Google Forms Accessibility

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This page gathers the IT Subcommittee's resources and reviews of the accessibility of Doodle.com. This page will be updated as new information is available or further reviews are conducted.

Accessibility Overview

Our testing focused on creating/editing a Google Form, filling out a Google Form, and accessing Google Form results. We did not test Google Forms on mobile devices or apps. Overall, Google Forms are generally accessible, with some problems; it is difficult to make images accessible, some templates and the default focus indicator have color contrast issues, and there is an increased cognitive load required for creating forms.

Creating a Google Form

In general, filling out a Google Form is accessible if it is set up well. There are missing headers across the various templates, but the active buttons are easy to navigate. All questions are set up as heading level 3, and if you title the survey it will appear as a heading level 1. With some screen readers, you can get stuck in a short paragraph, long paragraph, or the “other” text-entry form elements, but you don’t need to reload the page in order to get out of it.

Filling out a Google Form

In general, filling out a Google Form is accessible if it is set up well. There are missing headers across the various templates, but the active buttons are easy to navigate. With some screen readers, you can get stuck in a short paragraph, long paragraph, or the “other” text-entry form elements, but you don’t need to reload the page in order to get out of it.

Accessing Google Form Results

The most accessible way to access the results is to export them to a Spreadsheet. It can be difficult to view the “Responses” tab with a screen reader. You need to make sure you switch from focus mode to browse mode with NVDA. Navigating the Responses page is also difficult due to the lack of headings and the confusing structure. Graphs are re-created in a badly formatted table that is readable to the screen reader.

General Information

Known Accessibility Issues

Other Resources