[Athen] EASI Free Webinar: A Model for Accessible LMS Discussion Boards Mon. June 3

[Prof Norm Coombs]

EASI Free Webinar: A Model for Accessible LMS Discussion Boards

Monday June 3: 11 Pacific, noon Mountain, 1 Central and 2 PM Eastern

Presenters:

1. Hadi Rangin, Information Technology Accessibility & Collaboration 
coordinator

Disability Resources & Educational Services

University of Illinois

2. Michael McKelvey:

Coordinator of Engagement Technology & New Media, Office for Mathematics, 
Science, and Technology Education,

College of Education, University of Illinois



Despite significant improvement in overall accessibility of various 
Learning Management Systems in the past years, we have noted little or no 
noticeable progress in the accessibility of the discussion board/forum. A 
discussion forum remains one of the most complicated and difficult tools 
for learners with disabilities to use effectively. In response, we decided 
to create a rough prototype of a more accessible discussion forum, one that 
draws on our experience and knowledge as accessibility and instructional 
technology/design specialists, and uses our collective understanding of how 
various LMS systems have approached this component.

Our suggested design attempts to provide solutions for many of the 
perennial, cumbersome accessibility/usability issues that affect LMS 
discussion forums. Perhaps the most important of these solutions addresses 
their most fundamental function of organizing and grouping forums, topics, 
threads, and messages in such a way that all users, including assistive 
technology users, can easily identify a desired object/location, navigate 
to it, and interact effectively with it.



Register now for the Webinar on this ground-breaking model accessible 
discussion board

Monday is ALMOST here!!

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It's never too late to become what you might have been. George Eliot
Once you choose hope, anything's possible.  Christopher Reeve
Norman Coombs norm.coombs at gmail.com

Making Online Teaching Accessible: Inclusive Course Design for Students 
with Disabilities by Norman Coombs published by Jossey-Bass Oct 10,2010
http://www.josseybass.com/WileyCDA/WileyTitle/productCd-0470499044.html