[Athen] Common App (admissions) accessibility? (Scott Marshall)

[Scott Marshall]

I'll add that commonapp.org doesn't look particularly accessible so the
resources supporting the app/app process aren't universally available...

scott

On Fri, Apr 7, 2017 at 9:05 AM, Asha Kinney <akinney at amherst.edu> wrote:


> Hi Scott & Co-

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> This question came up for us a couple weeks ago and in the interim we did

> some in-house testing of the Common App website and online application

> process. We did not find it screen-reader friendly at all. I’d be very

> interested to hear if anyone else has done any testing recently. Anyone can

> sign up for a test student-type account with them so it’s easy to walk

> through the process.

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> They DO offer accessible PDF’s as an alternative, they sent us a sample

> and they tested very well.

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> Thanks!

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> Asha

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> Asha Kinney

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> Academic Technology Specialist

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> Information Technology

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> Amherst College

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> akinney at amherst.edu

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University of Minnesota Disability Resource Center

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