From resitton at ncsu.edu Mon Mar 2 06:03:35 2020 From: resitton at ncsu.edu (Rebecca Sitton) Date: Mon Mar 2 06:04:03 2020 Subject: [Athen] athen-list Digest, Vol 169, Issue 24 In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Hi Bryon, I called and left a message. I think I can help you. It is tied to the pen registration and the Echo Desktop Authorization. They need to be the same. Rebecca E Sitton Assistive Technology Coordinator NCSU Disability Resource Office Holmes Hall, Suite 304 2751 Cates Avenue Campus Box 7509 Raleigh, NC 27695-7509 Email: resitton@ncsu.edu Appointments: 919-515-7653 Pronouns: she, her, hers NCSU Disability Resources Office Website CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE: This electronic mail transmission has been sent by the Disability Resource Office at NC State University. It may contain information that is confidential or otherwise legally exempt from disclosure. 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On Fri, Feb 28, 2020 at 3:03 PM < athen-list-request@mailman12.u.washington.edu> wrote: > Send athen-list mailing list submissions to > athen-list@u.washington.edu > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > http://mailman12.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/athen-list > or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > athen-list-request@mailman12.u.washington.edu > > You can reach the person managing the list at > athen-list-owner@mailman12.u.washington.edu > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > than "Re: Contents of athen-list digest..." > > > Today's Topics: > > 1. Another Live Scribe pen issue (Kluesner, Bryon) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Fri, 28 Feb 2020 00:36:42 +0000 > From: "Kluesner, Bryon" > To: "athen-list@u.washington.edu" > Subject: [Athen] Another Live Scribe pen issue > Message-ID: > < > BN8PR10MB33782458FBAA4696E23E5BEE9AE80@BN8PR10MB3378.namprd10.prod.outlook.com > > > > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" > > Hi all, > > A student checked out a Live Scribe pen and synced it to her Echo desktop. > The pen quite working and I issued the student a replacement pen. When the > student attempted to register the 2nd pen to the Echo desktop, student > received a message sating the pen is not authorized on this particular > desktop, and they would have to de-authorize it. Has anyone experienced > this? The student was able to retrieve the notes and recordings from the > initial pen. Is there a process to authorize the 2nd pen to the Echo > desktop without losing the files from the 1st pen? > > Thanks, > > Bryon > > Bryon Kluesner, RhD > Adaptive Technology Coordinator > Disability Resource Center > University of Tennessee at Chattanooga > 103 Frist Hall > Chattanooga, TN 37403 > 423-425-5251 > -------------- next part -------------- > An HTML attachment was scrubbed... > URL: < > http://mailman12.u.washington.edu/pipermail/athen-list/attachments/20200228/a999c369/attachment-0001.html > > > > ------------------------------ > > Subject: Digest Footer > > _______________________________________________ > athen-list mailing list > athen-list@mailman12.u.washington.edu > http://mailman12.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/athen-list > > > ------------------------------ > > End of athen-list Digest, Vol 169, Issue 24 > ******************************************* > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From athenpresident at gmail.com Mon Mar 2 15:36:59 2020 From: athenpresident at gmail.com (ATHEN President) Date: Mon Mar 2 15:37:17 2020 Subject: [Athen] 2020 Teresa Haven Scholarship for Students with Disabilities Message-ID: Hello ATHEN Members, ATHEN is happy to announce that the 2020 Teresa Haven Scholarship for Students with Disabilities is now open for nominations and applications. Teresa Haven, Ph.D., was a long-time ATHEN contributor and member of the Executive Council. She was a passionate advocate for student equity and diversity in higher education. In remembrance of her dedication and service to students, the ATHEN membership voted unanimously to create a scholarship in her memory. For more information and the application form, please visit the ATHEN Scholarship website. Note: applicants must be nominated by a current ATHEN member. Deadline to apply is March 27, 2020. 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But it would be nice to go somewhere outside the hotel. If anyone has any different ideas let me know - something within walking or rolling distance would be nice. -- Regards, Howard Howard Kramer Conference Coordinator Accessing Higher Ground 303-492-8672 cell: 720-351-8668 Join us for the *Accessing Higher Ground Conference * in Sheraton Denver Downtown Hotel, Colorado, Nov 16-20, 2020. Request for proposals will open up in early March. Sign up to our mailing list to receive announcements . Complete program information and registration is open for our full line-up of Spring 2020 webinars . 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. * -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From howard.kramer at colorado.edu Tue Mar 3 10:02:05 2020 From: howard.kramer at colorado.edu (Howard Kramer) Date: Tue Mar 3 10:02:27 2020 Subject: [Athen] ATHEN/AHG dinner meeting at CSUN - Thursday, March 12, 7:30 pm Message-ID: Dear Colleagues: As per previous years, I'd like to hold a dinner/meeting at a nearby restaurant on Thursday evening (7:30 p.m.), March 12, at CSUN (International Technology and Persons with Disabilities Conference) for dinner and for ATHEN members (or others) to provide their input on this year's Accessing Higher Ground conference. Please let me know if you plan to attend so I can guesstimate the right size table. Restaurant: Last year we went to nFuse (in the Anaheim Marriott) and that was fine. But it would be nice to go somewhere outside the hotel. If anyone has any different ideas let me know - something within walking or rolling distance would be nice. -- Regards, Howard -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From kerscher at montana.com Tue Mar 3 11:54:18 2020 From: kerscher at montana.com (kerscher@montana.com) Date: Tue Mar 3 11:54:47 2020 Subject: [Athen] ATHEN/AHG dinner meeting at CSUN - Thursday, March 12, 7:30 pm In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <013901d5f195$86cf2080$946d6180$@montana.com> I have it in my calendar right now. Best George From: athen-list On Behalf Of Howard Kramer Sent: Tuesday, March 3, 2020 11:02 AM To: athen-list@u.washington.edu Subject: [Athen] ATHEN/AHG dinner meeting at CSUN - Thursday, March 12, 7:30 pm Dear Colleagues: As per previous years, I'd like to hold a dinner/meeting at a nearby restaurant on Thursday evening (7:30 p.m.), March 12, at CSUN (International Technology and Persons with Disabilities Conference) for dinner and for ATHEN members (or others) to provide their input on this year's Accessing Higher Ground conference. Please let me know if you plan to attend so I can guesstimate the right size table. 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Norwich, BSME, MSIS Assistant Director of Disability & Access Services 25 Buick Street 3rd Floor, Boston MA 02215 lnorwich@bu.edu (email) 617-353-3658 (vox) 617-353-9646 (fax) www.bu.edu/disability (website) -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From hkramer at ahead.org Wed Mar 4 11:46:02 2020 From: hkramer at ahead.org (Howard Kramer) Date: Wed Mar 4 11:47:03 2020 Subject: [Athen] CSUN & Coronavirus Message-ID: Hello All: I see quite a number of companies - Deque, Microsoft, Verizon, Pearson, Amazon, Adobe, CapitolOne - have pulled out of attending CSUN because of Coronavirus. And the latest cancellation is Teach Access. A WAI working group meeting I was scheduled to attend has also been cancelled. Just gauging other folks thoughts on this as I contemplate whether to change my plans. -- Regards, Howard Howard Kramer Conference Coordinator Accessing Higher Ground 303-492-8672 cell: 720-351-8668 Join us for the *Accessing Higher Ground Conference * in Sheraton Denver Downtown Hotel, Colorado, Nov 16-20, 2020. Request for proposals will open up in early March. Sign up to our mailing list to receive announcements . Complete program information and registration is open for our full line-up of Spring 2020 webinars . 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. * -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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From: athen-list On Behalf Of Howard Kramer Sent: Wednesday, March 4, 2020 12:46 PM To: Access Technology Higher Education Network Subject: [Athen] CSUN & Coronavirus Hello All: I see quite a number of companies - Deque, Microsoft, Verizon, Pearson, Amazon, Adobe, CapitolOne - have pulled out of attending CSUN because of Coronavirus. And the latest cancellation is Teach Access. A WAI working group meeting I was scheduled to attend has also been cancelled. Just gauging other folks thoughts on this as I contemplate whether to change my plans. -- Regards, Howard Howard Kramer Conference Coordinator Accessing Higher Ground 303-492-8672 cell: 720-351-8668 Join us for the Accessing Higher Ground Conference in Sheraton Denver Downtown Hotel, Colorado, Nov 16-20, 2020. Request for proposals will open up in early March. Sign up to our mailing list to receive announcements. Complete program information and registration is open for our full line-up of Spring 2020 webinars. 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Carrie Million Assistive Tech Specialist Diablo Valley College -----Original Message----- From: athen-list On Behalf Of athen-list-request@mailman12.u.washington.edu Sent: Wednesday, March 04, 2020 12:01 PM To: athen-list@u.washington.edu Subject: athen-list Digest, Vol 170, Issue 3 ** Email from External Sender ** Send athen-list mailing list submissions to athen-list@u.washington.edu To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit http://mailman12.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/athen-list or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to athen-list-request@mailman12.u.washington.edu You can reach the person managing the list at athen-list-owner@mailman12.u.washington.edu When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific than "Re: Contents of athen-list digest..." Today's Topics: 1. Accessability of Blackboard Ultra (Norwich, Lorraine S) 2. CSUN & Coronavirus (Howard Kramer) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message: 1 Date: Tue, 3 Mar 2020 22:36:36 +0000 From: "Norwich, Lorraine S" To: "athen-list@mailman12.u.washington.edu" , "ALTMEDIA@LISTSERV.CCCNEXT.NET" Subject: [Athen] Accessability of Blackboard Ultra Message-ID: Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Dear All, Have any of you looked at or worked with Blackboard Ultra and tested the accessibility. Any feedback or information you can share would be great. Thanks Lorraine Lorraine S. Norwich, BSME, MSIS Assistant Director of Disability & Access Services 25 Buick Street 3rd Floor, Boston MA 02215 lnorwich@bu.edu (email) 617-353-3658 (vox) 617-353-9646 (fax) www.bu.edu/disability (website) -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Best George From: athen-list On Behalf Of Howard Kramer Sent: Wednesday, March 4, 2020 12:46 PM To: Access Technology Higher Education Network Subject: [Athen] CSUN & Coronavirus Hello All: I see quite a number of companies - Deque, Microsoft, Verizon, Pearson, Amazon, Adobe, CapitolOne - have pulled out of attending CSUN because of Coronavirus. And the latest cancellation is Teach Access. A WAI working group meeting I was scheduled to attend has also been cancelled. Just gauging other folks thoughts on this as I contemplate whether to change my plans. -- Regards, Howard Howard Kramer Conference Coordinator Accessing Higher Ground 303-492-8672 cell: 720-351-8668 Join us for the Accessing Higher Ground Conference in Sheraton Denver Downtown Hotel, Colorado, Nov 16-20, 2020. Request for proposals will open up in early March. Sign up to our mailing list to receive announcements . Complete program information and registration is open for our full line-up of Spring 2020 webinars . 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Dawn Hunziker IT Accessibility Consultant, Sr. | Disability Resources The University of Arizona | hunziker@arizona.edu drc.arizona.edu | itaccessibility.arizona.edu 520-626-9409 -----Original Message----- From: athen-list On Behalf Of Million, Carrie Sent: Wednesday, March 4, 2020 1:17 PM To: athen-list@u.washington.edu Subject: Re: [Athen] CSUN & Coronavirus Howard, I am signed up to attend, but was unaware of the cancellation of exhibitors. Are sessions being cancelled too? Carrie Million Assistive Tech Specialist Diablo Valley College -----Original Message----- From: athen-list On Behalf Of athen-list-request@mailman12.u.washington.edu Sent: Wednesday, March 04, 2020 12:01 PM To: athen-list@u.washington.edu Subject: athen-list Digest, Vol 170, Issue 3 ** Email from External Sender ** Send athen-list mailing list submissions to athen-list@u.washington.edu To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit http://mailman12.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/athen-list or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to athen-list-request@mailman12.u.washington.edu You can reach the person managing the list at athen-list-owner@mailman12.u.washington.edu When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific than "Re: Contents of athen-list digest..." Today's Topics: 1. Accessability of Blackboard Ultra (Norwich, Lorraine S) 2. CSUN & Coronavirus (Howard Kramer) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message: 1 Date: Tue, 3 Mar 2020 22:36:36 +0000 From: "Norwich, Lorraine S" To: "athen-list@mailman12.u.washington.edu" , "ALTMEDIA@LISTSERV.CCCNEXT.NET" Subject: [Athen] Accessability of Blackboard Ultra Message-ID: Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Dear All, Have any of you looked at or worked with Blackboard Ultra and tested the accessibility. Any feedback or information you can share would be great. Thanks Lorraine Lorraine S. Norwich, BSME, MSIS Assistant Director of Disability & Access Services 25 Buick Street 3rd Floor, Boston MA 02215 lnorwich@bu.edu (email) 617-353-3658 (vox) 617-353-9646 (fax) www.bu.edu/disability (website) -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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URL: ------------------------------ Subject: Digest Footer _______________________________________________ athen-list mailing list athen-list@mailman12.u.washington.edu http://mailman12.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/athen-list ------------------------------ End of athen-list Digest, Vol 170, Issue 3 ****************************************** _______________________________________________ athen-list mailing list athen-list@mailman12.u.washington.edu http://mailman12.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/athen-list From lgreco at berkeley.edu Wed Mar 4 12:37:01 2020 From: lgreco at berkeley.edu (Lucy GRECO) Date: Wed Mar 4 12:37:45 2020 Subject: [Athen] CSUN & Coronavirus In-Reply-To: <001c01d5f263$94bb13b0$be313b10$@montana.com> References: <001c01d5f263$94bb13b0$be313b10$@montana.com> Message-ID: we are having talks with my co presenters on our thought on attending and we have not decided yet but its looking like its going to be a smaal event with vary few people there Lucia Greco Web Accessibility Evangelist IST - Architecture, Platforms, and Integration University of California, Berkeley (510) 289-6008 skype: lucia1-greco http://webaccess.berkeley.edu Follow me on twitter @accessaces On Wed, Mar 4, 2020 at 12:32 PM wrote: > Hello, > > > > 3 hours ago - And Wash.; Los Angeles Declares Emergency ... California > > > https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2020/03/04/812121540/coronavirus-los-angeles-declares-emergency-and-u-s-reports-80-cases-in-13-states > > > > I don?t think I will join the dinner on Thursday. > > > Best > > George > > > > *From:* athen-list *On > Behalf Of *Howard Kramer > *Sent:* Wednesday, March 4, 2020 12:46 PM > *To:* Access Technology Higher Education Network < > athen-list@u.washington.edu> > *Subject:* [Athen] CSUN & Coronavirus > > > > Hello All: > > > > I see quite a number of companies - Deque, Microsoft, Verizon, > Pearson, Amazon, Adobe, CapitolOne - have pulled out of attending CSUN > because of Coronavirus. And the latest cancellation is Teach Access. > > > > A WAI working group meeting I was scheduled to attend has also been > cancelled. > > > > Just gauging other folks thoughts on this as I contemplate whether to > change my plans. > > > > -- > > Regards, > > Howard > > > > Howard Kramer > > Conference Coordinator > > Accessing Higher Ground > > 303-492-8672 > > cell: 720-351-8668 > > > > Join us for the *Accessing Higher Ground Conference > * in Sheraton Denver Downtown Hotel, > Colorado, Nov 16-20, 2020. Request for proposals will open up in early > March. Sign up to our mailing list to receive announcements > . > > > > Complete program information and registration is open for our full line-up > of Spring 2020 webinars > . 