[Athen] U of Montana Complaint and a Question

[Brian Richwine]

We've had screen-reader users successfully make it through walkthrough test
scripts for the Chat tool in Sakai. It's a pretty simple tool. The
walkthrough script tests if the user could see who else was in the chat
room, the current chat room title, the list of other chat rooms, change
rooms, find the last message, find the textbox to enter a message, and
enter and send a message.

-Brian

On Tue, Sep 25, 2012 at 12:17 PM, Adam Lipkin <alipkin at brandeis.edu> wrote:


> Hi, Ron --

>

> What alternative chat systems have worked best for you (and are you

> talking about an external module plugged into Moodle, or a standalone chat

> client like iChat)? I'd rather, like you, talk about why it's a bad idea,

> period, but knowing good alternatives would be nice, too.

>

> Best,

>

> Adam

>

> On Tue, Sep 25, 2012 at 9:50 AM, Ron Stewart <ron at ahead.org> wrote:

>

>> I am not aware of any accessible chats in the LMS systems.  My

>> recommendation has always been to use an alternative chat system that is

>> accessible, and also discuss why chat is a bad idea for a number of types

>> of disabilities.  Same things with most of the other collaborative tools,

>> such as the infamous white board.****

>>

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>> Ron Stewart****

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>> *From:* athen-list-bounces at mailman1.u.washington.edu [mailto:

>> athen-list-bounces at mailman1.u.washington.edu] *On Behalf Of *James Bailey

>> *Sent:* Monday, September 24, 2012 6:14 PM

>> *To:* athen-list at u.washington.edu

>> *Subject:* [Athen] U of Montana Complaint and a Question****

>>

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>> I assume most members have heard of the complaint against the U of

>> Montana see: http://tinyurl.com/9kwswpj****

>>

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>>

>> My question: one item is that the chat features of Moodle are not

>> accessible. Are the chat features of any LMS accessible?  And if they are

>> not, how do we avoid this sort of complaint?****

>>

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>> Thanks.****

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>> -- ****

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>>  Best regards,****

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>> James****

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>> --****

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>> James Bailey M.S.****

>>

>> Adaptive Tech Coordinator****

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>> University of Oregon****

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