CUNY Academic Commons

Hi all -- I want to give this a bump. We've heard from the OpenLab team that this works well on the OL. Especially given urgent accessibility concerns at CUNY, I want to argue that we should add this and also include it in the teaching template unless there are any objections

Thank you, Boone.

Hi All,

Apologies for the delay.

I will install the plugin on the teaching template site so it is activated on all future templated sites.

I think it should be added to both the Teaching and Digital Tools plugin packages.

I might even go as far as installing on every site that is created, similar to imsanity and other accessibility and technical plugins we have auto-activated. It looks really helpful for content authors by flagging important issues such as missing header text, ambiguous link text... Perhaps ill test it first and then circle back with feedback on how distracting the notifications/pop ups are.

Copy for plugin packages below:

- Editoria11y: AKA editorial ally, is a user-friendly tool that provide instant feedback on the accessibility and readability of web pages and posts.

Thanks, Laurie!

I think it should be added to both the Teaching and Digital Tools plugin packages.

I might even go as far as installing on every site that is created, similar to imsanity and other accessibility and technical plugins we have auto-activated. It looks really helpful for content authors by flagging important issues such as missing header text, ambiguous link text... Perhaps ill test it first and then circle back with feedback on how distracting the notifications/pop ups are.

If you want it activated on every new site, just activate it on every template. As for the plugin packages, I'll hold off until I've got some post-testing thoughts from you.

Hi All,

This plugin is pretty helpful and not intrusive. The tool flags headings,link text, image alt text issues pretty seamlessly. I think there is some overlap with what WP Accessibility flags (esp in relation to images) but I don't think that's a problem.

I think it would be ideal if this plugin was active on all new sites. I activated it on the conference and academic templates. I am not sure I have access to the site used as part of the "default template" so cannot activate it there. Does some one else have access to the "default" site to activate?

Should we also consider activating on all current sites?

I think it would be ideal if this plugin was active on all new sites. I activated it on the conference and academic templates. I am not sure I have access to the site used as part of the "default template" so cannot activate it there. Does some one else have access to the "default" site to activate?

Laurie, I've made you an Administrator on default-template.commons.gc.cuny.edu.

Thanks Boone.

I activated it on all template sites (teaching, academic, conference, and default) so I think it will be active on all new sites.

It might make the most sense if it is listed as part of the Teaching and Digital Tools Packages.

Thank you, all!

Thanks all!

Just confirming: the plugin is activated on all template sites and it looks like the updates to the plugin packages will go live in the 2/13 release.

it looks like the updates to the plugin packages will go live in the 2/13 release.

That's correct, Laurie, unless we need to add Editoria11y to the plugin packages before then.