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. > * > > > _______________________________________________ > athen-list mailing list > athen-list@mailman12.u.washington.edu > http://mailman12.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/athen-list > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From hkramer at ahead.org Wed Mar 4 12:41:46 2020 From: hkramer at ahead.org (Howard Kramer) Date: Wed Mar 4 12:42:22 2020 Subject: [Athen] CSUN & Coronavirus In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: I wouldn't be surprised if they make no announcement about cancellations. -Howard On Wed, Mar 4, 2020 at 1:37 PM Hunziker, Dawn A - (hunziker) < hunziker@email.arizona.edu> wrote: > Any of the sessions hosted by those vendors will most likely be > cancelled... Unfortunately it doesn't look like the website is updated with > which sessions are now cancelled.... > > > Dawn Hunziker > IT Accessibility Consultant, Sr. | Disability Resources > The University of Arizona | hunziker@arizona.edu > drc.arizona.edu | itaccessibility.arizona.edu > 520-626-9409 > > -----Original Message----- > From: athen-list On > Behalf Of Million, Carrie > Sent: Wednesday, March 4, 2020 1:17 PM > To: athen-list@u.washington.edu > Subject: Re: [Athen] CSUN & Coronavirus > > Howard, > > I am signed up to attend, but was unaware of the cancellation of > exhibitors. Are sessions being cancelled too? > > Carrie Million > Assistive Tech Specialist > Diablo Valley College > > -----Original Message----- > From: athen-list On > Behalf Of athen-list-request@mailman12.u.washington.edu > Sent: Wednesday, March 04, 2020 12:01 PM > To: athen-list@u.washington.edu > Subject: athen-list Digest, Vol 170, Issue 3 > > ** Email from External Sender ** > > Send athen-list mailing list submissions to > athen-list@u.washington.edu > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > http://mailman12.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/athen-list > or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > athen-list-request@mailman12.u.washington.edu > > You can reach the person managing the list at > athen-list-owner@mailman12.u.washington.edu > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific than > "Re: Contents of athen-list digest..." > > > Today's Topics: > > 1. Accessability of Blackboard Ultra (Norwich, Lorraine S) > 2. CSUN & Coronavirus (Howard Kramer) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Tue, 3 Mar 2020 22:36:36 +0000 > From: "Norwich, Lorraine S" > To: "athen-list@mailman12.u.washington.edu" > , > "ALTMEDIA@LISTSERV.CCCNEXT.NET" > Subject: [Athen] Accessability of Blackboard Ultra > Message-ID: > < > DM6PR03MB4508FCC2183B025C7A73F278BDE40@DM6PR03MB4508.namprd03.prod.outlook.com > > > > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" > > Dear All, > > Have any of you looked at or worked with Blackboard Ultra and tested the > accessibility. Any feedback or information you can share would be great. > > Thanks > > Lorraine > > > Lorraine S. Norwich, BSME, MSIS > > Assistant Director of Disability & Access Services > > 25 Buick Street 3rd Floor, Boston MA 02215 > > lnorwich@bu.edu (email) > > 617-353-3658 (vox) > > 617-353-9646 (fax) > > www.bu.edu/disability (website) > > -------------- next part -------------- > An HTML attachment was scrubbed... > URL: < > http://mailman12.u.washington.edu/pipermail/athen-list/attachments/20200303/d44d1e8a/attachment-0001.html > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 2 > Date: Wed, 4 Mar 2020 12:46:02 -0700 > From: Howard Kramer > To: Access Technology Higher Education Network > > Subject: [Athen] CSUN & Coronavirus > Message-ID: > < > CAN57xLf7kDGWor3PF5zpMH0PcJ7fboGpioL8A1xyBqasBSgUmg@mail.gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" > > Hello All: > > I see quite a number of companies - Deque, Microsoft, Verizon, Pearson, > Amazon, Adobe, CapitolOne - have pulled out of attending CSUN because of > Coronavirus. And the latest cancellation is Teach Access. > > A WAI working group meeting I was scheduled to attend has also been > cancelled. > > Just gauging other folks thoughts on this as I contemplate whether to > change my plans. > > -- > Regards, > Howard > > Howard Kramer > Conference Coordinator > Accessing Higher Ground > 303-492-8672 > cell: 720-351-8668 > > Join us for the *Accessing Higher Ground Conference > * in Sheraton Denver Downtown Hotel, > Colorado, Nov 16-20, 2020. Request for proposals will open up in early > March. 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K On Wed, Mar 4, 2020 at 3:23 PM Million, Carrie wrote: > Howard, > > I am signed up to attend, but was unaware of the cancellation of > exhibitors. Are sessions being cancelled too? > > Carrie Million > Assistive Tech Specialist > Diablo Valley College > > -----Original Message----- > From: athen-list On > Behalf Of athen-list-request@mailman12.u.washington.edu > Sent: Wednesday, March 04, 2020 12:01 PM > To: athen-list@u.washington.edu > Subject: athen-list Digest, Vol 170, Issue 3 > > ** Email from External Sender ** > > Send athen-list mailing list submissions to > athen-list@u.washington.edu > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > http://mailman12.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/athen-list > or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > athen-list-request@mailman12.u.washington.edu > > You can reach the person managing the list at > athen-list-owner@mailman12.u.washington.edu > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific than > "Re: Contents of athen-list digest..." > > > Today's Topics: > > 1. Accessability of Blackboard Ultra (Norwich, Lorraine S) > 2. CSUN & Coronavirus (Howard Kramer) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Tue, 3 Mar 2020 22:36:36 +0000 > From: "Norwich, Lorraine S" > To: "athen-list@mailman12.u.washington.edu" > , > "ALTMEDIA@LISTSERV.CCCNEXT.NET" > Subject: [Athen] Accessability of Blackboard Ultra > Message-ID: > < > DM6PR03MB4508FCC2183B025C7A73F278BDE40@DM6PR03MB4508.namprd03.prod.outlook.com > > > > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" > > Dear All, > > Have any of you looked at or worked with Blackboard Ultra and tested the > accessibility. Any feedback or information you can share would be great. > > Thanks > > Lorraine > > > Lorraine S. Norwich, BSME, MSIS > > Assistant Director of Disability & Access Services > > 25 Buick Street 3rd Floor, Boston MA 02215 > > lnorwich@bu.edu (email) > > 617-353-3658 (vox) > > 617-353-9646 (fax) > > www.bu.edu/disability (website) > > -------------- next part -------------- > An HTML attachment was scrubbed... > URL: < > http://mailman12.u.washington.edu/pipermail/athen-list/attachments/20200303/d44d1e8a/attachment-0001.html > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 2 > Date: Wed, 4 Mar 2020 12:46:02 -0700 > From: Howard Kramer > To: Access Technology Higher Education Network > > Subject: [Athen] CSUN & Coronavirus > Message-ID: > < > CAN57xLf7kDGWor3PF5zpMH0PcJ7fboGpioL8A1xyBqasBSgUmg@mail.gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" > > Hello All: > > I see quite a number of companies - Deque, Microsoft, Verizon, Pearson, > Amazon, Adobe, CapitolOne - have pulled out of attending CSUN because of > Coronavirus. And the latest cancellation is Teach Access. > > A WAI working group meeting I was scheduled to attend has also been > cancelled. > > Just gauging other folks thoughts on this as I contemplate whether to > change my plans. > > -- > Regards, > Howard > > Howard Kramer > Conference Coordinator > Accessing Higher Ground > 303-492-8672 > cell: 720-351-8668 > > Join us for the *Accessing Higher Ground Conference > * in Sheraton Denver Downtown Hotel, > Colorado, Nov 16-20, 2020. Request for proposals will open up in early > March. Sign up to our mailing list to receive announcements < > https://accessinghigherground.org/about/#Join_Our_Mailing_List>. > > > > Complete program information and registration is open for our full line-up > of Spring 2020 webinars < > https://www.ahead.org/events-programming/webinars/2020-spring-webinars>. > 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. > * > -------------- next part -------------- > An HTML attachment was scrubbed... > URL: < > http://mailman12.u.washington.edu/pipermail/athen-list/attachments/20200304/511f3f1c/attachment-0001.html > > > > ------------------------------ > > Subject: Digest Footer > > _______________________________________________ > athen-list mailing list > athen-list@mailman12.u.washington.edu > http://mailman12.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/athen-list > > > ------------------------------ > > End of athen-list Digest, Vol 170, Issue 3 > ****************************************** > _______________________________________________ > athen-list mailing list > athen-list@mailman12.u.washington.edu > http://mailman12.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/athen-list > -- *Karen Latimer, ATP* *Assistive Technology Specialist* *Delaware Assistive Technology ?Initiative * *Center for Disabilities Studies* *461 Wyoming Rd. * *Newark, DE 19716* *302-831-7469* *www.udel.edu/cds* -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Are sessions being cancelled too? > > Carrie Million > Assistive Tech Specialist > Diablo Valley College > > -----Original Message----- > From: athen-list On > Behalf Of athen-list-request@mailman12.u.washington.edu > Sent: Wednesday, March 04, 2020 12:01 PM > To: athen-list@u.washington.edu > Subject: athen-list Digest, Vol 170, Issue 3 > > ** Email from External Sender ** > > Send athen-list mailing list submissions to > athen-list@u.washington.edu > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > http://mailman12.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/athen-list > or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > athen-list-request@mailman12.u.washington.edu > > You can reach the person managing the list at > athen-list-owner@mailman12.u.washington.edu > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific than > "Re: Contents of athen-list digest..." > > > Today's Topics: > > 1. Accessability of Blackboard Ultra (Norwich, Lorraine S) > 2. CSUN & Coronavirus (Howard Kramer) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Tue, 3 Mar 2020 22:36:36 +0000 > From: "Norwich, Lorraine S" > To: "athen-list@mailman12.u.washington.edu" > , > "ALTMEDIA@LISTSERV.CCCNEXT.NET" > Subject: [Athen] Accessability of Blackboard Ultra > Message-ID: > < > DM6PR03MB4508FCC2183B025C7A73F278BDE40@DM6PR03MB4508.namprd03.prod.outlook.com > > > > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" > > Dear All, > > Have any of you looked at or worked with Blackboard Ultra and tested the > accessibility. Any feedback or information you can share would be great. > > Thanks > > Lorraine > > > Lorraine S. Norwich, BSME, MSIS > > Assistant Director of Disability & Access Services > > 25 Buick Street 3rd Floor, Boston MA 02215 > > lnorwich@bu.edu (email) > > 617-353-3658 (vox) > > 617-353-9646 (fax) > > www.bu.edu/disability (website) > > -------------- next part -------------- > An HTML attachment was scrubbed... > URL: < > http://mailman12.u.washington.edu/pipermail/athen-list/attachments/20200303/d44d1e8a/attachment-0001.html > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 2 > Date: Wed, 4 Mar 2020 12:46:02 -0700 > From: Howard Kramer > To: Access Technology Higher Education Network > > Subject: [Athen] CSUN & Coronavirus > Message-ID: > < > CAN57xLf7kDGWor3PF5zpMH0PcJ7fboGpioL8A1xyBqasBSgUmg@mail.gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" > > Hello All: > > I see quite a number of companies - Deque, Microsoft, Verizon, Pearson, > Amazon, Adobe, CapitolOne - have pulled out of attending CSUN because of > Coronavirus. And the latest cancellation is Teach Access. > > A WAI working group meeting I was scheduled to attend has also been > cancelled. > > Just gauging other folks thoughts on this as I contemplate whether to > change my plans. > > -- > Regards, > Howard > > Howard Kramer > Conference Coordinator > Accessing Higher Ground > 303-492-8672 > cell: 720-351-8668 > > Join us for the *Accessing Higher Ground Conference > * in Sheraton Denver Downtown Hotel, > Colorado, Nov 16-20, 2020. Request for proposals will open up in early > March. Sign up to our mailing list to receive announcements < > https://accessinghigherground.org/about/#Join_Our_Mailing_List>. > > > > Complete program information and registration is open for our full line-up > of Spring 2020 webinars < > https://www.ahead.org/events-programming/webinars/2020-spring-webinars>. > 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. > * > -------------- next part -------------- > An HTML attachment was scrubbed... > URL: < > http://mailman12.u.washington.edu/pipermail/athen-list/attachments/20200304/511f3f1c/attachment-0001.html > > > > ------------------------------ > > Subject: Digest Footer > > _______________________________________________ > athen-list mailing list > athen-list@mailman12.u.washington.edu > http://mailman12.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/athen-list > > > ------------------------------ > > End of athen-list Digest, Vol 170, Issue 3 > ****************************************** > _______________________________________________ > athen-list mailing list > athen-list@mailman12.u.washington.edu > http://mailman12.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/athen-list > -- *Karen Latimer, ATP* *Assistive Technology Specialist* *Delaware Assistive Technology ?Initiative * *Center for Disabilities Studies* *461 Wyoming Rd. * *Newark, DE 19716* *302-831-7469* *www.udel.edu/cds* -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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From: athen-list On Behalf Of Karen Latimer Sent: Wednesday, March 4, 2020 3:16 PM To: Access Technology Higher Education Network Subject: Re: [Athen] CSUN & Coronavirus actually did find a list of the cancelled sessions on the website--here's the link: https://www.csun.edu/cod/conference/sessions/index.php/public/addendums On Wed, Mar 4, 2020 at 3:23 PM Million, Carrie > wrote: Howard, I am signed up to attend, but was unaware of the cancellation of exhibitors. Are sessions being cancelled too? Carrie Million Assistive Tech Specialist Diablo Valley College -----Original Message----- From: athen-list > On Behalf Of athen-list-request@mailman12.u.washington.edu Sent: Wednesday, March 04, 2020 12:01 PM To: athen-list@u.washington.edu Subject: athen-list Digest, Vol 170, Issue 3 ** Email from External Sender ** Send athen-list mailing list submissions to athen-list@u.washington.edu To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit http://mailman12.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/athen-list or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to athen-list-request@mailman12.u.washington.edu You can reach the person managing the list at athen-list-owner@mailman12.u.washington.edu When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific than "Re: Contents of athen-list digest..." Today's Topics: 1. Accessability of Blackboard Ultra (Norwich, Lorraine S) 2. CSUN & Coronavirus (Howard Kramer) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message: 1 Date: Tue, 3 Mar 2020 22:36:36 +0000 From: "Norwich, Lorraine S" > To: "athen-list@mailman12.u.washington.edu" >, "ALTMEDIA@LISTSERV.CCCNEXT.NET" > Subject: [Athen] Accessability of Blackboard Ultra Message-ID: > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Dear All, Have any of you looked at or worked with Blackboard Ultra and tested the accessibility. Any feedback or information you can share would be great. Thanks Lorraine Lorraine S. Norwich, BSME, MSIS Assistant Director of Disability & Access Services 25 Buick Street 3rd Floor, Boston MA 02215 lnorwich@bu.edu> (email) 617-353-3658 (vox) 617-353-9646 (fax) www.bu.edu/disability (website) -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Are sessions being cancelled too? >> >> Carrie Million >> Assistive Tech Specialist >> Diablo Valley College >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: athen-list On >> Behalf Of athen-list-request@mailman12.u.washington.edu >> Sent: Wednesday, March 04, 2020 12:01 PM >> To: athen-list@u.washington.edu >> Subject: athen-list Digest, Vol 170, Issue 3 >> >> ** Email from External Sender ** >> >> Send athen-list mailing list submissions to >> athen-list@u.washington.edu >> >> To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit >> http://mailman12.