[Athen] Common Cartridge Alliance[?]

Robert Beach rbeach at kckcc.edu
Wed Jan 23 06:25:16 PST 2008


Hi,

I haven't done a complete, indepth test, but my first impressions of the Angel system is that it is accessible with screen reading technologies; at least as much as any other system I've tested. I've successfully logged into a class, posted messages to and read messages from the discussion board, posted and received e-mail, and read course materials. It appears to be less busy than some of the other systems I've worked in. There are a few things I believe would make it better, but those could be classified as personal taste rather than accessibility issues. I did not test the chat room component as we do not necessarily use that here. However, I've not found the chat rooms of the other systems to be accessible either.

Again, I haven't taken a full class in Angel, but have gone in and accessed the different components with JAWS, Read&Write, and Universal Reader. Things seemed to work fine to me.



Robert Lee Beach
Assistive Technology Specialist
Kansas City Kansas Community College
7250 State Avenue
Kansas City, KS 66112
Phone: (913) 288-7671
Fax: (913) 288-7678
E-mail: rbeach at kckcc.edu


>>> "Humbert, Joseph A" <johumber at iupui.edu> 1/23/2008 7:23 AM >>>

Hi!

I just wanted to put my two cents in as far as ANGEL learning. They designed the cms for Kelly Direct (https://cms.kd.iu.edu/) of the Kelly Business school here. We tested their "Accessible" version. It had so many problems and was pretty much a copy of their pda port of the cms. I contacted their office to get some questions answered and they have yet to respond or fix the problems. So what good is a etext standard that is infused into a inaccessible cms? Thankx.

Joe Humbert
Assistive Technology Specialist
Indiana University Purdue University Indianapolis (IUPUI)
Office: IT 214E
Email: johumber at iupui.edu
Phone: 317-274-4378
Cell: 847-431-6545
AIM:ATCIUPUI


-----Original Message-----
From: athen-bounces at athenpro.org [mailto:athen-bounces at athenpro.org] On Behalf Of Pratik Patel
Sent: Wednesday, January 23, 2008 4:31 AM
To: 'Access Technologists in Higher Education Network'
Subject: Re: [Athen] Common Cartridge Alliance[?]

Simply put, Cartredges are electronic textbooks but with far more
multimedia/rich content in them. Content cartredges can be developed and
then be plugged into a CMS or a LMS. Until now, each LMS has had its own
proprietary cartredge format. This set of testing activities allow
providers to develop and attempt to plug-in CC's into LMS. I'm assuming
that Angel will be one of the first to try.

Pratik

-----Original Message-----
From: athen-bounces at athenpro.org [mailto:athen-bounces at athenpro.org] On
Behalf Of Robert Martinengo
Sent: Tuesday, January 22, 2008 8:44 AM
To: Access Technologists in Higher Education Network
Subject: [Athen] Common Cartridge Alliance[?]

So what exactly is a cartridge, and how does it relate to actual
educational content (words, pictures, that kind of stuff)?
http://www.prweb.com/releases/2008/01/prweb606161.htm

Learning Industry Leaders Agree to be Initial Investors in Testing
Platform for Open Standards-based Digital Learning Materials
IMS Global Learning Consortium announces development of community
source software for testing content in the Common Cartridge format.

Lake Mary, FL (PRWEB) January 22, 2008 -- The IMS Global Learning
Consortium (IMS GLC) today announced the launch of a new project that
will produce a community source testing tool for the Common Cartridge
(CC) format. Nine industry-leading organizations have agreed to be the
anchor investors in the project, sponsored by the Common Cartridge
Alliance. Those organizations include: ANGEL Learning, eCollege, JISC,
McGraw-Hill, Microsoft, The Open University United Kingdom, Pearson
Education and Ucompass.com. [...]

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