[Athen] Canvas LMS and MathML

[Alexa Schriempf]

Hello Listers,

Please consider adding your vote to having Canvas LMS add MathML as a
supported feature.

https://help.instructure.com/entries/59813284-MathML-and-related-support-for-improved-math-content-accessibility

Penn State is currently piloting Canvas by INstructure as possibly the next
LMS/CMS that we will support. There's a lot to be said for their
improvements on accessibility features; however, they aren't supporting
MathML for reasons having to do with the lack of consistent browser support
for MathML. Instead, they are relying on Latex and MathJax to display math,
and latex to be read by screenreaders. Math will be inputtable via mouse
point and click for those who don't know latex; for those who cannot use a
mouse, they are expected to learn latex.

Learning Latex is a good idea for anyone serious about math; but requiring
users to come to an LMS already knowing a code presumes that all math users
are fully literate in math. Moreoever, MathML is a WCAG standard, period.

Please vote "me too" to MathML in Canvas!

Thank you,
Alexa

-- 
Alexa Schriempf, PhD
Access Tech Consultant
https://sites.psu.edu/aschriempf/
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