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/athen-list >> or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to >> athen-list-request@mailman12.u.washington.edu >> >> You can reach the person managing the list at >> athen-list-owner@mailman12.u.washington.edu >> >> When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific than >> "Re: Contents of athen-list digest..." >> >> >> Today's Topics: >> >> 1. Accessability of Blackboard Ultra (Norwich, Lorraine S) >> 2. CSUN & Coronavirus (Howard Kramer) >> >> >> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- >> >> Message: 1 >> Date: Tue, 3 Mar 2020 22:36:36 +0000 >> From: "Norwich, Lorraine S" >> To: "athen-list@mailman12.u.washington.edu" >> , >> "ALTMEDIA@LISTSERV.CCCNEXT.NET" >> Subject: [Athen] Accessability of Blackboard Ultra >> Message-ID: >> < >> DM6PR03MB4508FCC2183B025C7A73F278BDE40@DM6PR03MB4508.namprd03.prod.outlook.com >> > >> >> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" >> >> Dear All, >> >> Have any of you looked at or worked with Blackboard Ultra and tested the >> accessibility. Any feedback or information you can share would be great. >> >> Thanks >> >> Lorraine >> >> >> Lorraine S. Norwich, BSME, MSIS >> >> Assistant Director of Disability & Access Services >> >> 25 Buick Street 3rd Floor, Boston MA 02215 >> >> lnorwich@bu.edu (email) >> >> 617-353-3658 (vox) >> >> 617-353-9646 (fax) >> >> www.bu.edu/disability (website) >> >> -------------- next part -------------- >> An HTML attachment was scrubbed... >> URL: < >> http://mailman12.u.washington.edu/pipermail/athen-list/attachments/20200303/d44d1e8a/attachment-0001.html >> > >> >> ------------------------------ >> >> Message: 2 >> Date: Wed, 4 Mar 2020 12:46:02 -0700 >> From: Howard Kramer >> To: Access Technology Higher Education Network >> >> Subject: [Athen] CSUN & Coronavirus >> Message-ID: >> < >> CAN57xLf7kDGWor3PF5zpMH0PcJ7fboGpioL8A1xyBqasBSgUmg@mail.gmail.com> >> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" >> >> Hello All: >> >> I see quite a number of companies - Deque, Microsoft, Verizon, Pearson, >> Amazon, Adobe, CapitolOne - have pulled out of attending CSUN because of >> Coronavirus. And the latest cancellation is Teach Access. >> >> A WAI working group meeting I was scheduled to attend has also been >> cancelled. >> >> Just gauging other folks thoughts on this as I contemplate whether to >> change my plans. >> >> -- >> Regards, >> Howard >> >> Howard Kramer >> Conference Coordinator >> Accessing Higher Ground >> 303-492-8672 >> cell: 720-351-8668 >> >> Join us for the *Accessing Higher Ground Conference >> * in Sheraton Denver Downtown Hotel, >> Colorado, Nov 16-20, 2020. Request for proposals will open up in early >> March. Sign up to our mailing list to receive announcements < >> https://accessinghigherground.org/about/#Join_Our_Mailing_List>. >> >> >> >> Complete program information and registration is open for our full >> line-up of Spring 2020 webinars < >> https://www.ahead.org/events-programming/webinars/2020-spring-webinars>. >> 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. >> * >> -------------- next part -------------- >> An HTML attachment was scrubbed... >> URL: < >> http://mailman12.u.washington.edu/pipermail/athen-list/attachments/20200304/511f3f1c/attachment-0001.html >> > >> >> ------------------------------ >> >> Subject: Digest Footer >> >> _______________________________________________ >> athen-list mailing list >> athen-list@mailman12.u.washington.edu >> http://mailman12.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/athen-list >> >> >> ------------------------------ >> >> End of athen-list Digest, Vol 170, Issue 3 >> ****************************************** >> _______________________________________________ >> athen-list mailing list >> athen-list@mailman12.u.washington.edu >> http://mailman12.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/athen-list >> > > > -- > *Karen Latimer, ATP* > *Assistive Technology Specialist* > *Delaware Assistive Technology ?Initiative * > *Center for Disabilities Studies* > *461 Wyoming Rd. * > *Newark, DE 19716* > *302-831-7469* > *www.udel.edu/cds* > -- *Karen Latimer, ATP* *Assistive Technology Specialist* *Delaware Assistive Technology ?Initiative * *Center for Disabilities Studies* *461 Wyoming Rd. * *Newark, DE 19716* *302-831-7469* *www.udel.edu/cds* -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Carrie Million Assistive Tech Specialist Diablo Valley College -----Original Message----- From: athen-list > On Behalf Of athen-list-request@mailman12.u.washington.edu Sent: Wednesday, March 04, 2020 12:01 PM To: athen-list@u.washington.edu Subject: athen-list Digest, Vol 170, Issue 3 ** Email from External Sender ** Send athen-list mailing list submissions to athen-list@u.washington.edu To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit http://mailman12.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/athen-list or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to athen-list-request@mailman12.u.washington.edu You can reach the person managing the list at athen-list-owner@mailman12.u.washington.edu When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific than "Re: Contents of athen-list digest..." Today's Topics: 1. Accessability of Blackboard Ultra (Norwich, Lorraine S) 2. CSUN & Coronavirus (Howard Kramer) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message: 1 Date: Tue, 3 Mar 2020 22:36:36 +0000 From: "Norwich, Lorraine S" > To: "athen-list@mailman12.u.washington.edu " >, "ALTMEDIA@LISTSERV.CCCNEXT.NET " > Subject: [Athen] Accessability of Blackboard Ultra Message-ID: > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Dear All, Have any of you looked at or worked with Blackboard Ultra and tested the accessibility. Any feedback or information you can share would be great. Thanks Lorraine Lorraine S. Norwich, BSME, MSIS Assistant Director of Disability & Access Services 25 Buick Street 3rd Floor, Boston MA 02215 lnorwich@bu.edu > (email) 617-353-3658 (vox) 617-353-9646 (fax) www.bu.edu/disability (website) -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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URL: From hkramer at ahead.org Wed Mar 4 14:37:27 2020 From: hkramer at ahead.org (Howard Kramer) Date: Wed Mar 4 14:38:00 2020 Subject: [Athen] CSUN & Coronavirus In-Reply-To: <003701d5f274$1b4d8150$51e883f0$@travisroth.com> References: <003701d5f274$1b4d8150$51e883f0$@travisroth.com> Message-ID: Thanks for that info everyone. -Howard On Wed, Mar 4, 2020 at 3:28 PM Travis Roth wrote: > There is an ?addendum?: > > > https://www.csun.edu/cod/conference/sessions/index.php/public/addendums/index/page:1 > > > > I estimated 115+ cancelled session the last I glanced through it. > > > > > > *From:* athen-list *On > Behalf Of *Karen Latimer > *Sent:* Wednesday, March 4, 2020 4:14 PM > *To:* Access Technology Higher Education Network < > athen-list@u.washington.edu> > *Subject:* Re: [Athen] CSUN & Coronavirus > > > > Me too. How do we find out about additional cancellations if they aren't > informing paid attendees? > > K > > > > On Wed, Mar 4, 2020 at 3:23 PM Million, Carrie wrote: > > Howard, > > I am signed up to attend, but was unaware of the cancellation of > exhibitors. Are sessions being cancelled too? > > Carrie Million > Assistive Tech Specialist > Diablo Valley College > > -----Original Message----- > From: athen-list On > Behalf Of athen-list-request@mailman12.u.washington.edu > Sent: Wednesday, March 04, 2020 12:01 PM > To: athen-list@u.washington.edu > Subject: athen-list Digest, Vol 170, Issue 3 > > ** Email from External Sender ** > > Send athen-list mailing list submissions to > athen-list@u.washington.edu > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > http://mailman12.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/athen-list > or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > athen-list-request@mailman12.u.washington.edu > > You can reach the person managing the list at > athen-list-owner@mailman12.u.washington.edu > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific than > "Re: Contents of athen-list digest..." > > > Today's Topics: > > 1. Accessability of Blackboard Ultra (Norwich, Lorraine S) > 2. CSUN & Coronavirus (Howard Kramer) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Tue, 3 Mar 2020 22:36:36 +0000 > From: "Norwich, Lorraine S" > To: "athen-list@mailman12.u.washington.edu" > , > "ALTMEDIA@LISTSERV.CCCNEXT.NET" > Subject: [Athen] Accessability of Blackboard Ultra > Message-ID: > < > DM6PR03MB4508FCC2183B025C7A73F278BDE40@DM6PR03MB4508.namprd03.prod.outlook.com > > > > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" > > Dear All, > > Have any of you looked at or worked with Blackboard Ultra and tested the > accessibility. Any feedback or information you can share would be great. > > Thanks > > Lorraine > > > Lorraine S. Norwich, BSME, MSIS > > Assistant Director of Disability & Access Services > > 25 Buick Street 3rd Floor, Boston MA 02215 > > lnorwich@bu.edu (email) > > 617-353-3658 (vox) > > 617-353-9646 (fax) > > www.bu.edu/disability (website) > > -------------- next part -------------- > An HTML attachment was scrubbed... > URL: < > http://mailman12.u.washington.edu/pipermail/athen-list/attachments/20200303/d44d1e8a/attachment-0001.html > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 2 > Date: Wed, 4 Mar 2020 12:46:02 -0700 > From: Howard Kramer > To: Access Technology Higher Education Network > > Subject: [Athen] CSUN & Coronavirus > Message-ID: > < > CAN57xLf7kDGWor3PF5zpMH0PcJ7fboGpioL8A1xyBqasBSgUmg@mail.gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" > > Hello All: > > I see quite a number of companies - Deque, Microsoft, Verizon, Pearson, > Amazon, Adobe, CapitolOne - have pulled out of attending CSUN because of > Coronavirus. And the latest cancellation is Teach Access. > > A WAI working group meeting I was scheduled to attend has also been > cancelled. > > Just gauging other folks thoughts on this as I contemplate whether to > change my plans. > > -- > Regards, > Howard > > Howard Kramer > Conference Coordinator > Accessing Higher Ground > 303-492-8672 > cell: 720-351-8668 > > Join us for the *Accessing Higher Ground Conference > * in Sheraton Denver Downtown Hotel, > Colorado, Nov 16-20, 2020. Request for proposals will open up in early > March. Sign up to our mailing list to receive announcements < > https://accessinghigherground.org/about/#Join_Our_Mailing_List>. > > > > Complete program information and registration is open for our full line-up > of Spring 2020 webinars < > https://www.ahead.org/events-programming/webinars/2020-spring-webinars>. > 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. > * > -------------- next part -------------- > An HTML attachment was scrubbed... > URL: < > http://mailman12.u.washington.edu/pipermail/athen-list/attachments/20200304/511f3f1c/attachment-0001.html > > > > ------------------------------ > > Subject: Digest Footer > > _______________________________________________ > athen-list mailing list > athen-list@mailman12.u.washington.edu > http://mailman12.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/athen-list > > > ------------------------------ > > End of athen-list Digest, Vol 170, Issue 3 > ****************************************** > _______________________________________________ > athen-list mailing list > athen-list@mailman12.u.washington.edu > http://mailman12.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/athen-list > > > > > -- > > *Karen Latimer, ATP* > > *Assistive Technology Specialist* > > *Delaware Assistive Technology * > > *?* > > *Initiative * > > *Center for Disabilities Studies* > > *461 Wyoming Rd. * > > *Newark, DE 19716* > > *302-831-7469* > > *www.udel.edu/cds* > _______________________________________________ > athen-list mailing list > athen-list@mailman12.u.washington.edu > http://mailman12.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/athen-list > -- Regards, Howard Howard Kramer Conference Coordinator Accessing Higher Ground 303-492-8672 cell: 720-351-8668 Join us for the *Accessing Higher Ground Conference * in Sheraton Denver Downtown Hotel, Colorado, Nov 16-20, 2020. 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URL: From hkramer at ahead.org Wed Mar 4 14:44:07 2020 From: hkramer at ahead.org (Howard Kramer) Date: Wed Mar 4 14:44:58 2020 Subject: [Athen] CSUN & Coronavirus In-Reply-To: References: <003701d5f274$1b4d8150$51e883f0$@travisroth.com> Message-ID: That cancellation info is pretty well hidden. -Howard On Wed, Mar 4, 2020 at 3:37 PM Howard Kramer wrote: > Thanks for that info everyone. > > -Howard > > On Wed, Mar 4, 2020 at 3:28 PM Travis Roth wrote: > >> There is an ?addendum?: >> >> >> https://www.csun.edu/cod/conference/sessions/index.php/public/addendums/index/page:1 >> >> >> >> I estimated 115+ cancelled session the last I glanced through it. >> >> >> >> >> >> *From:* athen-list *On >> Behalf Of *Karen Latimer >> *Sent:* Wednesday, March 4, 2020 4:14 PM >> *To:* Access Technology Higher Education Network < >> athen-list@u.washington.edu> >> *Subject:* Re: [Athen] CSUN & Coronavirus >> >> >> >> Me too. How do we find out about additional cancellations if they aren't >> informing paid attendees? >> >> K >> >> >> >> On Wed, Mar 4, 2020 at 3:23 PM Million, Carrie wrote: >> >> Howard, >> >> I am signed up to attend, but was unaware of the cancellation of >> exhibitors. Are sessions being cancelled too? >> >> Carrie Million >> Assistive Tech Specialist >> Diablo Valley College >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: athen-list On >> Behalf Of athen-list-request@mailman12.u.washington.edu >> Sent: Wednesday, March 04, 2020 12:01 PM >> To: athen-list@u.washington.edu >> Subject: athen-list Digest, Vol 170, Issue 3 >> >> ** Email from External Sender ** >> >> Send athen-list mailing list submissions to >> athen-list@u.washington.edu >> >> To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit >> http://mailman12.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/athen-list >> or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to >> athen-list-request@mailman12.u.washington.edu >> >> You can reach the person managing the list at >> athen-list-owner@mailman12.u.washington.edu >> >> When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific than >> "Re: Contents of athen-list digest..." >> >> >> Today's Topics: >> >> 1. Accessability of Blackboard Ultra (Norwich, Lorraine S) >> 2. CSUN & Coronavirus (Howard Kramer) >> >> >> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- >> >> Message: 1 >> Date: Tue, 3 Mar 2020 22:36:36 +0000 >> From: "Norwich, Lorraine S" >> To: "athen-list@mailman12.u.washington.edu" >> , >> "ALTMEDIA@LISTSERV.CCCNEXT.NET" >> Subject: [Athen] Accessability of Blackboard Ultra >> Message-ID: >> < >> DM6PR03MB4508FCC2183B025C7A73F278BDE40@DM6PR03MB4508.namprd03.prod.outlook.com >> > >> >> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" >> >> Dear All, >> >> Have any of you looked at or worked with Blackboard Ultra and tested the >> accessibility. Any feedback or information you can share would be great. >> >> Thanks >> >> Lorraine >> >> >> Lorraine S. Norwich, BSME, MSIS >> >> Assistant Director of Disability & Access Services >> >> 25 Buick Street 3rd Floor, Boston MA 02215 >> >> lnorwich@bu.edu (email) >> >> 617-353-3658 (vox) >> >> 617-353-9646 (fax) >> >> www.bu.edu/disability (website) >> >> -------------- next part -------------- >> An HTML attachment was scrubbed... >> URL: < >> http://mailman12.u.washington.edu/pipermail/athen-list/attachments/20200303/d44d1e8a/attachment-0001.html >> > >> >> ------------------------------ >> >> Message: 2 >> Date: Wed, 4 Mar 2020 12:46:02 -0700 >> From: Howard Kramer >> To: Access Technology Higher Education Network >> >> Subject: [Athen] CSUN & Coronavirus >> Message-ID: >> < >> CAN57xLf7kDGWor3PF5zpMH0PcJ7fboGpioL8A1xyBqasBSgUmg@mail.gmail.com> >> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" >> >> Hello All: >> >> I see quite a number of companies - Deque, Microsoft, Verizon, Pearson, >> Amazon, Adobe, CapitolOne - have pulled out of attending CSUN because of >> Coronavirus. And the latest cancellation is Teach Access. >> >> A WAI working group meeting I was scheduled to attend has also been >> cancelled. >> >> Just gauging other folks thoughts on this as I contemplate whether to >> change my plans. >> >> -- >> Regards, >> Howard >> >> Howard Kramer >> Conference Coordinator >> Accessing Higher Ground >> 303-492-8672 >> cell: 720-351-8668 >> >> Join us for the *Accessing Higher Ground Conference >> * in Sheraton Denver Downtown Hotel, >> Colorado, Nov 16-20, 2020. Request for proposals will open up in early >> March. Sign up to our mailing list to receive announcements < >> https://accessinghigherground.org/about/#Join_Our_Mailing_List>. >> >> >> >> Complete program information and registration is open for our full >> line-up of Spring 2020 webinars < >> https://www.ahead.org/events-programming/webinars/2020-spring-webinars>. >> 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. >> * >> -------------- next part -------------- >> An HTML attachment was scrubbed... >> URL: < >> http://mailman12.u.washington.edu/pipermail/athen-list/attachments/20200304/511f3f1c/attachment-0001.html >> > >> >> ------------------------------ >> >> Subject: Digest Footer >> >> _______________________________________________ >> athen-list mailing list >> athen-list@mailman12.u.washington.edu >> http://mailman12.