[Athen] Clicker Accessibility

[Laura Carlson]

Hi Rachel and Leyna,

Thank you for your responses. Much appreciated.

Best Regards,
Laura

On 4/20/16, athen-list-request at mailman13.u.washington.edu wrote:


> Message: 2

> Date: Tue, 19 Apr 2016 21:50:19 +0000

> From: "Thompson, Rachel" <rsthompson2 at ua.edu>

> To: Access Technology Higher Education Network

> 	<athen-list at u.washington.edu>

> Subject: Re: [Athen] Clicker Accessibility

> Message-ID: <D33C1157.395FB%rsthompson2 at ua.edu>

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> We use Turning Tech and our SWD have been happy thus far. The company has

> a response device for students with vision impairments that includes

> braille buttons and vibration-based feedback. According to our rep, the

> company?s mobile tool, Responseware, is supposedly being developed to meet

> WCAG 2.0 AA, but we have not done full testing.

>

> Dr. Rachel S. Thompson

> Director, Emerging Technology and Accessibility

> Center for Instructional Technology

> The University of Alabama

> 123 Russell Hall

> Box 870248

> Tuscaloosa, AL 35487

> Phone 205-348-0216	

> rsthompson2 at ua.edu	| http://accessibility.ua.edu

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> Message: 3

> Date: Tue, 19 Apr 2016 23:51:24 +0000

> From: Leyna Bencomo <lbencomo at uccs.edu>

> To: Access Technology Higher Education Network

> 	<athen-list at u.washington.edu>

> Subject: Re: [Athen] Clicker Accessibility

> Message-ID: <5a151977d9364a4590be019f9a20df26 at UCCS-EX3.uccs.edu>

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> I know iClicker sells a version with Braille and haptic response and we have

> had one in house but I haven't had any comments from the student, pro or

> con.  The students were made to buy their own devices for a class and I

> neglected to ask her...too busy remediating books!

>

> Leyna Bencomo

> Assistive Technology Specialist

> Information Technology

> University of Colorado Colorado Springs

> 1420 Austin Bluffs Parkway, EPC 215

> Colorado Springs, CO 80918

> (719) 255-4202 / lbencomo at uccs.edu

> http://www.uccs.edu/~it/


-- 
Laura L. Carlson
Information Technology Systems and Services
University of Minnesota Duluth
Duluth, MN U.S.A. 55812-3009
http://www.d.umn.edu/itss/training/online/webdesign/