[Athen] Moodle and screen readers

[Paul Chapin]

We recently discovered that our default Firefox installation on the Mac could not navigate Moodle from the keyboard. Actually it couldn't navigate a lot of web pages including our main institution site. We know what setting to change but we're not sure what if anything that will break.

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> On Mar 10, 2016, at 1:39 PM, Maria Bohn <mbohn at bergen.edu> wrote:

> 

> My students who use JAWS are unable to navigate easily within Moodle. In fact the only ones who can navigate it with JAWS are those with low vision so I am assuming they use partial sight to navigate thru it.

> 

> 

> Maria Bohn

> Senior Resource Accommodation Specialist

> Assistive Technology

> Office of Specialized Services

> Bergen Community College

> 

> From: Robert Beach <rbeach at KCKCC.EDU<mailto:rbeach at KCKCC.EDU>>

> Reply-To: Access Technology Higher Education Network <athen-list at u.washington.edu<mailto:athen-list at u.washington.edu>>

> Date: Thursday, March 10, 2016 at 1:05 PM

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> Subject: [Athen] Moodle and screen readers

> 

> Hello all,

> 

> I have a student who is considering taking classes using Moodle (not through our institution).  He is wondering what is the status of Moodle and screen readers.  Does Moodle play nicely with JAWS and/or NVDA?

> 

> Thanks for any feedback.

> 

> 

> Robert Lee Beach

> Assistive Technology Specialist

> Kansas City Kansas Community College

> 7250 State Avenue

> Kansas City, KS  66112

> 913-288-7671

> rbeach at kckcc.edu<mailto:rbeach at kckcc.edu>

> 

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