Avaliação de acessibilidade em ambientes virtuais de aprendizagem: um estudo utilizando método automático de avaliação

Abstract

To allow education using the internet to be more inclusive, the Web should be accessible to all users. A virtual learning environment concerned with accessibility makes it possible for any student, regardless of their limitations, can perform tasks on the Web. This paper presents a study about the evaluation of accessibility in virtual learning environments using the Automatic Method of evaluation. It is an applied research. Using the automatic web accessibility evaluators: Aces and Hera with the Moodle virtual learning environments at the Federal University of Paraíba (UFPB) and the Manor of the Federal University of Ceará (UFC). The results show that the evaluation of accessibility, in virtual learning environments using the Automatic Method of evaluation, becomes a viable strategy for assessing the accessibility on portals. As a continuation of this study, wanted to expand the discussion about requirements used by automatic accessibility evaluators.