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/athen-list >> >> >> ------------------------------ >> >> End of athen-list Digest, Vol 170, Issue 3 >> ****************************************** >> _______________________________________________ >> athen-list mailing list >> athen-list@mailman12.u.washington.edu >> http://mailman12.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/athen-list >> >> >> >> >> -- >> >> *Karen Latimer, ATP* >> >> *Assistive Technology Specialist* >> >> *Delaware Assistive Technology * >> >> *?* >> >> *Initiative * >> >> *Center for Disabilities Studies* >> >> *461 Wyoming Rd. * >> >> *Newark, DE 19716* >> >> *302-831-7469* >> >> *www.udel.edu/cds* >> _______________________________________________ >> athen-list mailing list >> athen-list@mailman12.u.washington.edu >> http://mailman12.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/athen-list >> > > > -- > Regards, > Howard > > Howard Kramer > Conference Coordinator > Accessing Higher Ground > 303-492-8672 > cell: 720-351-8668 > > Join us for the *Accessing Higher Ground Conference > * in Sheraton Denver Downtown Hotel, > Colorado, Nov 16-20, 2020. Request for proposals will open up in early > March. Sign up to our mailing list to receive announcements > . > > > > Complete program information and registration is open for our full line-up > of Spring 2020 webinars > . 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. > * > > -- Regards, Howard Howard Kramer Conference Coordinator Accessing Higher Ground 303-492-8672 cell: 720-351-8668 Join us for the *Accessing Higher Ground Conference * in Sheraton Denver Downtown Hotel, Colorado, Nov 16-20, 2020. Request for proposals will open up in early March. Sign up to our mailing list to receive announcements . Complete program information and registration is open for our full line-up of Spring 2020 webinars . Site capacities for all webinar events is limited; please register at your earliest convenience for the largest selection. 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And the latest cancellation is Teach Access. > > A WAI working group meeting I was scheduled to attend has also been cancelled. > > Just gauging other folks thoughts on this as I contemplate whether to change my plans. > > -- > Regards, > Howard > > Howard Kramer > Conference Coordinator > Accessing Higher Ground > 303-492-8672 > cell: 720-351-8668 > > Join us for the Accessing Higher Ground Conference in Sheraton Denver Downtown Hotel, Colorado, Nov 16-20, 2020. Request for proposals will open up in early March. Sign up to our mailing list to receive announcements. > > Complete program information and registration is open for our full line-up of Spring 2020 webinars. Site capacities for all webinar events is limited; please register at your earliest convenience for the largest selection. > > Not yet a member of AHEAD? 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URL: From lgreco at berkeley.edu Wed Mar 4 14:53:59 2020 From: lgreco at berkeley.edu (Lucy GRECO) Date: Wed Mar 4 14:55:01 2020 Subject: [Athen] CSUN & Coronavirus In-Reply-To: References: <003701d5f274$1b4d8150$51e883f0$@travisroth.com> Message-ID: hello: and its badly out of date. i know people that cansled a few days ago that are not shown on it Lucia Greco Web Accessibility Evangelist IST - Architecture, Platforms, and Integration University of California, Berkeley (510) 289-6008 skype: lucia1-greco http://webaccess.berkeley.edu Follow me on twitter @accessaces On Wed, Mar 4, 2020 at 2:45 PM Howard Kramer wrote: > That cancellation info is pretty well hidden. > > -Howard > > On Wed, Mar 4, 2020 at 3:37 PM Howard Kramer wrote: > >> Thanks for that info everyone. >> >> -Howard >> >> On Wed, Mar 4, 2020 at 3:28 PM Travis Roth wrote: >> >>> There is an ?addendum?: >>> >>> >>> https://www.csun.edu/cod/conference/sessions/index.php/public/addendums/index/page:1 >>> >>> >>> >>> I estimated 115+ cancelled session the last I glanced through it. >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> *From:* athen-list *On >>> Behalf Of *Karen Latimer >>> *Sent:* Wednesday, March 4, 2020 4:14 PM >>> *To:* Access Technology Higher Education Network < >>> athen-list@u.washington.edu> >>> *Subject:* Re: [Athen] CSUN & Coronavirus >>> >>> >>> >>> Me too. How do we find out about additional cancellations if they aren't >>> informing paid attendees? >>> >>> K >>> >>> >>> >>> On Wed, Mar 4, 2020 at 3:23 PM Million, Carrie wrote: >>> >>> Howard, >>> >>> I am signed up to attend, but was unaware of the cancellation of >>> exhibitors. Are sessions being cancelled too? >>> >>> Carrie Million >>> Assistive Tech Specialist >>> Diablo Valley College >>> >>> -----Original Message----- >>> From: athen-list On >>> Behalf Of athen-list-request@mailman12.u.washington.edu >>> Sent: Wednesday, March 04, 2020 12:01 PM >>> To: athen-list@u.washington.edu >>> Subject: athen-list Digest, Vol 170, Issue 3 >>> >>> ** Email from External Sender ** >>> >>> Send athen-list mailing list submissions to >>> athen-list@u.washington.edu >>> >>> To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit >>> http://mailman12.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/athen-list >>> or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to >>> athen-list-request@mailman12.u.washington.edu >>> >>> You can reach the person managing the list at >>> athen-list-owner@mailman12.u.washington.edu >>> >>> When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific than >>> "Re: Contents of athen-list digest..." >>> >>> >>> Today's Topics: >>> >>> 1. Accessability of Blackboard Ultra (Norwich, Lorraine S) >>> 2. CSUN & Coronavirus (Howard Kramer) >>> >>> >>> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- >>> >>> Message: 1 >>> Date: Tue, 3 Mar 2020 22:36:36 +0000 >>> From: "Norwich, Lorraine S" >>> To: "athen-list@mailman12.u.washington.edu" >>> , >>> "ALTMEDIA@LISTSERV.CCCNEXT.NET" >>> Subject: [Athen] Accessability of Blackboard Ultra >>> Message-ID: >>> < >>> DM6PR03MB4508FCC2183B025C7A73F278BDE40@DM6PR03MB4508.namprd03.prod.outlook.com >>> > >>> >>> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" >>> >>> Dear All, >>> >>> Have any of you looked at or worked with Blackboard Ultra and tested >>> the accessibility. Any feedback or information you can share would be >>> great. >>> >>> Thanks >>> >>> Lorraine >>> >>> >>> Lorraine S. Norwich, BSME, MSIS >>> >>> Assistant Director of Disability & Access Services >>> >>> 25 Buick Street 3rd Floor, Boston MA 02215 >>> >>> lnorwich@bu.edu (email) >>> >>> 617-353-3658 (vox) >>> >>> 617-353-9646 (fax) >>> >>> www.bu.edu/disability (website) >>> >>> -------------- next part -------------- >>> An HTML attachment was scrubbed... >>> URL: < >>> http://mailman12.u.washington.edu/pipermail/athen-list/attachments/20200303/d44d1e8a/attachment-0001.html >>> > >>> >>> ------------------------------ >>> >>> Message: 2 >>> Date: Wed, 4 Mar 2020 12:46:02 -0700 >>> From: Howard Kramer >>> To: Access Technology Higher Education Network >>> >>> Subject: [Athen] CSUN & Coronavirus >>> Message-ID: >>> < >>> CAN57xLf7kDGWor3PF5zpMH0PcJ7fboGpioL8A1xyBqasBSgUmg@mail.gmail.com> >>> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" >>> >>> Hello All: >>> >>> I see quite a number of companies - Deque, Microsoft, Verizon, Pearson, >>> Amazon, Adobe, CapitolOne - have pulled out of attending CSUN because of >>> Coronavirus. And the latest cancellation is Teach Access. >>> >>> A WAI working group meeting I was scheduled to attend has also been >>> cancelled. >>> >>> Just gauging other folks thoughts on this as I contemplate whether to >>> change my plans. >>> >>> -- >>> Regards, >>> Howard >>> >>> Howard Kramer >>> Conference Coordinator >>> Accessing Higher Ground >>> 303-492-8672 >>> cell: 720-351-8668 >>> >>> Join us for the *Accessing Higher Ground Conference >>> * in Sheraton Denver Downtown Hotel, >>> Colorado, Nov 16-20, 2020. Request for proposals will open up in early >>> March. Sign up to our mailing list to receive announcements < >>> https://accessinghigherground.org/about/#Join_Our_Mailing_List>. >>> >>> >>> >>> Complete program information and registration is open for our full >>> line-up of Spring 2020 webinars < >>> https://www.ahead.org/events-programming/webinars/2020-spring-webinars>. >>> 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. >>> * >>> -------------- next part -------------- >>> An HTML attachment was scrubbed... >>> URL: < >>> http://mailman12.u.washington.edu/pipermail/athen-list/attachments/20200304/511f3f1c/attachment-0001.html >>> > >>> >>> ------------------------------ >>> >>> Subject: Digest Footer >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> athen-list mailing list >>> athen-list@mailman12.u.washington.edu >>> http://mailman12.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/athen-list >>> >>> >>> ------------------------------ >>> >>> End of athen-list Digest, Vol 170, Issue 3 >>> ****************************************** >>> _______________________________________________ >>> athen-list mailing list >>> athen-list@mailman12.u.washington.edu >>> http://mailman12.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/athen-list >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> >>> *Karen Latimer, ATP* >>> >>> *Assistive Technology Specialist* >>> >>> *Delaware Assistive Technology * >>> >>> *?* >>> >>> *Initiative * >>> >>> *Center for Disabilities Studies* >>> >>> *461 Wyoming Rd. * >>> >>> *Newark, DE 19716* >>> >>> *302-831-7469* >>> >>> *www.udel.edu/cds* >>> _______________________________________________ >>> athen-list mailing list >>> athen-list@mailman12.u.washington.edu >>> http://mailman12.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/athen-list >>> >> >> >> -- >> Regards, >> Howard >> >> Howard Kramer >> Conference Coordinator >> Accessing Higher Ground >> 303-492-8672 >> cell: 720-351-8668 >> >> Join us for the *Accessing Higher Ground Conference >> * in Sheraton Denver Downtown Hotel, >> Colorado, Nov 16-20, 2020. Request for proposals will open up in early >> March. Sign up to our mailing list to receive announcements >> . >> >> >> >> Complete program information and registration is open for our full >> line-up of Spring 2020 webinars >> . 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. >> * >> >> > > -- > Regards, > Howard > > Howard Kramer > Conference Coordinator > Accessing Higher Ground > 303-492-8672 > cell: 720-351-8668 > > Join us for the *Accessing Higher Ground Conference > * in Sheraton Denver Downtown Hotel, > Colorado, Nov 16-20, 2020. Request for proposals will open up in early > March. Sign up to our mailing list to receive announcements > . > > > > Complete program information and registration is open for our full line-up > of Spring 2020 webinars > . 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. > * > > _______________________________________________ > athen-list mailing list > athen-list@mailman12.u.washington.edu > http://mailman12.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/athen-list > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From Susan.Kelmer at colorado.edu Wed Mar 4 14:58:17 2020 From: Susan.Kelmer at colorado.edu (Susan Kelmer) Date: Wed Mar 4 14:58:31 2020 Subject: [Athen] CSUN & Coronavirus In-Reply-To: <0778237F-8C0B-418B-A01D-78667E662BFB@gmail.com> References: <0778237F-8C0B-418B-A01D-78667E662BFB@gmail.com> Message-ID: Howard doesn?t run CSUN. He runs AHG. We?re talking about CSUN here. Susan Kelmer Alternate Format Production Program Manager Disability Services Division of Student Affairs T 303 735 4836 www.colorado.edu/disabilityservices [cid:image001.png@01D598AC.79FC1C60] Due to the nature of electronic communication, the security of this message cannot be guaranteed. If you?ve received this email in error please notify the sender immediately and delete this message. From: athen-list On Behalf Of Eileen Berger Sent: Wednesday, March 4, 2020 3:52 PM To: Access Technology Higher Education Network Subject: Re: [Athen] CSUN & Coronavirus Hi Howard Since you already have online access why not have the major. Conference on line and charge accordingly for this year? So sad but it is a one off situation You do such an incredible job.. it would be a sham to cancel everything if that was the direction people were going in.., All the best Eileen Sent from my iPhone On Mar 4, 2020, at 2:47 PM, Howard Kramer > wrote: ? 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Are sessions being cancelled too? >> >> Carrie Million >> Assistive Tech Specialist >> Diablo Valley College >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: athen-list On >> Behalf Of athen-list-request@mailman12.u.washington.edu >> Sent: Wednesday, March 04, 2020 12:01 PM >> To: athen-list@u.washington.edu >> Subject: athen-list Digest, Vol 170, Issue 3 >> >> ** Email from External Sender ** >> >> Send athen-list mailing list submissions to >> athen-list@u.washington.edu >> >> To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit >> http://mailman12.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/athen-list >> or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to >> athen-list-request@mailman12.u.washington.edu >> >> You can reach the person managing the list at >> athen-list-owner@mailman12.u.washington.edu >> >> When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific than >> "Re: Contents of athen-list digest..." >> >> >> Today's Topics: >> >> 1. Accessability of Blackboard Ultra (Norwich, Lorraine S) >> 2. CSUN & Coronavirus (Howard Kramer) >> >> >> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- >> >> Message: 1 >> Date: Tue, 3 Mar 2020 22:36:36 +0000 >> From: "Norwich, Lorraine S" >> To: "athen-list@mailman12.u.washington.edu" >> , >> "ALTMEDIA@LISTSERV.CCCNEXT.NET" >> Subject: [Athen] Accessability of Blackboard Ultra >> Message-ID: >> < >> DM6PR03MB4508FCC2183B025C7A73F278BDE40@DM6PR03MB4508.namprd03.prod.outlook.com >> > >> >> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" >> >> Dear All, >> >> Have any of you looked at or worked with Blackboard Ultra and tested the >> accessibility. Any feedback or information you can share would be great. >> >> Thanks >> >> Lorraine >> >> >> Lorraine S. Norwich, BSME, MSIS >> >> Assistant Director of Disability & Access Services >> >> 25 Buick Street 3rd Floor, Boston MA 02215 >> >> lnorwich@bu.edu (email) >> >> 617-353-3658 (vox) >> >> 617-353-9646 (fax) >> >> www.bu.edu/disability (website) >> >> -------------- next part -------------- >> An HTML attachment was scrubbed... >> URL: < >> http://mailman12.u.washington.edu/pipermail/athen-list/attachments/20200303/d44d1e8a/attachment-0001.html >> > >> >> ------------------------------ >> >> Message: 2 >> Date: Wed, 4 Mar 2020 12:46:02 -0700 >> From: Howard Kramer >> To: Access Technology Higher Education Network >> >> Subject: [Athen] CSUN & Coronavirus >> Message-ID: >> < >> CAN57xLf7kDGWor3PF5zpMH0PcJ7fboGpioL8A1xyBqasBSgUmg@mail.gmail.com> >> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" >> >> Hello All: >> >> I see quite a number of companies - Deque, Microsoft, Verizon, Pearson, >> Amazon, Adobe, CapitolOne - have pulled out of attending CSUN because of >> Coronavirus. And the latest cancellation is Teach Access. >> >> A WAI working group meeting I was scheduled to attend has also been >> cancelled. >> >> Just gauging other folks thoughts on this as I contemplate whether to >> change my plans. >> >> -- >> Regards, >> Howard >> >> Howard Kramer >> Conference Coordinator >> Accessing Higher Ground >> 303-492-8672 >> cell: 720-351-8668 >> >> Join us for the *Accessing Higher Ground Conference >> * in Sheraton Denver Downtown Hotel, >> Colorado, Nov 16-20, 2020. Request for proposals will open up in early >> March. Sign up to our mailing list to receive announcements < >> https://accessinghigherground.org/about/#Join_Our_Mailing_List>. >> >> >> >> Complete program information and registration is open for our full >> line-up of Spring 2020 webinars < >> https://www.ahead.org/events-programming/webinars/2020-spring-webinars>. >> 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. >> * >> -------------- next part -------------- >> An HTML attachment was scrubbed... >> URL: < >> http://mailman12.u.washington.edu/pipermail/athen-list/attachments/20200304/511f3f1c/attachment-0001.html >> > >> >> ------------------------------ >> >> Subject: Digest Footer >> >> _______________________________________________ >> athen-list mailing list >> athen-list@mailman12.u.washington.edu >> http://mailman12.