[Athen] Elluminate - accessibile or not?

[Heidi Scher]

MANY thanks to one and all for your comments!  If anyone else has any
insight, feel free to speak up!  I want to be sure that I have as many
current facts on accessibility (or lack thereof) when conversations take
place.

I appreciate your time to respond!

Heidi

On Wed, Feb 25, 2009 at 11:10 AM, Patrick Burke <burke at ucla.edu> wrote:


> Hi all,

>

> Our campus is piloting Elluminate this quarter. It has been a mixed bag for

> me using Jaws.

>

> They made substantial improvements in Elluminate 9 (released November-ish,

> 2008). The menus now work reliably via keyboard, & you can tab to all the

> controls. For efficient use it would still need a few more key commands to

> jump to the different areas of the screen.

>

> It did take me a while to get the audio working just right, but I never had

> the severe problems that Hadi describes. (Perhaps different soundcard

> setups, or ... who knows?)

>

> The Whiteboard section & Participant list still don't work for me. I will

> be submitting these & a series of minor issues in our feedback report to the

> Elluminate company.

>

> Patrick

>

> At 06:19 AM 2/25/2009, Heidi Scher wrote:

>

>  Good morning all!

>>

>> Is anyone familiar with the product called Elluminate Learning Suite?  Our

>> institution is considering its use as a campus-wide solution for web

>> conferencing and possibly more uses as well.  It will be under review over

>> the next few week, and I want to be ready with any questions related to

>> accessibility.

>>

>> I would greatly appreciate any wisdom or helpful hints anyone has related

>> to Elluminate!!

>>

>> Heidi

>>

>

>

> --

> Patrick J. Burke

>

> Coordinator

> UCLA Disabilities &

> Computing Program

>

> Phone: 310 206-6004

> E-mail: burke <at> ucla. edu

>

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