The Web Content Accessibility Guidelines WCAG update to version 2.2 was initiated with the goal of improving accessibility guidance for 3 major groups:
- Users with cognitive or learning disabilities
- Users with low vision
- Users with disabilities on mobile devices
The Accessibility Guidelines Working Group recommends that sites adopt WCAG 2.2 as their new conformance target, even if formal obligations mention previous versions, to provide improved accessibility and to anticipate future policy changes.
The new success criteria have to do with:
- Size and visibility for focus indicators (the colored outline indicating where on a page the focus is when someone navigates with a keyboard)
- Size of buttons
- Dragging movements
- Authentication
The following WCAG 2.2 success criteria for level AA (Minimum) apply to eLearning courses and web pages:
| Success Criteria | Goal | What to do | Why it’s important |
| 2.4.11 Focus Not Obscured (Minimum) (AA) | Keep the focused item visible. | Ensure when an item gets keyboard focus, it is at least partially visible. | People who can’t use a mouse need to see what has keyboard focus. |
| 2.5.7 Dragging Movements (AA) | Don’t rely on dragging for user actions. | For any action that involves dragging, provide a simple pointer alternative. | Some people cannot use a mouse to drag items. |
| 2.5.8 Target Size (Minimum) (AA) | Make controls easier to activate. | Ensure targets meet a minimum size or have sufficient spacing around them. | Some people with physical impairments cannot click small buttons that are close together. |
| 3.2.6 Consistent Help (A) | Make it easier to find help and support. | Put help in the same place when it is on multiple pages. | People who need help can find it more easily if it’s in the same place. |
| 3.3.7 Redundant Entry (A) | Make it easier for users to complete multi-step processes. | Don’t ask for the same information twice in the same session. | Some people with cognitive disabilities have difficulty remembering what they entered before. |
| 3.3.8 Accessible Authentication (Minimum) (AA) | Make logins possible with less mental effort. | Don’t make people solve, recall, or transcribe something to log in. | Some people with cognitive disabilities cannot solve puzzles, memorize a username and password, or retype one-time passcodes. |
