Impact Release Notes (2024-10-01)

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In this Impact release, updated accessibility features are included for LTI Tools and Course- and Term-Based Messages.

Impact helps institutions improve technology adoption and evaluate the impact of educational technology, while helping faculty and students seamlessly navigate new platforms. Learn more about Impact by Instructure.

Other Updates

Accessibility

LTI Tools

Description of feature

• LTI Tools tooltips appear when their button is in focus and the user hits the Enter or Space key.
• Disclosure elements are announced to screen reader users as Hide/Show [section].
• Filters and column visibility are announced to screen reader users.
• The Move to an existing group, Move to a new group, and Edit LTI group pop-ups display appropriately when the zoom is increased to 400%.
• When filters are set, the filter icon displays the number of filters applied. The number of filters is announced to screen reader users as Filters [x] applied.
• When filters are applied, the applied filter delete buttons are announced to screen reader users as Delete button filter [x].
• The Move selected and Edit selected options kebab and menus are labeled for screen reader users.

Course- and Term-Based Messaging

The following are accessibility improvements to Course- and Term-Based Messaging:

• When the number of users changes according to the conditions, the screen reader announces the change.
• The Individual condition rows are grouped and labeled.
• The input/selector for each condition along with its corresponding labels are grouped and labeled.
• The Remove Condition button is labeled with the corresponding condition row number to identify which conditions are removed.
• The Conditions table is announced to screen reader users as Conditions for Custom User Groups. The Custom User Group Preview table is announced to screen reader users as Custom User Group Preview.
• The condition rows are vertically scrollable when the zoom is increased to 400% or the width is 320px.