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/athen-list >> >> >> ------------------------------ >> >> End of athen-list Digest, Vol 170, Issue 3 >> ****************************************** >> _______________________________________________ >> athen-list mailing list >> athen-list@mailman12.u.washington.edu >> http://mailman12.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/athen-list >> > > > -- > *Karen Latimer, ATP* > *Assistive Technology Specialist* > *Delaware Assistive Technology ?Initiative * > *Center for Disabilities Studies* > *461 Wyoming Rd. * > *Newark, DE 19716* > *302-831-7469* > *www.udel.edu/cds* > _______________________________________________ > athen-list mailing list > athen-list@mailman12.u.washington.edu > http://mailman12.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/athen-list > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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If you?ve received this email in error please notify the sender immediately and delete this message. > > > > From: athen-list On Behalf Of Eileen Berger > Sent: Wednesday, March 4, 2020 3:52 PM > To: Access Technology Higher Education Network > Subject: Re: [Athen] CSUN & Coronavirus > > Hi Howard > Since you already have online access why not have the major. Conference on line and charge accordingly for this year? > So sad but it is a one off situation > You do such an incredible job.. it would be a sham to cancel everything if that was the direction people were going in.., > All the best > Eileen > > Sent from my iPhone > > > On Mar 4, 2020, at 2:47 PM, Howard Kramer > wrote: > > ? > Hello All: > > I see quite a number of companies - Deque, Microsoft, Verizon, Pearson, Amazon, Adobe, CapitolOne - have pulled out of attending CSUN because of Coronavirus. And the latest cancellation is Teach Access. > > A WAI working group meeting I was scheduled to attend has also been cancelled. > > Just gauging other folks thoughts on this as I contemplate whether to change my plans. > > -- > Regards, > Howard > > Howard Kramer > Conference Coordinator > Accessing Higher Ground > 303-492-8672 > cell: 720-351-8668 > > Join us for the Accessing Higher Ground?Conference in Sheraton Denver Downtown Hotel, Colorado, Nov 16-20, 2020. Request for proposals will open up in early March. Sign up to our mailing list to receive announcements . > > Complete program information and registration is open for our full line-up of Spring 2020 webinars . Site capacities for all webinar events is limited; please register at your earliest convenience for the largest selection. > > Not yet a member of AHEAD? 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Each of those red X marks are images with no alt tag. Access fail. On Wed, Mar 4, 2020 at 3:04 PM Lucy GRECO wrote: > i have to say reading that list of what has been cansaled fails my > accessibility review there is no quick way to review with a screen > reader they forgot blind people need that information to. i reely did not > need to here all the dam numbers before every event and they could have > made it a more navakable format just another reason i am starting to wonder > if this conference is still viable > Lucia Greco > Web Accessibility Evangelist > IST - Architecture, Platforms, and Integration > University of California, Berkeley > (510) 289-6008 skype: lucia1-greco > http://webaccess.berkeley.edu > Follow me on twitter @accessaces > > > > On Wed, Mar 4, 2020 at 2:20 PM Karen Latimer wrote: > >> actually did find a list of the cancelled sessions on the website--here's >> the link: >> https://www.csun.edu/cod/conference/sessions/index.php/public/addendums >> >> On Wed, Mar 4, 2020 at 3:23 PM Million, Carrie wrote: >> >>> Howard, >>> >>> I am signed up to attend, but was unaware of the cancellation of >>> exhibitors. Are sessions being cancelled too? >>> >>> Carrie Million >>> Assistive Tech Specialist >>> Diablo Valley College >>> >>> -----Original Message----- >>> From: athen-list On >>> Behalf Of athen-list-request@mailman12.u.washington.edu >>> Sent: Wednesday, March 04, 2020 12:01 PM >>> To: athen-list@u.washington.edu >>> Subject: athen-list Digest, Vol 170, Issue 3 >>> >>> ** Email from External Sender ** >>> >>> Send athen-list mailing list submissions to >>> athen-list@u.washington.edu >>> >>> To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit >>> http://mailman12.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/athen-list >>> or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to >>> athen-list-request@mailman12.u.washington.edu >>> >>> You can reach the person managing the list at >>> athen-list-owner@mailman12.u.washington.edu >>> >>> When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific than >>> "Re: Contents of athen-list digest..." >>> >>> >>> Today's Topics: >>> >>> 1. Accessability of Blackboard Ultra (Norwich, Lorraine S) >>> 2. CSUN & Coronavirus (Howard Kramer) >>> >>> >>> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- >>> >>> Message: 1 >>> Date: Tue, 3 Mar 2020 22:36:36 +0000 >>> From: "Norwich, Lorraine S" >>> To: "athen-list@mailman12.u.washington.edu" >>> , >>> "ALTMEDIA@LISTSERV.CCCNEXT.NET" >>> Subject: [Athen] Accessability of Blackboard Ultra >>> Message-ID: >>> < >>> DM6PR03MB4508FCC2183B025C7A73F278BDE40@DM6PR03MB4508.namprd03.prod.outlook.com >>> > >>> >>> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" >>> >>> Dear All, >>> >>> Have any of you looked at or worked with Blackboard Ultra and tested >>> the accessibility. Any feedback or information you can share would be >>> great. >>> >>> Thanks >>> >>> Lorraine >>> >>> >>> Lorraine S. Norwich, BSME, MSIS >>> >>> Assistant Director of Disability & Access Services >>> >>> 25 Buick Street 3rd Floor, Boston MA 02215 >>> >>> lnorwich@bu.edu (email) >>> >>> 617-353-3658 (vox) >>> >>> 617-353-9646 (fax) >>> >>> www.bu.edu/disability (website) >>> >>> -------------- next part -------------- >>> An HTML attachment was scrubbed... >>> URL: < >>> http://mailman12.u.washington.edu/pipermail/athen-list/attachments/20200303/d44d1e8a/attachment-0001.html >>> > >>> >>> ------------------------------ >>> >>> Message: 2 >>> Date: Wed, 4 Mar 2020 12:46:02 -0700 >>> From: Howard Kramer >>> To: Access Technology Higher Education Network >>> >>> Subject: [Athen] CSUN & Coronavirus >>> Message-ID: >>> < >>> CAN57xLf7kDGWor3PF5zpMH0PcJ7fboGpioL8A1xyBqasBSgUmg@mail.gmail.com> >>> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" >>> >>> Hello All: >>> >>> I see quite a number of companies - Deque, Microsoft, Verizon, Pearson, >>> Amazon, Adobe, CapitolOne - have pulled out of attending CSUN because of >>> Coronavirus. And the latest cancellation is Teach Access. >>> >>> A WAI working group meeting I was scheduled to attend has also been >>> cancelled. >>> >>> Just gauging other folks thoughts on this as I contemplate whether to >>> change my plans. >>> >>> -- >>> Regards, >>> Howard >>> >>> Howard Kramer >>> Conference Coordinator >>> Accessing Higher Ground >>> 303-492-8672 >>> cell: 720-351-8668 >>> >>> Join us for the *Accessing Higher Ground Conference >>> * in Sheraton Denver Downtown Hotel, >>> Colorado, Nov 16-20, 2020. Request for proposals will open up in early >>> March. Sign up to our mailing list to receive announcements < >>> https://accessinghigherground.org/about/#Join_Our_Mailing_List>. >>> >>> >>> >>> Complete program information and registration is open for our full >>> line-up of Spring 2020 webinars < >>> https://www.ahead.org/events-programming/webinars/2020-spring-webinars>. >>> 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. >>> * >>> -------------- next part -------------- >>> An HTML attachment was scrubbed... >>> URL: < >>> http://mailman12.u.washington.edu/pipermail/athen-list/attachments/20200304/511f3f1c/attachment-0001.html >>> > >>> >>> ------------------------------ >>> >>> Subject: Digest Footer >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> athen-list mailing list >>> athen-list@mailman12.u.washington.edu >>> http://mailman12.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/athen-list >>> >>> >>> ------------------------------ >>> >>> End of athen-list Digest, Vol 170, Issue 3 >>> ****************************************** >>> _______________________________________________ >>> athen-list mailing list >>> athen-list@mailman12.u.washington.edu >>> http://mailman12.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/athen-list >>> >> >> >> -- >> *Karen Latimer, ATP* >> *Assistive Technology Specialist* >> *Delaware Assistive Technology ?Initiative * >> *Center for Disabilities Studies* >> *461 Wyoming Rd. * >> *Newark, DE 19716* >> *302-831-7469* >> *www.udel.edu/cds* >> _______________________________________________ >> athen-list mailing list >> athen-list@mailman12.u.washington.edu >> http://mailman12.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/athen-list >> > _______________________________________________ > athen-list mailing list > athen-list@mailman12.u.washington.edu > http://mailman12.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/athen-list > -- Doug Hayman w.edu> Senior Computer Specialist DO-IT Program (Disabilities, Opportunities, Internetworking, Technology) UW Technology Services Box 354842 Seattle, WA 98195 (206) 221-4165 http://www.washington.edu/doit -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From tft at uw.edu Wed Mar 4 15:24:31 2020 From: tft at uw.edu (Terrill Thompson) Date: Wed Mar 4 15:25:27 2020 Subject: [Athen] CSUN & Coronavirus In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: I think it's safe to say a majority of sessions have been cancelled at this point. Sadly, Sheryl, Hadi, Tami, and I from the University of Washington have joined those who won't be attending, so between us that's 6 more sessions cancelled. There's talk of organizing a virtual conference for a later date with many of the same presentations, independently of CSUN, and presumably free for all. And Deque for one is offering all of their sessions virtually: https://www.deque.com/blog/deque-to-shift-its-csun-2020-presence-to-virtual/ I think there are other major vendors doing the same thing. Terrill --- Terrill Thompson Manager, IT Accessibility Team UW-IT Accessible Technology Services University of Washington tft@uw.edu On Wed, Mar 4, 2020 at 3:13 PM Doug Hayman wrote: > A rough audio-description would read aloud, "A chart appears on a page. > On the right-hand side of each row on page one is a red X indicating that > the session has been cancelled." > > Each of those red X marks are images with no alt tag. Access fail. > > On Wed, Mar 4, 2020 at 3:04 PM Lucy GRECO wrote: > >> i have to say reading that list of what has been cansaled fails my >> accessibility review there is no quick way to review with a screen >> reader they forgot blind people need that information to. i reely did not >> need to here all the dam numbers before every event and they could have >> made it a more navakable format just another reason i am starting to wonder >> if this conference is still viable >> Lucia Greco >> Web Accessibility Evangelist >> IST - Architecture, Platforms, and Integration >> University of California, Berkeley >> (510) 289-6008 skype: lucia1-greco >> http://webaccess.berkeley.edu >> Follow me on twitter @accessaces >> >> >> >> On Wed, Mar 4, 2020 at 2:20 PM Karen Latimer wrote: >> >>> actually did find a list of the cancelled sessions on the >>> website--here's the link: >>> https://www.csun.edu/cod/conference/sessions/index.php/public/addendums >>> >>> On Wed, Mar 4, 2020 at 3:23 PM Million, Carrie wrote: >>> >>>> Howard, >>>> >>>> I am signed up to attend, but was unaware of the cancellation of >>>> exhibitors. Are sessions being cancelled too? >>>> >>>> Carrie Million >>>> Assistive Tech Specialist >>>> Diablo Valley College >>>> >>>> -----Original Message----- >>>> From: athen-list On >>>> Behalf Of athen-list-request@mailman12.u.washington.edu >>>> Sent: Wednesday, March 04, 2020 12:01 PM >>>> To: athen-list@u.washington.edu >>>> Subject: athen-list Digest, Vol 170, Issue 3 >>>> >>>> ** Email from External Sender ** >>>> >>>> Send athen-list mailing list submissions to >>>> athen-list@u.washington.edu >>>> >>>> To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit >>>> http://mailman12.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/athen-list >>>> or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to >>>> athen-list-request@mailman12.u.washington.edu >>>> >>>> You can reach the person managing the list at >>>> athen-list-owner@mailman12.u.washington.edu >>>> >>>> When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific >>>> than "Re: Contents of athen-list digest..." >>>> >>>> >>>> Today's Topics: >>>> >>>> 1. Accessability of Blackboard Ultra (Norwich, Lorraine S) >>>> 2. CSUN & Coronavirus (Howard Kramer) >>>> >>>> >>>> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- >>>> >>>> Message: 1 >>>> Date: Tue, 3 Mar 2020 22:36:36 +0000 >>>> From: "Norwich, Lorraine S" >>>> To: "athen-list@mailman12.u.washington.edu" >>>> , >>>> "ALTMEDIA@LISTSERV.CCCNEXT.NET" >>>> Subject: [Athen] Accessability of Blackboard Ultra >>>> Message-ID: >>>> < >>>> DM6PR03MB4508FCC2183B025C7A73F278BDE40@DM6PR03MB4508.namprd03.prod.outlook.com >>>> > >>>> >>>> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" >>>> >>>> Dear All, >>>> >>>> Have any of you looked at or worked with Blackboard Ultra and tested >>>> the accessibility. Any feedback or information you can share would be >>>> great. >>>> >>>> Thanks >>>> >>>> Lorraine >>>> >>>> >>>> Lorraine S. Norwich, BSME, MSIS >>>> >>>> Assistant Director of Disability & Access Services >>>> >>>> 25 Buick Street 3rd Floor, Boston MA 02215 >>>> >>>> lnorwich@bu.edu (email) >>>> >>>> 617-353-3658 (vox) >>>> >>>> 617-353-9646 (fax) >>>> >>>> www.bu.edu/disability (website) >>>> >>>> -------------- next part -------------- >>>> An HTML attachment was scrubbed... >>>> URL: < >>>> http://mailman12.u.washington.edu/pipermail/athen-list/attachments/20200303/d44d1e8a/attachment-0001.html >>>> > >>>> >>>> ------------------------------ >>>> >>>> Message: 2 >>>> Date: Wed, 4 Mar 2020 12:46:02 -0700 >>>> From: Howard Kramer >>>> To: Access Technology Higher Education Network >>>> >>>> Subject: [Athen] CSUN & Coronavirus >>>> Message-ID: >>>> < >>>> CAN57xLf7kDGWor3PF5zpMH0PcJ7fboGpioL8A1xyBqasBSgUmg@mail.gmail.com> >>>> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" >>>> >>>> Hello All: >>>> >>>> I see quite a number of companies - Deque, Microsoft, Verizon, Pearson, >>>> Amazon, Adobe, CapitolOne - have pulled out of attending CSUN because of >>>> Coronavirus. And the latest cancellation is Teach Access. >>>> >>>> A WAI working group meeting I was scheduled to attend has also been >>>> cancelled. >>>> >>>> Just gauging other folks thoughts on this as I contemplate whether to >>>> change my plans. >>>> >>>> -- >>>> Regards, >>>> Howard >>>> >>>> Howard Kramer >>>> Conference Coordinator >>>> Accessing Higher Ground >>>> 303-492-8672 >>>> cell: 720-351-8668 >>>> >>>> Join us for the *Accessing Higher Ground Conference >>>> * in Sheraton Denver Downtown >>>> Hotel, Colorado, Nov 16-20, 2020. Request for proposals will open up in >>>> early March. 