[Athen] Angel LMS

[Sharon Trerise]

I had always heard that Angel was one of the more accessible LMSs, but now that I have a student trying to use it with JAWS, I'm not terribly supportive of that reputation.  It uses frames which is OK as long as the student understands now to navigate frames.  However not all the frames have names that are very intuitive.

Likewise with some of the other features, the text descriptors are not very intuitive.

We have not been able to figure out how to efficiently and effectively navigate the Discussion feature so the student is currently not participating in discussions (has worked an arrangement with the professor to email her responses to the discussion questions to him).

If it comes right down to it, I haven't found it to be in violation of accessibility standards, but from an accessible / usability standpoint, I don't give it a high rating.

Sharon



Sharon Trerise
Coordinator of Disability Services
Cayuga Community College
197 Franklin St.
Auburn, NY 13021
315-294-8606

From: athen-bounces at athenpro.org [mailto:athen-bounces at athenpro.org] On Behalf Of Balen, Tim
Sent: Tuesday, February 03, 2009 11:40 AM
To: athen at athenpro.org
Subject: [Athen] Angel LMS

Just poking around to see if anybody has experience (positive/ negative) with Angel LMS regarding accessibility and general ease of use?  Our campus is considering making a switch from BB, and I (as well as many others on our campus) am unfamiliar with the product.

Thanks

Tim Balen

Disability Specialist/ Assistive Technology Coordinator
Washington State University
Disability Resource Center
509-335-7904
www.drc.wsu.edu

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