Accessibility
Teachers, admins, and students should all be able to use ZorvGuard, including people who use a keyboard, a screen reader, zoom, or reduced motion.
Our goal
We design and build ZorvGuard to meet the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2 at level AA. That covers this website, the teacher and admin dashboard, the owner tools, and the student pages inside the ZorvGuard Chrome extension (the blocked page, lock screen, polls, and the ZorvGuard menu).
How we test
- Automated checks: before releases, we scan every public page, every dashboard page (including pop-ups like the random student picker, groups, and hall pass cards), and the extension's student pages with the open-source axe-core checker for WCAG 2 A and AA rules, and fix what it finds.
- Real-browser tests: our end-to-end tests drive the dashboard and the extension in Chrome the way a person would, and fail if a page throws an error.
- Layout checks: we check the dashboard at tablet and phone widths so nothing scrolls sideways or gets cut off when zoomed.
- Keyboard checks: we use the dashboard's main tasks (starting a class, locking screens, polls, messages) with the keyboard alone.
Automated tools can't catch everything, so we also welcome reports from the people who use ZorvGuard every day.
Built-in support
- Every page starts with a Skip to main content link for keyboard and screen reader users.
- Everything works with a keyboard, with visible focus outlines. The live room has single-key shortcuts (press
?to see them), andCtrl+Kjumps to any room, student, or page. - Pop-up notices are announced to screen readers, and form fields, buttons, and icons have labels.
- Text and controls meet AA color contrast in our dark theme.
- Animations are turned off when your device asks for reduced motion.
- Student pages follow the Chromebook's language (English or Spanish).
- Teachers can make student screens larger (Small, Medium, or Large) and open any screen full size.
Known limitations
- Live screenshots of student screens are pictures, so a screen reader can't read what's on them. The open tabs listed under each screenshot are text, and they show what each student is working on.
- The dashboard uses a dark theme only. Browser zoom and the screen-size setting work as usual.
Report a barrier
If something in ZorvGuard is hard to use with your assistive technology, tell us: use Help in the dashboard or email privacy@zorvcloud.com with what you were doing and what happened. We treat accessibility problems as bugs and fix them as quickly as we can.