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And Deque for one is offering all of their sessions virtually: > > https://www.deque.com/blog/deque-to-shift-its-csun-2020-presence-to-virtual/ > > I think there are other major vendors doing the same thing. > > Terrill > > --- > Terrill Thompson > Manager, IT Accessibility Team > UW-IT Accessible Technology Services > University of Washington > tft@uw.edu > > > On Wed, Mar 4, 2020 at 3:13 PM Doug Hayman wrote: > >> A rough audio-description would read aloud, "A chart appears on a page. >> On the right-hand side of each row on page one is a red X indicating that >> the session has been cancelled." >> >> Each of those red X marks are images with no alt tag. Access fail. >> >> On Wed, Mar 4, 2020 at 3:04 PM Lucy GRECO wrote: >> >>> i have to say reading that list of what has been cansaled fails my >>> accessibility review there is no quick way to review with a screen >>> reader they forgot blind people need that information to. i reely did not >>> need to here all the dam numbers before every event and they could have >>> made it a more navakable format just another reason i am starting to wonder >>> if this conference is still viable >>> Lucia Greco >>> Web Accessibility Evangelist >>> IST - Architecture, Platforms, and Integration >>> University of California, Berkeley >>> (510) 289-6008 skype: lucia1-greco >>> http://webaccess.berkeley.edu >>> Follow me on twitter @accessaces >>> >>> >>> >>> On Wed, Mar 4, 2020 at 2:20 PM Karen Latimer wrote: >>> >>>> actually did find a list of the cancelled sessions on the >>>> website--here's the link: >>>> https://www.csun.edu/cod/conference/sessions/index.php/public/addendums >>>> >>>> On Wed, Mar 4, 2020 at 3:23 PM Million, Carrie >>>> wrote: >>>> >>>>> Howard, >>>>> >>>>> I am signed up to attend, but was unaware of the cancellation of >>>>> exhibitors. Are sessions being cancelled too? >>>>> >>>>> Carrie Million >>>>> Assistive Tech Specialist >>>>> Diablo Valley College >>>>> >>>>> -----Original Message----- >>>>> From: athen-list On >>>>> Behalf Of athen-list-request@mailman12.u.washington.edu >>>>> Sent: Wednesday, March 04, 2020 12:01 PM >>>>> To: athen-list@u.washington.edu >>>>> Subject: athen-list Digest, Vol 170, Issue 3 >>>>> >>>>> ** Email from External Sender ** >>>>> >>>>> Send athen-list mailing list submissions to >>>>> athen-list@u.washington.edu >>>>> >>>>> To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit >>>>> http://mailman12.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/athen-list >>>>> or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to >>>>> athen-list-request@mailman12.u.washington.edu >>>>> >>>>> You can reach the person managing the list at >>>>> athen-list-owner@mailman12.u.washington.edu >>>>> >>>>> When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific >>>>> than "Re: Contents of athen-list digest..." >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> Today's Topics: >>>>> >>>>> 1. Accessability of Blackboard Ultra (Norwich, Lorraine S) >>>>> 2. CSUN & Coronavirus (Howard Kramer) >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- >>>>> >>>>> Message: 1 >>>>> Date: Tue, 3 Mar 2020 22:36:36 +0000 >>>>> From: "Norwich, Lorraine S" >>>>> To: "athen-list@mailman12.u.washington.edu" >>>>> , >>>>> "ALTMEDIA@LISTSERV.CCCNEXT.NET" >>>> > >>>>> Subject: [Athen] Accessability of Blackboard Ultra >>>>> Message-ID: >>>>> < >>>>> DM6PR03MB4508FCC2183B025C7A73F278BDE40@DM6PR03MB4508.namprd03.prod.outlook.com >>>>> > >>>>> >>>>> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" >>>>> >>>>> Dear All, >>>>> >>>>> Have any of you looked at or worked with Blackboard Ultra and tested >>>>> the accessibility. Any feedback or information you can share would be >>>>> great. >>>>> >>>>> Thanks >>>>> >>>>> Lorraine >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> Lorraine S. Norwich, BSME, MSIS >>>>> >>>>> Assistant Director of Disability & Access Services >>>>> >>>>> 25 Buick Street 3rd Floor, Boston MA 02215 >>>>> >>>>> lnorwich@bu.edu (email) >>>>> >>>>> 617-353-3658 (vox) >>>>> >>>>> 617-353-9646 (fax) >>>>> >>>>> www.bu.edu/disability (website) >>>>> >>>>> -------------- next part -------------- >>>>> An HTML attachment was scrubbed... >>>>> URL: < >>>>> http://mailman12.u.washington.edu/pipermail/athen-list/attachments/20200303/d44d1e8a/attachment-0001.html >>>>> > >>>>> >>>>> ------------------------------ >>>>> >>>>> Message: 2 >>>>> Date: Wed, 4 Mar 2020 12:46:02 -0700 >>>>> From: Howard Kramer >>>>> To: Access Technology Higher Education Network >>>>> >>>>> Subject: [Athen] CSUN & Coronavirus >>>>> Message-ID: >>>>> < >>>>> CAN57xLf7kDGWor3PF5zpMH0PcJ7fboGpioL8A1xyBqasBSgUmg@mail.gmail.com> >>>>> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" >>>>> >>>>> Hello All: >>>>> >>>>> I see quite a number of companies - Deque, Microsoft, Verizon, >>>>> Pearson, Amazon, Adobe, CapitolOne - have pulled out of attending CSUN >>>>> because of Coronavirus. And the latest cancellation is Teach Access. >>>>> >>>>> A WAI working group meeting I was scheduled to attend has also been >>>>> cancelled. >>>>> >>>>> Just gauging other folks thoughts on this as I contemplate whether to >>>>> change my plans. >>>>> >>>>> -- >>>>> Regards, >>>>> Howard >>>>> >>>>> Howard Kramer >>>>> Conference Coordinator >>>>> Accessing Higher Ground >>>>> 303-492-8672 >>>>> cell: 720-351-8668 >>>>> >>>>> Join us for the *Accessing Higher Ground Conference >>>>> * in Sheraton Denver Downtown >>>>> Hotel, Colorado, Nov 16-20, 2020. Request for proposals will open up in >>>>> early March. 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Request for proposals will open up in early March. Sign up to our mailing list to receive announcements . Complete program information and registration is open for our full line-up of Spring 2020 webinars . 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. * -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From jillian.pfau at montgomerycollege.edu Wed Mar 4 17:32:56 2020 From: jillian.pfau at montgomerycollege.edu (Pfau, Jillian) Date: Wed Mar 4 17:33:51 2020 Subject: [Athen] CSUN & Coronavirus In-Reply-To: References: , Message-ID: Hello all! I must admit I?m really disappointed CSUN hasn?t been proactive about keeping attendees in the loop and buried the cancellation list under ?addendum?... Has anyone heard a status update for the pre-conference sessions? Stay healthy my west-coast colleagues! Best, Jillian Sent from my iPhone On Mar 4, 2020, at 6:27 PM, Terrill Thompson wrote: ? I think it's safe to say a majority of sessions have been cancelled at this point. Sadly, Sheryl, Hadi, Tami, and I from the University of Washington have joined those who won't be attending, so between us that's 6 more sessions cancelled. There's talk of organizing a virtual conference for a later date with many of the same presentations, independently of CSUN, and presumably free for all. And Deque for one is offering all of their sessions virtually: https://www.deque.com/blog/deque-to-shift-its-csun-2020-presence-to-virtual/ I think there are other major vendors doing the same thing. Terrill --- Terrill Thompson Manager, IT Accessibility Team UW-IT Accessible Technology Services University of Washington tft@uw.edu On Wed, Mar 4, 2020 at 3:13 PM Doug Hayman > wrote: A rough audio-description would read aloud, "A chart appears on a page. On the right-hand side of each row on page one is a red X indicating that the session has been cancelled." Each of those red X marks are images with no alt tag. Access fail. On Wed, Mar 4, 2020 at 3:04 PM Lucy GRECO > wrote: i have to say reading that list of what has been cansaled fails my accessibility review there is no quick way to review with a screen reader they forgot blind people need that information to. i reely did not need to here all the dam numbers before every event and they could have made it a more navakable format just another reason i am starting to wonder if this conference is still viable Lucia Greco Web Accessibility Evangelist IST - Architecture, Platforms, and Integration University of California, Berkeley (510) 289-6008 skype: lucia1-greco http://webaccess.berkeley.edu Follow me on twitter @accessaces On Wed, Mar 4, 2020 at 2:20 PM Karen Latimer > wrote: actually did find a list of the cancelled sessions on the website--here's the link: https://www.csun.edu/cod/conference/sessions/index.php/public/addendums On Wed, Mar 4, 2020 at 3:23 PM Million, Carrie > wrote: Howard, I am signed up to attend, but was unaware of the cancellation of exhibitors. Are sessions being cancelled too? Carrie Million Assistive Tech Specialist Diablo Valley College -----Original Message----- From: athen-list > On Behalf Of athen-list-request@mailman12.u.washington.edu Sent: Wednesday, March 04, 2020 12:01 PM To: athen-list@u.washington.edu Subject: athen-list Digest, Vol 170, Issue 3 ** Email from External Sender ** Send athen-list mailing list submissions to athen-list@u.washington.edu To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit http://mailman12.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/athen-list or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to athen-list-request@mailman12.u.washington.edu You can reach the person managing the list at athen-list-owner@mailman12.u.washington.edu When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific than "Re: Contents of athen-list digest..." Today's Topics: 1. Accessability of Blackboard Ultra (Norwich, Lorraine S) 2. CSUN & Coronavirus (Howard Kramer) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message: 1 Date: Tue, 3 Mar 2020 22:36:36 +0000 From: "Norwich, Lorraine S" > To: "athen-list@mailman12.u.washington.edu" >, "ALTMEDIA@LISTSERV.CCCNEXT.NET" > Subject: [Athen] Accessability of Blackboard Ultra Message-ID: > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Dear All, Have any of you looked at or worked with Blackboard Ultra and tested the accessibility. Any feedback or information you can share would be great. Thanks Lorraine Lorraine S. Norwich, BSME, MSIS Assistant Director of Disability & Access Services 25 Buick Street 3rd Floor, Boston MA 02215 lnorwich@bu.edu> (email) 617-353-3658 (vox) 617-353-9646 (fax) www.bu.edu/disability (website) -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Some people/companies are looking into making their cancelled presentations available online ? good news for anybody who wasn?t going to be able to make anyway, I guess! * Deque https://www.deque.com/blog/deque-to-shift-its-csun-2020-presence-to-virtual/ * NV Access (NVDA) https://www.nvaccess.org/post/statement-on-csun-conference/ * Teach Access https://twitter.com/teachaccess/status/1235279993778982912 * Google https://twitter.com/googleaccess/status/1234976716872773632 * Adobe https://twitter.com/mattmay/status/1234926996565590016 (May include non-Adobe talks, too) CSUN has re-opened registration, by the way: https://twitter.com/CSUNCOD/status/1235339245906092032 sb Sarah E. Bourne Director of IT Accessibility Executive Office of Technology Services and Security (EOTSS) 1 Ashburton Place, 8th Floor, Boston, MA 02108 Office: (617) 626-4502 sarah.bourne@mass.gov | www.mass.gov/eotss -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Are sessions being cancelled too?? > >Carrie Million >Assistive Tech Specialist >Diablo Valley College > >-----Original Message----- >From: athen-list ><athen-list-bounces@mailman12.u.washington.edu> >On Behalf Of >athen-list-request@mailman12.u.washington.edu >Sent: Wednesday, March 04, 2020 12:01 PM >To: athen-list@u.washington.edu >Subject: athen-list Digest, Vol 170, Issue 3 > >** Email from External Sender ** > >Send athen-list mailing list submissions to >? ? ? ? athen-list@u.washington.edu > >To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit >? ? ? ? >http://mailman12.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/athen-list >or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to >? ? ? ? >athen-list-request@mailman12.u.washington.edu > >You can reach the person managing the list at >? ? ? ? >athen-list-owner@mailman12.u.washington.edu > >When replying, please edit your Subject line so >it is more specific than "Re: Contents of athen-list digest..." > > >Today's Topics: > >? ? 1. Accessability of Blackboard Ultra (Norwich, Lorraine S) >? ? 2. CSUN & Coronavirus (Howard Kramer) > > >---------------------------------------------------------------------- > >Message: 1 >Date: Tue, 3 Mar 2020 22:36:36 +0000 >From: "Norwich, Lorraine S" <lnorwich@bu.edu> >To: >"athen-list@mailman12.u.washington.edu" >? ? ? ? ><athen-list@mailman12.u.washington.edu>, >? ? ? ? >"ALTMEDIA@LISTSERV.CCCNEXT.NET" ><ALTMEDIA@LISTSERV.CCCNEXT.NET> >Subject: [Athen] Accessability of Blackboard Ultra >Message-ID: >? ? ? ? ><DM6PR03MB4508FCC2183B025C7A73F278BDE40@DM6PR03MB4508.namprd03.prod.outlook.com> > >Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" > >Dear All, > >Have any of you looked at or worked with >Blackboard Ultra and tested >the? accessibility.? Any feedback or >information you can share would be great. > >Thanks > >Lorraine > > >Lorraine S. Norwich, BSME, MSIS > >Assistant Director of Disability & Access Services > >25 Buick Street 3rd Floor, Boston MA 02215 > >lnorwich@bu.edu (email) > >617-353-3658 (vox) > >617-353-9646 (fax) > >www.bu.edu/disability >(website) > >-------------- next part -------------- >An HTML attachment was scrubbed... >URL: ><http://mailman12.u.washington.edu/pipermail/athen-list/attachments/20200303/d44d1e8a/attachment-0001.html> > >------------------------------ > >Message: 2 >Date: Wed, 4 Mar 2020 12:46:02 -0700 >From: Howard Kramer <hkramer@ahead.org> >To: Access Technology Higher Education Network >? ? ? ? <athen-list@u.washington.edu> >Subject: [Athen] CSUN & Coronavirus >Message-ID: >? ? ? ? ><CAN57xLf7kDGWor3PF5zpMH0PcJ7fboGpioL8A1xyBqasBSgUmg@mail.gmail.com> >Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" > >Hello All: > >I see quite a number of companies - Deque, >Microsoft, Verizon, Pearson, Amazon, Adobe, >CapitolOne - have pulled out of attending CSUN >because of Coronavirus. And the latest cancellation is Teach Access. > >A WAI working group meeting I was scheduled to attend has also been cancelled. > >Just gauging other folks thoughts on this as I >contemplate whether to change my plans. > >-- >Regards, >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 Sheraton Denver Downtown Hotel, >Colorado,? Nov 16-20, 2020.? Request for >proposals will open up in early March. Sign up >to our mailing list to receive announcements ><https://accessinghigherground.org/about/#Join_Our_Mailing_List>. > > > >Complete program information and registration is >open for our full line-up of Spring 2020 >webinars ><https://www.ahead.org/events-programming/webinars/2020-spring-webinars>. >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>* >-------------- next part -------------- >An HTML attachment was scrubbed... >URL: ><http://mailman12.u.washington.edu/pipermail/athen-list/attachments/20200304/511f3f1c/attachment-0001.html> > >------------------------------ > >Subject: Digest Footer > >_______________________________________________ >athen-list mailing list >athen-list@mailman12.u.washington.edu >http://mailman12.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/athen-list > > >------------------------------ > >End of athen-list Digest, Vol 170, Issue 3 >****************************************** >_______________________________________________ >athen-list mailing list >athen-list@mailman12.u.washington.edu >http://mailman12.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/athen-list > > > >-- >Karen Latimer, ATP >Assistive? Technology? Specialist >Delaware Assistive Technology? >??? >Initiative? ? >Center for Disabilities Studies >461 Wyoming Rd.? >Newark, DE 19716 >302-831-7469 >www.udel.edu/cds -- This email has been checked for viruses by AVG. https://www.avg.com -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From lgreco at berkeley.edu Thu Mar 5 09:11:58 2020 From: lgreco at berkeley.edu (Lucy GRECO) Date: Thu Mar 5 09:12:49 2020 Subject: [Athen] CSUN & Coronavirus In-Reply-To: <202003051533.025FXHPN031295@mxout25.s.uw.edu> References: <202003051533.025FXHPN031295@mxout25.s.uw.edu> Message-ID: HELLO: I DECIDED LAST NIGHT TO CANSLE AS WELL. MY CO PRESENTORS AT LAST CHECK ARE STILL GOING BUT WE ARE NO MATTOR WHAT WE DO GOING TO OFFER THE CONTENT IN A VERTUAL WAY LATER THIS YEAR. I AM SAD TO HERE THAT CSUN WILL NOT CANSAL THEM SELVES AND FEEL FOR ANY ONE THAT IS LOSING MONEY ON THIS CHOICE LUCY Lucia Greco Web Accessibility Evangelist IST - Architecture, Platforms, and Integration University of California, Berkeley (510) 289-6008 skype: lucia1-greco http://webaccess.berkeley.edu Follow me on twitter @accessaces On Thu, Mar 5, 2020 at 7:33 AM David Andrews wrote: > If you go to the csun conference main page, there is stuff there. It > hasn't been updated since Wednesday. I am told that cancelations are on > the schedule addendum, but haven't looked it up yet. I read elsewhere that > 120 sessions have already been canceled, but don't know if this is true. > > Dave > > At 04:14 PM 3/4/2020, you wrote: > > Me too. How do we find out about additional cancellations if they aren't > informing paid attendees?? > K > > On Wed, Mar 4, 2020 at 3:23 PM Million, Carrie wrote: > Howard, > > I am signed up to attend, but was unaware of the cancellation of > exhibitors.? Are sessions being cancelled too?? > > Carrie Million > Assistive Tech Specialist > Diablo Valley College > > -----Original Message----- > From: athen-list < athen-list-bounces@mailman12.u.washington.edu> On > Behalf Of athen-list-request@mailman12.u.washington.edu > Sent: Wednesday, March 04, 2020 12:01 PM > To: athen-list@u.washington.edu > Subject: athen-list Digest, Vol 170, Issue 3 > > ** Email from External Sender ** > > Send athen-list mailing list submissions to > ? ? ? ? athen-list@u.washington.edu > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > ? ? ? ? http://mailman12.