[Athen] Canvas Commons question

[Liesl Madrona]

 Hi Debee,

The CCC Accessibility Center has created some self-paced Alt Media Courses
that are located in the CVC-OEI's Catalog
<https://catalog.onlinenetworkofeducators.org/browse/accessibility>
 including:

   - An Overview of Reading, Writing, and Text-to-Speech Tools
   - Introduction to Alternate Media
   - Alternate Media Production Manual
   - Alternate Media: Workflow Strategies for PDF

In the CVC-OEI Catalog, please select the icon "Accessibility Essentials"
for more course listings. We are currently in the process of refreshing
many of course courses, which will be launched fairly soon, beginning with
Canvas Accessibility (which will feature some STEM accessibility support.)

Currently, these alt media courses are not yet available on the Commons as
we haven't received much interest from the Colleges to create, adapt, and
track professional development for our staff. If you are interested in
adopting some of the content and adapting to fit your institutional
training needs, please contact me for more information. Please note that
best practices and technical information may update due to changing
technology and system needs. This means that the Commons copy downloaded
for any of Commons downloaded courses will be a snapshot of the content,
and may not reflect updated content. I hope this helps.

Warmly,

*Liesl Madrona, M.Ed. Specialized in Learning Design & Technology   *
Accessibility Center Instructional Designer
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> From: "Stager, Catherine" <Catherine.Stager at frontrange.edu>

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> I just have anedotal info... Text to speech will read content but no

> associations with other aspects are conveyed: read in no specific order, no

> indications of connections between the content.

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> Hello everyone

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> Has anyone done any accessibility testing for Padlet they are willing to

> share?

> https://padlet.com/

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> Thanks

> Alex Marositz

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> Hello Debee

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> I know this is not exactly what you asked for, but, I've been spending

> evenings during the pandemic answering questions in student assistive

> technology user groups about accessing courseware, particularly if they are

> in Blackboard 9.1 since that's what I'm familiar with.

>

> This isn't a fully flushed out thought, but I think there needs to be some

> kind of relatively standard best practice for students when they encounter

> courseware that poses a barrier whether it is technically accessible or

> not. I know that on my campus, we spend a lot of time developing equally

> effective alternate access plans even when there is no obvious barrier. I

> wish students knew to request to have access to them or would talk to their

> instructor about them immediately, not delay until they can talk to

> they're  DSS councilor or wait to hear back from someone on a Facebook

> group, none of whom have a great understanding of the circumstances.

>

> And, from my prospective, updating the equally effective alternate access

> plan only will make it more effective the next time it comes up.

>

>

> Alex Marositz

> Information Security and Compliance Office

> Information Technology

> California State University, Dominguez Hills

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> From: athen-list <athen-list-bounces at mailman12.u.washington.edu> On

> Behalf Of Deborah Armstrong

> Sent: Thursday, August 27, 2020 10:52 AM

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> Subject: [Athen] Canvas Commons question

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> Has anyone ever seen an alternate media course in Canvas commons?

>

> I'm on vacation now but I'm puttering around putting together a Canvas

> course on using alternate media services at our college.

>

> I've got lots of content already but was hoping to find existing material

> over in Canvas commons.

>

> I haven't yet, but maybe I need different search keywords.

>

> I'm really hoping my dean will like this course. I email out all sorts of

> info to our students and turning it in to a course is super fun.

>

> If you have any thoughts about material in Canvas commons that might be

> useful, let me know. Unless my college forbids it, I intend to put this

> course in to commons as well.

> Vacation is for doing the fun stuff!

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> --Debee

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