Challenge Overview
Topcoder is building a new track called QA (Quality Assurance) and looking forward to seeing more new members competing in this track. This challenge is an unstructured testing challenge of this fun challenge series and is targeted for accessibility testing.
Accessibility testing is a subset of usability testing. Please check the introduction here: https://www.w3.org/wiki/Accessibility_testing
Prizes:
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Top 40 members with valid submission will win a T-shirt.
Challenge Requirements
In this challenge, we need to find at least 5 accessibility bugs in the topcoder site domain, .e.g. the valid url can be http://www.topcoder.com , http://www.topcoder.com/challenges , etc.
Note that old site pages (red and black theme) are NOT in scope, e.g. https://apps.topcoder.com/wiki/dashboard.action
For how to do accessibility testing, refer https://www.guru99.com/accessibility-testing.html#4
Final Submission Guidelines
Final Submission Guidelines
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Submit a zip file with a Microsoft Word file (.doc or .docx) in it.
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The Microsoft Word file needs to contain at least 5 bugs in it, each bug report needs to follow the bug report template format provided below.
Bug Report Template
<Bug Title: concise description of the bug>
### Reproduction Steps ###
<Detailed steps to reproduce the bug>
### Expected Result ###
<Expected result after reproduction steps>
### Actual Result ###
<Actual result after reproduction steps>
### Screenshots or screencast ###
<Screenshots or screencast showing the bug>
### Device/OS/Browser Information ###
<Detailed device and browser information>
Sample Bug Report
Bug Title: the icon for QA track should be changed
Reproduction Steps:
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open the url https://www.topcoder.com/challenges
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hover on “Tracks”
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observe the icons for DEVELOPMENT and QA
Expected Result: icons should be different - icon for QA track should be changed to another one
Actual Result: icons are the same
Screenshots or screencast
Device/OS/Browser Information
Device: Computer/Laptop
OS: Windows 10
Browser: Firefox 73.0