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/athen-list > or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > ? ? ? ? athen-list-request@mailman12.u.washington.edu > > You can reach the person managing the list at > ? ? ? ? athen-list-owner@mailman12.u.washington.edu > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific than > "Re: Contents of athen-list digest..." > > > Today's Topics: > > ? ? 1. Accessability of Blackboard Ultra (Norwich, Lorraine S) > ? ? 2. CSUN & Coronavirus (Howard Kramer) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Tue, 3 Mar 2020 22:36:36 +0000 > From: "Norwich, Lorraine S" > To: " athen-list@mailman12.u.washington.edu" > ? ? ? ? < athen-list@mailman12.u.washington.edu>, > ? ? ? ? " ALTMEDIA@LISTSERV.CCCNEXT.NET" < > ALTMEDIA@LISTSERV.CCCNEXT.NET> > Subject: [Athen] Accessability of Blackboard Ultra > Message-ID: > ? ? ? ? < > DM6PR03MB4508FCC2183B025C7A73F278BDE40@DM6PR03MB4508.namprd03.prod.outlook.com > > > > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" > > Dear All, > > Have any of you looked at or worked with Blackboard Ultra and tested the? > accessibility.? Any feedback or information you can share would be great. > > Thanks > > Lorraine > > > Lorraine S. Norwich, BSME, MSIS > > Assistant Director of Disability & Access Services > > 25 Buick Street 3rd Floor, Boston MA 02215 > > lnorwich@bu.edu < mailto:lnorwich@bu.edu > (email) > > 617-353-3658 (vox) > > 617-353-9646 (fax) > > www.bu.edu/disability < http://www.bu.edu/disability> (website) > > -------------- next part -------------- > An HTML attachment was scrubbed... > URL: < > http://mailman12.u.washington.edu/pipermail/athen-list/attachments/20200303/d44d1e8a/attachment-0001.html > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 2 > Date: Wed, 4 Mar 2020 12:46:02 -0700 > From: Howard Kramer > To: Access Technology Higher Education Network > ? ? ? ? < athen-list@u.washington.edu> > Subject: [Athen] CSUN & Coronavirus > Message-ID: > ? ? ? ? < > CAN57xLf7kDGWor3PF5zpMH0PcJ7fboGpioL8A1xyBqasBSgUmg@mail.gmail.com > > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" > > Hello All: > > I see quite a number of companies - Deque, Microsoft, Verizon, Pearson, > Amazon, Adobe, CapitolOne - have pulled out of attending CSUN because of > Coronavirus. And the latest cancellation is Teach Access. > > A WAI working group meeting I was scheduled to attend has also been > cancelled. > > Just gauging other folks thoughts on this as I contemplate whether to > change my plans. > > -- > Regards, > 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 Sheraton Denver Downtown Hotel, > Colorado,? Nov 16-20, 2020.? Request for proposals will open up in early > March. Sign up to our mailing list to receive announcements < > https://accessinghigherground.org/about/#Join_Our_Mailing_List >. > > > > Complete program information and registration is open for our full line-up > of Spring 2020 webinars < > https://www.ahead.org/events-programming/webinars/2020-spring-webinars >. > 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>* > -------------- next part -------------- > An HTML attachment was scrubbed... > URL: < > http://mailman12.u.washington.edu/pipermail/athen-list/attachments/20200304/511f3f1c/attachment-0001.html > > > > ------------------------------ > > Subject: Digest Footer > > _______________________________________________ > athen-list mailing list > athen-list@mailman12.u.washington.edu > http://mailman12.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/athen-list > > > ------------------------------ > > End of athen-list Digest, Vol 170, Issue 3 > ****************************************** > _______________________________________________ > athen-list mailing list > athen-list@mailman12.u.washington.edu > http://mailman12.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/athen-list > > > > -- > Karen Latimer, ATP > Assistive? Technology? Specialist > Delaware Assistive Technology? > ??? > Initiative? ? > Center for Disabilities Studies > 461 Wyoming Rd.? > Newark, DE 19716 > 302-831-7469 > www.udel.edu/cds > > > > Virus-free. > www.avg.com > > <#m_-657042319045366715_DAB4FAD8-2DD7-40BB-A1B8-4E2AA1F9FDF2> > _______________________________________________ > athen-list mailing list > athen-list@mailman12.u.washington.edu > http://mailman12.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/athen-list > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From hkramer at ahead.org Thu Mar 5 10:52:10 2020 From: hkramer at ahead.org (Howard Kramer) Date: Thu Mar 5 10:53:20 2020 Subject: [Athen] CSUN & Coronavirus In-Reply-To: References: <202003051533.025FXHPN031295@mxout25.s.uw.edu> Message-ID: Reluctantly, I have cancelled my trip also. Tough decision. Does anyone know what their response has been regarding refunds or credits? -Howard On Thu, Mar 5, 2020 at 10:13 AM Lucy GRECO wrote: > HELLO: I DECIDED LAST NIGHT TO CANSLE AS WELL. MY CO PRESENTORS AT LAST > CHECK ARE STILL GOING BUT WE ARE NO MATTOR WHAT WE DO GOING TO OFFER THE > CONTENT IN A VERTUAL WAY LATER THIS YEAR. I AM SAD TO HERE THAT CSUN WILL > NOT CANSAL THEM SELVES AND FEEL FOR ANY ONE THAT IS LOSING MONEY ON THIS > CHOICE LUCY > Lucia Greco > Web Accessibility Evangelist > IST - Architecture, Platforms, and Integration > University of California, Berkeley > (510) 289-6008 skype: lucia1-greco > http://webaccess.berkeley.edu > Follow me on twitter @accessaces > > > > On Thu, Mar 5, 2020 at 7:33 AM David Andrews > wrote: > >> If you go to the csun conference main page, there is stuff there. It >> hasn't been updated since Wednesday. I am told that cancelations are on >> the schedule addendum, but haven't looked it up yet. I read elsewhere that >> 120 sessions have already been canceled, but don't know if this is true. >> >> Dave >> >> At 04:14 PM 3/4/2020, you wrote: >> >> Me too. How do we find out about additional cancellations if they aren't >> informing paid attendees?? >> K >> >> On Wed, Mar 4, 2020 at 3:23 PM Million, Carrie wrote: >> Howard, >> >> I am signed up to attend, but was unaware of the cancellation of >> exhibitors.? Are sessions being cancelled too?? >> >> Carrie Million >> Assistive Tech Specialist >> Diablo Valley College >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: athen-list < athen-list-bounces@mailman12.u.washington.edu> On >> Behalf Of athen-list-request@mailman12.u.washington.edu >> Sent: Wednesday, March 04, 2020 12:01 PM >> To: athen-list@u.washington.edu >> Subject: athen-list Digest, Vol 170, Issue 3 >> >> ** Email from External Sender ** >> >> Send athen-list mailing list submissions to >> ? ? ? ? athen-list@u.washington.edu >> >> To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit >> ? ? ? ? http://mailman12.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/athen-list >> or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to >> ? ? ? ? athen-list-request@mailman12.u.washington.edu >> >> You can reach the person managing the list at >> ? ? ? ? athen-list-owner@mailman12.u.washington.edu >> >> When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific than >> "Re: Contents of athen-list digest..." >> >> >> Today's Topics: >> >> ? ? 1. Accessability of Blackboard Ultra (Norwich, Lorraine S) >> ? ? 2. CSUN & Coronavirus (Howard Kramer) >> >> >> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- >> >> Message: 1 >> Date: Tue, 3 Mar 2020 22:36:36 +0000 >> From: "Norwich, Lorraine S" >> To: " athen-list@mailman12.u.washington.edu" >> ? ? ? ? < athen-list@mailman12.u.washington.edu>, >> ? ? ? ? " ALTMEDIA@LISTSERV.CCCNEXT.NET" < >> ALTMEDIA@LISTSERV.CCCNEXT.NET> >> Subject: [Athen] Accessability of Blackboard Ultra >> Message-ID: >> ? ? ? ? < >> DM6PR03MB4508FCC2183B025C7A73F278BDE40@DM6PR03MB4508.namprd03.prod.outlook.com >> > >> >> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" >> >> Dear All, >> >> Have any of you looked at or worked with Blackboard Ultra and tested >> the? accessibility.? Any feedback or information you can share would be >> great. >> >> Thanks >> >> Lorraine >> >> >> Lorraine S. Norwich, BSME, MSIS >> >> Assistant Director of Disability & Access Services >> >> 25 Buick Street 3rd Floor, Boston MA 02215 >> >> lnorwich@bu.edu < mailto:lnorwich@bu.edu > (email) >> >> 617-353-3658 (vox) >> >> 617-353-9646 (fax) >> >> www.bu.edu/disability < http://www.bu.edu/disability> (website) >> >> -------------- next part -------------- >> An HTML attachment was scrubbed... >> URL: < >> http://mailman12.u.washington.edu/pipermail/athen-list/attachments/20200303/d44d1e8a/attachment-0001.html >> > >> >> ------------------------------ >> >> Message: 2 >> Date: Wed, 4 Mar 2020 12:46:02 -0700 >> From: Howard Kramer >> To: Access Technology Higher Education Network >> ? ? ? ? < athen-list@u.washington.edu> >> Subject: [Athen] CSUN & Coronavirus >> Message-ID: >> ? ? ? ? < >> CAN57xLf7kDGWor3PF5zpMH0PcJ7fboGpioL8A1xyBqasBSgUmg@mail.gmail.com > >> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" >> >> Hello All: >> >> I see quite a number of companies - Deque, Microsoft, Verizon, Pearson, >> Amazon, Adobe, CapitolOne - have pulled out of attending CSUN because of >> Coronavirus. And the latest cancellation is Teach Access. >> >> A WAI working group meeting I was scheduled to attend has also been >> cancelled. >> >> Just gauging other folks thoughts on this as I contemplate whether to >> change my plans. >> >> -- >> Regards, >> 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 Sheraton Denver Downtown Hotel, >> Colorado,? Nov 16-20, 2020.? Request for proposals will open up in early >> March. Sign up to our mailing list to receive announcements < >> https://accessinghigherground.org/about/#Join_Our_Mailing_List >. >> >> >> >> Complete program information and registration is open for our full >> line-up of Spring 2020 webinars < >> https://www.ahead.org/events-programming/webinars/2020-spring-webinars >> >. 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>* >> -------------- next part -------------- >> An HTML attachment was scrubbed... >> URL: < >> http://mailman12.u.washington.edu/pipermail/athen-list/attachments/20200304/511f3f1c/attachment-0001.html >> > >> >> ------------------------------ >> >> Subject: Digest Footer >> >> _______________________________________________ >> athen-list mailing list >> athen-list@mailman12.u.washington.edu >> http://mailman12.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/athen-list >> >> >> ------------------------------ >> >> End of athen-list Digest, Vol 170, Issue 3 >> ****************************************** >> _______________________________________________ >> athen-list mailing list >> athen-list@mailman12.u.washington.edu >> http://mailman12.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/athen-list >> >> >> >> -- >> Karen Latimer, ATP >> Assistive? Technology? Specialist >> Delaware Assistive Technology? >> ??? >> Initiative? ? >> Center for Disabilities Studies >> 461 Wyoming Rd.? >> Newark, DE 19716 >> 302-831-7469 >> www.udel.edu/cds >> >> >> >> Virus-free. >> www.avg.com >> >> <#m_-2050846632347042225_m_-657042319045366715_DAB4FAD8-2DD7-40BB-A1B8-4E2AA1F9FDF2> >> _______________________________________________ >> athen-list mailing list >> athen-list@mailman12.u.washington.edu >> http://mailman12.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/athen-list >> > _______________________________________________ > athen-list mailing list > athen-list@mailman12.u.washington.edu > http://mailman12.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/athen-list > -- Regards, Howard Howard Kramer Conference Coordinator Accessing Higher Ground 303-492-8672 cell: 720-351-8668 Join us for the *Accessing Higher Ground Conference * in Sheraton Denver Downtown Hotel, Colorado, Nov 16-20, 2020. Request for proposals will open up in early March. Sign up to our mailing list to receive announcements . Complete program information and registration is open for our full line-up of Spring 2020 webinars . 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. * -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From michele.bromley at pdx.edu Thu Mar 5 10:56:50 2020 From: michele.bromley at pdx.edu (Michele Bromley) Date: Thu Mar 5 10:58:15 2020 Subject: [Athen] CSUN & Coronavirus In-Reply-To: References: <202003051533.025FXHPN031295@mxout25.s.uw.edu> Message-ID: Howard, So far, it's been silence. I emailed them directly, and I'm still waiting to hear back. Best, Michele *Michele Joy Bromley* IT Accessibility Coordinator Office of Information Technology [image: Portland State University logo] Office: SMSU 18S Phone: 503-725-8395 Email: michele.bromley@pdx.edu Website: go.pdx.edu/digital-accessibility *?The power of the Web is in its universality. Access by everyone regardless of disability is an essential aspect.? ~ Tim Berners-Lee* On Thu, Mar 5, 2020 at 10:55 AM Howard Kramer wrote: > Reluctantly, I have cancelled my trip also. Tough decision. Does anyone > know what their response has been regarding refunds or credits? > > -Howard > > On Thu, Mar 5, 2020 at 10:13 AM Lucy GRECO wrote: > >> HELLO: I DECIDED LAST NIGHT TO CANSLE AS WELL. MY CO PRESENTORS AT >> LAST CHECK ARE STILL GOING BUT WE ARE NO MATTOR WHAT WE DO GOING TO OFFER >> THE CONTENT IN A VERTUAL WAY LATER THIS YEAR. I AM SAD TO HERE THAT CSUN >> WILL NOT CANSAL THEM SELVES AND FEEL FOR ANY ONE THAT IS LOSING MONEY ON >> THIS CHOICE LUCY >> Lucia Greco >> Web Accessibility Evangelist >> IST - Architecture, Platforms, and Integration >> University of California, Berkeley >> (510) 289-6008 skype: lucia1-greco >> http://webaccess.berkeley.edu >> Follow me on twitter @accessaces >> >> >> >> On Thu, Mar 5, 2020 at 7:33 AM David Andrews >> wrote: >> >>> If you go to the csun conference main page, there is stuff there. It >>> hasn't been updated since Wednesday. I am told that cancelations are on >>> the schedule addendum, but haven't looked it up yet. I read elsewhere that >>> 120 sessions have already been canceled, but don't know if this is true. >>> >>> Dave >>> >>> At 04:14 PM 3/4/2020, you wrote: >>> >>> Me too. How do we find out about additional cancellations if they aren't >>> informing paid attendees?? >>> K >>> >>> On Wed, Mar 4, 2020 at 3:23 PM Million, Carrie wrote: >>> Howard, >>> >>> I am signed up to attend, but was unaware of the cancellation of >>> exhibitors.? Are sessions being cancelled too?? >>> >>> Carrie Million >>> Assistive Tech Specialist >>> Diablo Valley College >>> >>> -----Original Message----- >>> From: athen-list < athen-list-bounces@mailman12.u.washington.edu> On >>> Behalf Of athen-list-request@mailman12.u.washington.edu >>> Sent: Wednesday, March 04, 2020 12:01 PM >>> To: athen-list@u.washington.edu >>> Subject: athen-list Digest, Vol 170, Issue 3 >>> >>> ** Email from External Sender ** >>> >>> Send athen-list mailing list submissions to >>> ? ? ? ? athen-list@u.washington.edu >>> >>> To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit >>> ? ? ? ? >>> http://mailman12.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/athen-list >>> or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to >>> ? ? ? ? athen-list-request@mailman12.u.washington.edu >>> >>> You can reach the person managing the list at >>> ? ? ? ? athen-list-owner@mailman12.u.washington.edu >>> >>> When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific than >>> "Re: Contents of athen-list digest..." >>> >>> >>> Today's Topics: >>> >>> ? ? 