[Athen] experience with Canvas LMS accessibility?

[Ken Petri]

Thanks Dan and Hadi. I'll pass this along.

ken


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Ken Petri, Program Director
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On Thu, Nov 14, 2013 at 5:58 PM, Dan Comden <danc at uw.edu> wrote:


> I've already chimed in (a while back) about some of the problems with

> Canvas accessibility, so I won't rehash as they're probably no longer

> current. As far as I can tell, many of the more serious issues are on the

> instructor-facing side of things, with a gradebook that's completely

> inaccessible for keyboard, speech input, or screenreader users.

>

> Probably the most challenging aspect of assessing the accessibility of

> Canvas is the fact that updates are constantly being applied to the LMS and

> as far as I know, institutions cannot freeze any particular release. I've

> been told that updates are being rolled in every two weeks. Not only does

> this mean that the behavior of Canvas can change as far as location of

> controls and features, it makes any accessibility evaluation very time

> sensitive. Having a freshness date on any evaluation is going to be vital.

>

> -*- Dan

>

>

> On Thu, Nov 14, 2013 at 12:19 PM, Ken Petri <petri.1 at osu.edu> wrote:

>

>> Has anyone done an independent review of Canvas accessibility or have any

>> general impressions? OSU looked at it last year and we had some misgivings,

>> but I've heard it's improved.

>>

>> I have a colleague at Northwestern who is considering it.

>>

>> Thanks,

>> ken

>>

>>  [image: The Ohio State University]

>> Ken Petri, Program Director

>> Web Accessibility Center, ADA Coordinator's Office and Office for

>> Disability Services

>> 102D Pomerene Hall | 1760 Neil Ave. Columbus, OH 43210

>> 614-292-1760 Office | 614-218-1499 Mobile | 614-292-4190 Fax

>> petri.1 at osu.edu wac.osu.edu

>>

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