Teaching · Special Education

Watch a low-vision tester use it, then fix what failed.

Mark each check as the tester works with their own settings. The summary lists what failed with its WCAG number, the tasks that went badly and what you still need to test.

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Included with Caveat Classroom and Whole-school licenses. Or get it in the Special Education toolkit, $99 for 100 items.

The test session

One record per session. The example is made up.

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What you get

Teaching · Special Education$5 · included with Classroom and Whole-school licenses

What you finish with
A list of failures with their WCAG criterion, the tasks that did not go smoothly, and the settings to test next time.
Who it is for
Accessibility leads, assistive technology specialists, teachers of students with visual impairments and instructional technology staff.
Format
Browser checklist. One saved record per session; printed with its summary or as a blank form; CSV; export and import a file.
Access
$5 one-time, yours on every device you sign in on; the tool opens once you are signed in with it. Included with Caveat Classroom and Whole-school licenses. Also in the Special Education toolkit ($99) and the Teaching Suite pass ($199), and 1 more bundle. Everything you type stays in this browser; nothing is sent to Caveat.
Where it lives
The Special Education space in Caveat Teaching.
Support
Questions about an order, access or a correction: team@caveatacademic.com.
a small part, very large
Drawn for this page. A magnifier user sees a small part of the screen at a time, which is why reflow and where messages appear matter so much.

How to use it

  1. Ask the tester to use the device and settings they use every day.
  2. Give them two or three real tasks, and say nothing while they work.
  3. Mark each check pass, fail or not tested as it comes up.
  4. Write what got in the way in their words, not yours.
  5. Send the failures to whoever builds the page, then retest.

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What the checklist covers

Why test with people

Automated checkers find contrast and missing text alternatives, but not whether a magnifier user can find a message that appears on the far side of the screen. A short session with one tester shows problems no tool reports.

The criteria

The numbers are WCAG 2.2 success criteria, most at level AA, the level referenced by the U.S. Department of Justice’s 2024 rule for state and local government web content (WCAG 2.1 AA). Items marked good practice are not WCAG requirements.

What it is not

One person’s session is not a conformance audit and does not certify a page. Low vision varies widely; test with more than one tester when you can.

Sources

  1. W3C. Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.2, W3C Recommendation, 2023: success criteria 1.4.1, 1.4.3, 1.4.4, 1.4.5, 1.4.10, 1.4.11, 1.4.12, 2.4.7.
  2. W3C Accessibility Guidelines Working Group. Accessibility Requirements for People with Low Vision (W3C Group Note).
  3. U.S. Access Board. Information and Communication Technology Standards (Section 508), 36 CFR Part 1194 (2017), which incorporate WCAG 2.0 level AA.
  4. U.S. Department of Justice. Nondiscrimination on the Basis of Disability; Accessibility of Web Information and Services of State and Local Government Entities, 28 CFR Part 35, Subpart H (2024).

The example session is made up. Support: team@caveatacademic.com.