[Athen] Distance education resources

[Jennifer Sutton]

Perhaps I am missing something, but while general 
information is useful, to a point, wouldn't it 
also be important to include resources for  each platform?

I mean, having  pointers to specific 
documentation about what's required for Canvas, 
EdX, Sakai, Moodle, Blackboard, and so on and so 
forth would be very valuable. And I mean pointers 
to the most current documentation.

In other words, I'm thinking both of what each 
faculty member needs to do, on a particular 
platform, in addition to what 
developers/implementers of the platform need to 
do to both encourage (and when possible assure) 
that best practices are followed.

In my experience, WCAG 2.0 only takes us so far 
with learning applications/platforms...

Has ATHEN, or have other schools, pulled together such a resource set?

So as not to present a problem, without 
contributing to its solution, here is what I have 
handy, but even what I'm posting here isn't 
entirely what I'm imagining, and though I've 
tried to clear out dead links and info that seems 
old to me, even mine may not be up-to-date. See links below my name.

I mention this topic partly because some of the 
resources at DoIT are looking a little dated to 
me -- a lot has changed on the Web since 2002. 
That's absolutely not meant to be a criticism! We 
all can only do what we can, based on available 
resources -- human and financial. And I skimmed 
very quickly . . . so I may accidentally have 
repeated some of what's there on the DoIT page.


Best,
Jennifer

Links are not in a particular order:


edX Accessibility Guide — edX Developers Guide documentation:
http://draft-dev-accessibility-doc.readthedocs.org/en/latest/accessibility.html


Athen Collaboration Moodle Accessibility Collaboration Group Overview:
http://collaborate.athenpro.org/group/moodle/


Athen Collaboration Learning Management Systems Accessibility Overview:
http://collaborate.athenpro.org/group/lmsa/

Athen Collaboration Canvas LMS Collaboration Group Overview
http://collaborate.athenpro.org/group/canvas/


Accessible E-Learning Online Symposium:
http://www.w3.org/WAI/RD/2013/e-learning/
[from December of 2013]

Hadi Rangin's Blog: A Comparison of Learning Management System Accessibility

:

http://blog.bargirangin.com/2013/03/a-comparison-of-learning-management.html
[from 2013 -- Thanks, Hadi, and all contributors.]

Blackboard Learn  Accessibility in Blackboard Learn 9.1, SP10:
http://www.blackboard.com/Platforms/Learn/Resources/Accessibility/Accessibility-Resources/Accessibility-in-Blackboard-Learn-9-1-SP10.aspx

Accessibility Sakai Project:
http://www.sakaiproject.org/accessibility

GRADE: Accessible Distance Education and Universal Design for Learning:
http://www.catea.gatech.edu/grade/

IMS GLC: Accessibility Specifications:
http://www.imsproject.org/accessibility/

Adapting online learning resources for all planning for professionalis (...):
http://www.researchinlearningtechnology.net/index.php/rlt/article/view/18699/html


Resources for Online Education Accessibility & Policy Building - 3Play Media
http://www.3playmedia.com/2013/02/06/resources-for-online-education-accessibility-policy-building/
[posted in February of 2013]

The Inclusive Learning Exchange -- TILE -- RSWI Home:
http://www.inclusivelearning.ca/tile/index.html