[gui-talk] Online courses

[Tara Prakash]

Hi Samira.
Blackboard is more or less available at almost every institution where
online courses are offered. Because different institutions/schools
sometimes use customized version, accessibility may slightly vary.
Blackboard can
be Otherwise Safely considered accessible. I will not be able to say
anything about other platforms. Even though I would like to assume
that Google’s educational products come with access challenges. I have
used Learning Studio platform in the past which I found accessible but
it is not included in your list here.

Hope that helps.



On 10/23/17, Hoffman, Allen via gui-talk <gui-talk at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> Wow!
> You actually are   the person I provided some minimal mobility assistance
> for way back in Iowa city in the 80s.
> Hope all is well with you.
>
> I can't speak to the LMS(s) you note here but can recommend Moodle as it is
> capable of being used to deliver accessibile training.  However, that said,
> if your course developers don't do their jobs the LMS won't help.  The nice
> thing with Moodle is that if set up for educational setting, it provides the
> ability for teachers to create training without being coders, while
> simultaneously allowing template driven set up to ddrive them to ensure
> accessibility as well, and when there is something that isn't accessible its
> open source so the school can either hire someone to fix it and share the
> update with the community, or have in-house staff programmers fix it and
> share back.  My office uses Moodle and we find that while we do have to
> "fix" things sometimes, at lest its not a negotiation if someone wants to or
> not.
>
>
>
>
> Allen Hoffman
> Deputy Executive Director
> The Office of Accessible Systems & Technology
> Department of Homeland Security
> 202-447-0503 (voice)
> allen.hoffman at hq.dhs.gov
>
> DHS Accessibility Helpdesk
> 202-447-0440 (voice)
> 202-447-0582 (fax)
> accessibility at dhs.gov
>
> ----Original Message-----
> From: gui-talk [mailto:gui-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Farwaneh,
> Samira - (farwaneh) via gui-talk
> Sent: Sunday, October 22, 2017 11:47 AM
> To: Discussion of the Graphical User Interface, GUI Talk Mailing List
> Cc: Farwaneh, Samira - (farwaneh)
> Subject: [gui-talk] Online courses
>
> Hello Everyone
>
> Based on your experience with online courses, which program do you find
> most accessible with screen readers: Blackboard, Desire to Learn (D2L), or
> Google Classroom, other?
>
> Thanks
> Samira
>
>
>
>
> _________________________________________________________________________________________________________
> Samira Farwaneh, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Arabic Language and Linguistics
> Director of Graduate Studies, School of Middle Eastern and North African
> Studies, P.O. Box 210158B; L. F. Marshall #440,  University of Arizona,
> Tucson, AZ 85721-0158B
> Phone: (520) 621-8629; Fax: (520) 621-2333
>
>
> _______________________________________________
> gui-talk mailing list
> gui-talk at nfbnet.org
> http://nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/gui-talk_nfbnet.org
> To unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account info for
> gui-talk:
> http://nfbnet.org/mailman/options/gui-talk_nfbnet.org/allen.hoffman%40hq.dhs.gov
>
> _______________________________________________
> gui-talk mailing list
> gui-talk at nfbnet.org
> http://nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/gui-talk_nfbnet.org
> To unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account info for
> gui-talk:
> http://nfbnet.org/mailman/options/gui-talk_nfbnet.org/taraprakash%40gmail.com
>