1. Standard we follow
Aula Magna is being designed to conform with the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.1 Level AA, the technical standard referenced by Spanish Royal Decree 1112/2018 and the EU Web Accessibility Directive (EU 2016/2102) for public-sector and equivalent websites. We also track the European Accessibility Act 2025 (EAA, Directive EU 2019/882).
2. What works today
- Keyboard navigation for all interactive elements (Tab, Shift-Tab, Enter, Space, Esc).
- Visible focus indicators on every interactive control.
- Semantic HTML — proper landmarks (header / nav / main / footer), heading hierarchy, labelled form controls.
- Text-to-background contrast ratios meet AA in body text and primary actions.
- Alt text on meaningful images; decorative images are marked aria-hidden.
- Live-region announcements for asynchronous status changes (e.g. attendance scan confirmations, save success).
- Responsive layout that works without horizontal scroll down to 320px width.
- Respects
prefers-reduced-motionfor users who disable animation. - Listen: assignment briefs and quiz instructions can be read aloud by the device's own voice — no account, no setting, and the text never leaves the browser.
3. Known limitations
We are not yet fully conformant. Specifically:
- The QR scanner screen relies on a camera preview that may be hard to interpret for blind users; we are exploring a paired "tap to attend" mechanism.
- Some third-party content (Zoom meeting embeds, Clearbit company logos) is outside our direct control and may not meet AA.
- A small number of decorative charts on the admin Overview lack textual equivalents; we are adding data-tables behind them.
- Spanish and Catalan translations are not yet complete.
- Files uploaded by a school — a lecture PDF, a scanned handout — are served as they were given to us. We do not yet generate alternative formats from them, and we cannot tell you whether a particular file has a text layer. A scan with no text layer is unreadable to a screen reader and we will not claim otherwise.
If you encounter a barrier that isn't listed here, please tell us — see Section 5.
4. How this was checked
Automated audit, last run 10 August 2026 across the student, professor and admin screens, including assignment marking, quizzes and submission feedback. Each run checks: every image has alt text or is marked decorative; every form control has a name; every button and link has an accessible name; the page has header / nav / main landmarks; heading levels do not skip; and every text colour meets the AA contrast ratio for its size against its true composited background.
Result of the last run: no failures on the screens covered.
Automated checks cannot tell you whether a page makes sense when heard, which is why we also target:
- VoiceOver on macOS Safari and iOS Safari.
- NVDA on Windows Firefox and Chrome.
- Keyboard-only navigation across all roles.
- Screen magnification up to 400% zoom in modern browsers.
5. Reporting accessibility issues
If you find content on Aula Magna that you cannot access, email accessibility@aulamagna.io with as much detail as you can share (page, browser, assistive technology, what you tried). We aim to acknowledge accessibility reports within 5 working days and resolve confirmed issues within 30 days.
6. Enforcement
If you are not satisfied with our response, you may file a complaint with the Spanish Office for Web Accessibility (OAW) at administracionelectronica.gob.es, or use the EU contact form at web-accessibility-monitoring.ec.europa.eu.
7. Ongoing review
We re-audit Aula Magna against WCAG 2.1 AA at least once a year and after every major redesign. The "Last updated" date at the top reflects when this statement was last reviewed.