section and Enter to select the role.
  3. Down arrow to navigate to "Remember this selection" button.
  4. Enter to toggle the button if needed.
  5. Tab to navigate to the SEND button.
  6. Enter to click the button and submit.

If there is an existing Conversation

  1. Ctrl+F for JAWS Find.
  2. Type in "Start typing to begin a conversation" and press Enter to focus on the Conversation. 
  3. Type in the comment content.
  4. Use the same steps from the “No existing conversation” case above to save the Conversation.
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