Admission information | SCAD

Safety and security | SCAD

Admission events near you | SCAD

Awards and rankings | SCAD

Portfolio and writing guidelines | SCAD

Alumni network | SCAD

Visit SCAD | SCAD

Transportation and Parking | SCAD

News and press | SCAD

Lists (e.g., `<ul>` or `<ol>`) should only contain list items (`<li>`) as a direct descendant 
to ensure that screen readers can accurately report the amount of items contained in the list. 

## Example

In the following example, some screen readers would say this list has two items, instead of 
four: 

```html
<ul>
    <div class="some_class">
        <li>Example 1</li>
    </div>
    <div class="some_other_class">
        <li>Example 2</li>
        <li>Example 3</li>
        <li>Example 4</li>
    </div>
</ul>
```

To fix this, you would need to remove the `<div class="some_class">` and 
`<div class="some_other_class>` elements and ensure only `<li>` list items remain.

## Further reading

The [formal specification for the list element](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/HTML/Element/ul)
shows what is and is not permitted inside an `<ul>` and `<ol>`.

See [Technique H88](https://www.w3.org/TR/WCAG20-TECHS/H88.html) for more information.

list-not-following-semantics

August 2025

July 2025

Savannah College of Art and Design

	Title / URL	Issues
	Admission information \| SCADwww.scad.edu/admission/admission-information	46
	Safety and security \| SCADwww.scad.edu/life/safety-and-security	46
	Admission events near you \| SCADwww.scad.edu/admission/admission-events-near-you	45
	Awards and rankings \| SCADwww.scad.edu/about/awards-and-rankings	45
	Portfolio and writing guidelines \| SCADwww.scad.edu/admission/portfolio-and-writing-guidelines	45
	Alumni network \| SCADwww.scad.edu/success/alumni-network	45
	Visit SCAD \| SCADwww.scad.edu/admission/visit-scad	45
	Transportation and Parking \| SCADwww.scad.edu/life/transportation-and-parking	45
	News and press \| SCADwww.scad.edu/about/news-and-press	45

Ensure lists are marked up correctly

Savannah College of Art and Design

Where this issue has occurred