[Athen] athen-list Digest, Vol 131, Issue 7

[Tristen Breitenfeldt]

Hello Howard, Vanessa, et al,
I am a native screen reader user and eLearning accessibility tester.  I
primarily use JAWS and my testing/user experience so far has been in D2L,
MediaSpace, and Google aps for education. 
While I have not created a training document for D2L with a screen reader, I
think this is a good idea and would be very interested in making one. Please
contact me off-list if this is something you would be interested in having
me create.

Best,
Tristen Breitenfeldt
tristenbreitenfeldt at gmail.com
www.tristenb.com


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Today's Topics:

   1. Seeking grants or other funding sources for upgrading
      assistive technology on campus (Aura Mollick Hirschman)
   2. Training resource for D2L (Howard Kramer)
   3. Re: Training resource for D2L (Preast, Vanessa)
   4. Re: Training resource for D2L (Jennifer Sutton)


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Date: Thu, 8 Dec 2016 17:01:37 +0000
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Hello All,


We are looking into upgrading our assistive technology available to students
for testing, general use, and for lending out. Like many of your campuses,
funds are very limited. Do you have any suggestions of what organizations,
agencies, etc. might have grant funding opportunities or potential to
assist? Any suggestions or ideas are welcome.


Aura


Aura M. Hirschman, M.S., C.R.C.
Senior Counselor B/VI & Alternative Text Program Coordinator University of
Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Accessibility Resource Center Mitchell Hall, Room 103
3203 North Downer Avenue
Milwaukee, WI  53211-3153

phone (414) 229-5660
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Date: Thu, 8 Dec 2016 12:27:03 -0700
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Hi Hadi, et al,

I had a screenreader user contact me about training for D2L, both from a
student and teacher perspective. Do you (or anyone else) have any resources
you could suggest?

Thanks,
Howard

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Join us for the *Accessing Higher Ground Conference
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Date: Thu, 8 Dec 2016 19:42:36 +0000
From: "Preast, Vanessa" <vanessa.preast at dmu.edu>
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Subject: Re: [Athen] Training resource for D2L
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D2L has a document they created called Accessibility in Brightspace Learning
Environment - Learner
Guide<https://community.brightspace.com/resources/documentation/learning_env
ironment/accessibility_in_brightspace_learning_environment_learner_guide>.
Perhaps this is useful?

We also use D2L, and I?d be very interested what other folks have to say
about making this system as accessible as possible.

On a personal note, I?ve found that NVDA and Firefox work better for some
parts of D2L than NVDA with Chrome. I haven?t tested JAWS in D2L. Please
note that I?m an intermediate novice screen-reader user, so it could be user
error.

Best,
Vanessa

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Subject: [Athen] Training resource for D2L

Hi Hadi, et al,

I had a screenreader user contact me about training for D2L, both from a
student and teacher perspective. Do you (or anyone else) have any resources
you could suggest?

Thanks,
Howard

--
Howard Kramer
Conference Coordinator
Accessing Higher Ground
303-492-8672
cell: 720-351-8668


Join us for the Accessing Higher Ground
Conference<http://accessinghigherground.org/> in Denver, Colorado,  Nov
14-18, 2016.  Request for proposals will be announced at the beginning of
March.



Complete program information and registration is open for our full line-up
of webinars, AHEADtoYOU!<http://ahead.org/learn/virtual-learning/webinars>
And the Technology Access
Series<http://ahead.org/learn/virtual-learning/at_webinars_15_16>.  Site
capacities for all webinar events is limited; please register at your
earliest convenience for the largest selection.



Not yet a member of AHEAD?  We welcome you to join AHEAD
now.<http://ahead.org/join/become-a-member>

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Date: Thu, 8 Dec 2016 11:46:39 -0800
From: Jennifer Sutton <jsuttondc at gmail.com>
To: Access Technology Higher Education Network
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Subject: Re: [Athen] Training resource for D2L
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I would say that NVDA and Firefox are always going to be a more optimal
combination than NVDA with Chrome, given how closely the "NVDA guys" 
work with Mozilla.


In fact, I'd put NVDA and Chrome as a low priority for any testing, 
except with Google products, specifically.


Jennifer



On 12/8/2016 11:42 AM, Preast, Vanessa wrote:

>

> D2L has a document they created called Accessibility in Brightspace 

> Learning Environment - Learner Guide 

>

<https://community.brightspace.com/resources/documentation/learning_environm
ent/accessibility_in_brightspace_learning_environment_learner_guide>. 

> Perhaps this is useful?

>

> We also use D2L, and I?d be very interested what other folks have to 

> say about making this system as accessible as possible.

>

> On a personal note, I?ve found that NVDA and Firefox work better for 

> some parts of D2L than NVDA with Chrome. I haven?t tested JAWS in D2L. 

> Please note that I?m an intermediate novice screen-reader user, so it 

> could be user error.

>

> Best,

>

> Vanessa

>

> *From:*athen-list 

> [mailto:athen-list-bounces at mailman13.u.washington.edu] *On Behalf Of 

> *Howard Kramer

> *Sent:* Thursday, December 08, 2016 1:27 PM

> *To:* Hadi Rangin <hadir at uw.edu>; Access Technology Higher Education 

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

> *Subject:* [Athen] Training resource for D2L

>

> Hi Hadi, et al,

>

> I had a screenreader user contact me about training for D2L, both from 

> a student and teacher perspective. Do you (or anyone else) have any 

> resources you could suggest?

>

> Thanks,

>

> Howard

>

> -- 

>

> Howard Kramer

>

> Conference Coordinator

>

> Accessing Higher Ground

>

> 303-492-8672

>

> cell: 720-351-8668

>

> Join us for the *Accessing Higher GroundConference 

> <http://accessinghigherground.org/>* in Denver, Colorado,  Nov 14-18, 

> 2016. Request for proposals will be announced at the beginning of March.

>

> Complete program information and registration is open for our full 

> line-up of webinars, */AHEADtoYOU! 

> <http://ahead.org/learn/virtual-learning/webinars>/*//And the 

> *Technology Access Series 

> <http://ahead.org/learn/virtual-learning/at_webinars_15_16>*. Site 

> capacities for all webinar events is limited; please register at your 

> earliest convenience for the largest selection.

>

> Not yet a member of AHEAD? *We welcome you to join AHEAD now. 

> <http://ahead.org/join/become-a-member>*

>

>

>

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