Impact Release Notes (2024-12-10)

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In this Impact release, an updated feature is included for the InstUI 10.6.1 upgrade. Other updates include accessibility improvements for the Support Center, Messages, and Inline Editor.

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.

Updated Features

InstUI 10.6.1

Upgrade to InstUI 10.6.1

Impact has upgraded to the InstUI 10.6.1 version.

Other Updates

Accessibility

Support Center

The following are accessibility improvements to the Support Center:

• Form fields provide a specified element with a for attribute set to the ID of the field it labels.
• Custom controls use aria-labelledby attributes for SR users to describe the control.
• The screen reader does not announce the Submit Feedback element or Send Email element and unnecessary attributes from the input tags are removed.
• Status Messages have a role attribute set and are announced to screen reader users.
• Keyboard-only elements that receive focus are not obscured.

Messages

The following is an accessibility improvement to Messages:

• Message dialog containers display the roles as dialog. If the dialog has a visible title, the aria-labelledby on the dialog container is set to the ID of the visible title. If the dialog has no visible title, the descriptive aria-label is set on the dialog element.

Inline Editor

The following are accessibility improvements to the Inline Editor:

• The screen reader announces buttons with their proper label.
• In the Steps section, the keyboard tab sequence is in sequential order.

Fixed Bugs

• The Inline Editor displays as intended after clicking the + button.
• When creating a Walkthrough in the Impact Dashboard, the Don’t show this again checkbox is removed in the preview.