1. Accessability of Blackboard Ultra (Norwich, Lorraine S) >>> ? ? 2. CSUN & Coronavirus (Howard Kramer) >>> >>> >>> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- >>> >>> Message: 1 >>> Date: Tue, 3 Mar 2020 22:36:36 +0000 >>> From: "Norwich, Lorraine S" >>> To: " athen-list@mailman12.u.washington.edu" >>> ? ? ? ? < athen-list@mailman12.u.washington.edu>, >>> ? ? ? ? " ALTMEDIA@LISTSERV.CCCNEXT.NET" < >>> ALTMEDIA@LISTSERV.CCCNEXT.NET> >>> Subject: [Athen] Accessability of Blackboard Ultra >>> Message-ID: >>> ? ? ? ? < >>> DM6PR03MB4508FCC2183B025C7A73F278BDE40@DM6PR03MB4508.namprd03.prod.outlook.com >>> > >>> >>> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" >>> >>> Dear All, >>> >>> Have any of you looked at or worked with Blackboard Ultra and tested >>> the? accessibility.? Any feedback or information you can share would be >>> great. >>> >>> Thanks >>> >>> Lorraine >>> >>> >>> Lorraine S. Norwich, BSME, MSIS >>> >>> Assistant Director of Disability & Access Services >>> >>> 25 Buick Street 3rd Floor, Boston MA 02215 >>> >>> lnorwich@bu.edu < mailto:lnorwich@bu.edu > (email) >>> >>> 617-353-3658 (vox) >>> >>> 617-353-9646 (fax) >>> >>> www.bu.edu/disability < http://www.bu.edu/disability> (website) >>> >>> -------------- next part -------------- >>> An HTML attachment was scrubbed... >>> URL: < >>> http://mailman12.u.washington.edu/pipermail/athen-list/attachments/20200303/d44d1e8a/attachment-0001.html >>> > >>> >>> ------------------------------ >>> >>> Message: 2 >>> Date: Wed, 4 Mar 2020 12:46:02 -0700 >>> From: Howard Kramer >>> To: Access Technology Higher Education Network >>> ? ? ? ? < athen-list@u.washington.edu> >>> Subject: [Athen] CSUN & Coronavirus >>> Message-ID: >>> ? ? ? ? < >>> CAN57xLf7kDGWor3PF5zpMH0PcJ7fboGpioL8A1xyBqasBSgUmg@mail.gmail.com > >>> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" >>> >>> Hello All: >>> >>> I see quite a number of companies - Deque, Microsoft, Verizon, Pearson, >>> Amazon, Adobe, CapitolOne - have pulled out of attending CSUN because of >>> Coronavirus. And the latest cancellation is Teach Access. >>> >>> A WAI working group meeting I was scheduled to attend has also been >>> cancelled. >>> >>> Just gauging other folks thoughts on this as I contemplate whether to >>> change my plans. >>> >>> -- >>> Regards, >>> 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 Sheraton Denver Downtown >>> Hotel, Colorado,? Nov 16-20, 2020.? Request for proposals will open up in >>> early March. Sign up to our mailing list to receive announcements < >>> https://accessinghigherground.org/about/#Join_Our_Mailing_List >. >>> >>> >>> >>> Complete program information and registration is open for our full >>> line-up of Spring 2020 webinars < >>> https://www.ahead.org/events-programming/webinars/2020-spring-webinars >>> >. 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>* >>> -------------- next part -------------- >>> An HTML attachment was scrubbed... >>> URL: < >>> http://mailman12.u.washington.edu/pipermail/athen-list/attachments/20200304/511f3f1c/attachment-0001.html >>> > >>> >>> ------------------------------ >>> >>> Subject: Digest Footer >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> athen-list mailing list >>> athen-list@mailman12.u.washington.edu >>> http://mailman12.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/athen-list >>> >>> >>> ------------------------------ >>> >>> End of athen-list Digest, Vol 170, Issue 3 >>> ****************************************** >>> _______________________________________________ >>> athen-list mailing list >>> athen-list@mailman12.u.washington.edu >>> http://mailman12.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/athen-list >>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> Karen Latimer, ATP >>> Assistive? Technology? Specialist >>> Delaware Assistive Technology? >>> ??? >>> Initiative? ? >>> Center for Disabilities Studies >>> 461 Wyoming Rd.? >>> Newark, DE 19716 >>> 302-831-7469 >>> www.udel.edu/cds >>> >>> >>> >>> Virus-free. >>> www.avg.com >>> >>> <#m_-2403336929434079541_m_-2050846632347042225_m_-657042319045366715_DAB4FAD8-2DD7-40BB-A1B8-4E2AA1F9FDF2> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> athen-list mailing list >>> athen-list@mailman12.u.washington.edu >>> http://mailman12.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/athen-list >>> >> _______________________________________________ >> athen-list mailing list >> athen-list@mailman12.u.washington.edu >> http://mailman12.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/athen-list >> > > > -- > Regards, > Howard > > Howard Kramer > Conference Coordinator > Accessing Higher Ground > 303-492-8672 > cell: 720-351-8668 > > Join us for the *Accessing Higher Ground Conference > * in Sheraton Denver Downtown Hotel, > Colorado, Nov 16-20, 2020. Request for proposals will open up in early > March. Sign up to our mailing list to receive announcements > . > > > > Complete program information and registration is open for our full line-up > of Spring 2020 webinars > . 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. > * > > _______________________________________________ > athen-list mailing list > athen-list@mailman12.u.washington.edu > http://mailman12.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/athen-list > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Bourne Director of IT Accessibility 1 Ashburton Place, 8th Floor, Boston, MA 02108 Office: (617) 626-4502 sarah.bourne@mass.gov | www.mass.gov/eotss Executive Office of Technology Services and Security (EOTSS) EOTSS provides secure and quality digital information, services, and tools to constituents and service providers when and where they need them. ________________________________ From: athen-list on behalf of Michele Bromley Sent: Thursday, March 5, 2020 1:56 PM To: Access Technology Higher Education Network Subject: Re: [Athen] CSUN & Coronavirus Howard, So far, it's been silence. I emailed them directly, and I'm still waiting to hear back. Best, Michele Michele Joy Bromley IT Accessibility Coordinator Office of Information Technology [Portland State University logo] Office: SMSU 18S Phone: 503-725-8395 Email: michele.bromley@pdx.edu Website: go.pdx.edu/digital-accessibility ?The power of the Web is in its universality. Access by everyone regardless of disability is an essential aspect.? ~ Tim Berners-Lee On Thu, Mar 5, 2020 at 10:55 AM Howard Kramer > wrote: Reluctantly, I have cancelled my trip also. Tough decision. Does anyone know what their response has been regarding refunds or credits? -Howard On Thu, Mar 5, 2020 at 10:13 AM Lucy GRECO > wrote: HELLO: I DECIDED LAST NIGHT TO CANSLE AS WELL. MY CO PRESENTORS AT LAST CHECK ARE STILL GOING BUT WE ARE NO MATTOR WHAT WE DO GOING TO OFFER THE CONTENT IN A VERTUAL WAY LATER THIS YEAR. I AM SAD TO HERE THAT CSUN WILL NOT CANSAL THEM SELVES AND FEEL FOR ANY ONE THAT IS LOSING MONEY ON THIS CHOICE LUCY Lucia Greco Web Accessibility Evangelist IST - Architecture, Platforms, and Integration University of California, Berkeley (510) 289-6008 skype: lucia1-greco http://webaccess.berkeley.edu Follow me on twitter @accessaces On Thu, Mar 5, 2020 at 7:33 AM David Andrews > wrote: If you go to the csun conference main page, there is stuff there. It hasn't been updated since Wednesday. I am told that cancelations are on the schedule addendum, but haven't looked it up yet. I read elsewhere that 120 sessions have already been canceled, but don't know if this is true. Dave At 04:14 PM 3/4/2020, you wrote: Me too. How do we find out about additional cancellations if they aren't informing paid attendees?? K On Wed, Mar 4, 2020 at 3:23 PM Million, Carrie > wrote: Howard, I am signed up to attend, but was unaware of the cancellation of exhibitors.? Are sessions being cancelled too?? Carrie Million Assistive Tech Specialist Diablo Valley College -----Original Message----- From: athen-list < athen-list-bounces@mailman12.u.washington.edu> On Behalf Of athen-list-request@mailman12.u.washington.edu Sent: Wednesday, March 04, 2020 12:01 PM To: athen-list@u.washington.edu Subject: athen-list Digest, Vol 170, Issue 3 ** Email from External Sender ** Send athen-list mailing list submissions to ? ? ? ? athen-list@u.washington.edu To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit ? ? ? ? http://mailman12.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/athen-list or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to ? ? ? ? athen-list-request@mailman12.u.washington.edu You can reach the person managing the list at ? ? ? ? athen-list-owner@mailman12.u.washington.edu When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific than "Re: Contents of athen-list digest..." Today's Topics: ? ? 1. Accessability of Blackboard Ultra (Norwich, Lorraine S) ? ? 2. CSUN & Coronavirus (Howard Kramer) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message: 1 Date: Tue, 3 Mar 2020 22:36:36 +0000 From: "Norwich, Lorraine S" > To: " athen-list@mailman12.u.washington.edu" ? ? ? ? < athen-list@mailman12.u.washington.edu>, ? ? ? ? " ALTMEDIA@LISTSERV.CCCNEXT.NET" < ALTMEDIA@LISTSERV.CCCNEXT.NET> Subject: [Athen] Accessability of Blackboard Ultra Message-ID: ? ? ? ? < DM6PR03MB4508FCC2183B025C7A73F278BDE40@DM6PR03MB4508.namprd03.prod.outlook.com > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Dear All, Have any of you looked at or worked with Blackboard Ultra and tested the? accessibility.? Any feedback or information you can share would be great. Thanks Lorraine Lorraine S. Norwich, BSME, MSIS Assistant Director of Disability & Access Services 25 Buick Street 3rd Floor, Boston MA 02215 lnorwich@bu.edu < mailto:lnorwich@bu.edu> (email) 617-353-3658 (vox) 617-353-9646 (fax) www.bu.edu/disability < http://www.bu.edu/disability> (website) -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: < http://mailman12.u.washington.edu/pipermail/athen-list/attachments/20200303/d44d1e8a/attachment-0001.html > ------------------------------ Message: 2 Date: Wed, 4 Mar 2020 12:46:02 -0700 From: Howard Kramer > To: Access Technology Higher Education Network ? ? ? ? < athen-list@u.washington.edu> Subject: [Athen] CSUN & Coronavirus Message-ID: ? ? ? ? < CAN57xLf7kDGWor3PF5zpMH0PcJ7fboGpioL8A1xyBqasBSgUmg@mail.gmail.com > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" Hello All: I see quite a number of companies - Deque, Microsoft, Verizon, Pearson, Amazon, Adobe, CapitolOne - have pulled out of attending CSUN because of Coronavirus. And the latest cancellation is Teach Access. A WAI working group meeting I was scheduled to attend has also been cancelled. Just gauging other folks thoughts on this as I contemplate whether to change my plans. -- Regards, 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 Sheraton Denver Downtown Hotel, Colorado,? Nov 16-20, 2020.? Request for proposals will open up in early March. Sign up to our mailing list to receive announcements < https://accessinghigherground.org/about/#Join_Our_Mailing_List >. Complete program information and registration is open for our full line-up of Spring 2020 webinars < https://www.ahead.org/events-programming/webinars/2020-spring-webinars >. Site capacities for all webinar events is limited; please register at your earliest convenience for the largest selection. 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Newark, DE 19716 302-831-7469 www.udel.edu/cds [X] Virus-free. www.avg.com _______________________________________________ athen-list mailing list athen-list@mailman12.u.washington.edu http://mailman12.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/athen-list _______________________________________________ athen-list mailing list athen-list@mailman12.u.washington.edu http://mailman12.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/athen-list -- Regards, Howard Howard Kramer Conference Coordinator Accessing Higher Ground 303-492-8672 cell: 720-351-8668 Join us for the Accessing Higher Ground Conference in Sheraton Denver Downtown Hotel, Colorado, Nov 16-20, 2020. Request for proposals will open up in early March. Sign up to our mailing list to receive announcements. Complete program information and registration is open for our full line-up of Spring 2020 webinars. Site capacities for all webinar events is limited; please register at your earliest convenience for the largest selection. Not yet a member of AHEAD? 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Access by everyone regardless of disability is an essential aspect.? ~ Tim Berners-Lee* On Thu, Mar 5, 2020 at 11:19 AM Bourne, Sarah (MASSIT) < sarah.bourne@mass.gov> wrote: > On their registration page, it says, "Please be advised that registering > for the CSUN Conference denotes that you have read and agree to comply with > the Registration Policies. > [snip] > All Registrations are non-transferable and substitutions are not permitted. > [snip] > There are no refunds for no-shows." > > People calling are being told there are no refunds. > > sb > *Sarah E. Bourne* > *Director of IT Accessibility* > 1 Ashburton Place, 8th Floor, Boston, MA 02108 > Office: (617) 626-4502 > *sarah.bourne@mass.gov * | *www.mass.gov/eotss* > > *Executive Office of Technology Services and Security (EOTSS)* > EOTSS provides secure and quality digital information, services, and tools > to constituents and service providers when and where they need them. > > ------------------------------ > *From:* athen-list on > behalf of Michele Bromley > *Sent:* Thursday, March 5, 2020 1:56 PM > *To:* Access Technology Higher Education Network < > athen-list@u.washington.edu> > *Subject:* Re: [Athen] CSUN & Coronavirus > > Howard, > > So far, it's been silence. I emailed them directly, and I'm still waiting > to hear back. > > Best, > > Michele > > *Michele Joy Bromley* > > IT Accessibility Coordinator > > Office of Information Technology > > [image: Portland State University logo] > > > Office: SMSU 18S > > Phone: 503-725-8395 > > Email: michele.bromley@pdx.edu > > Website: go.pdx.edu/digital-accessibility > > > > *?The power of the Web is in its universality. Access by everyone > regardless of disability is an essential aspect.? ~ Tim Berners-Lee* > > > On Thu, Mar 5, 2020 at 10:55 AM Howard Kramer wrote: > > Reluctantly, I have cancelled my trip also. Tough decision. Does anyone > know what their response has been regarding refunds or credits? > > -Howard > > On Thu, Mar 5, 2020 at 10:13 AM Lucy GRECO wrote: > > HELLO: I DECIDED LAST NIGHT TO CANSLE AS WELL. MY CO PRESENTORS AT LAST > CHECK ARE STILL GOING BUT WE ARE NO MATTOR WHAT WE DO GOING TO OFFER THE > CONTENT IN A VERTUAL WAY LATER THIS YEAR. I AM SAD TO HERE THAT CSUN WILL > NOT CANSAL THEM SELVES AND FEEL FOR ANY ONE THAT IS LOSING MONEY ON THIS > CHOICE LUCY > Lucia Greco > Web Accessibility Evangelist > IST - Architecture, Platforms, and Integration > University of California, Berkeley > (510) 289-6008 skype: lucia1-greco > http://webaccess.berkeley.edu > > Follow me on twitter @accessaces > > > > On Thu, Mar 5, 2020 at 7:33 AM David Andrews > wrote: > > If you go to the csun conference main page, there is stuff there. It > hasn't been updated since Wednesday. I am told that cancelations are on > the schedule addendum, but haven't looked it up yet. I read elsewhere that > 120 sessions have already been canceled, but don't know if this is true. > > Dave > > At 04:14 PM 3/4/2020, you wrote: > > Me too. How do we find out about additional cancellations if they aren't > informing paid attendees?? > K > > On Wed, Mar 4, 2020 at 3:23 PM Million, Carrie wrote: > Howard, > > I am signed up to attend, but was unaware of the cancellation of > exhibitors.? Are sessions being cancelled too?? > > Carrie Million > Assistive Tech Specialist > Diablo Valley College > > -----Original Message----- > From: athen-list < athen-list-bounces@mailman12.u.washington.edu> On > Behalf Of athen-list-request@mailman12.u.washington.edu > Sent: Wednesday, March 04, 2020 12:01 PM > To: athen-list@u.washington.edu > Subject: athen-list Digest, Vol 170, Issue 3 > > ** Email from External Sender ** > > Send athen-list mailing list submissions to > ? ? ? ? athen-list@u.washington.edu > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > ? ? ? ? http://mailman12.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/athen-list > > or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > ? ? ? ? athen-list-request@mailman12.u.washington.edu > > You can reach the person managing the list at > ? ? ? ? athen-list-owner@mailman12.u.washington.edu > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific than > "Re: Contents of athen-list digest..." > > > Today's Topics: > > ? ? 1. Accessability of Blackboard Ultra (Norwich, Lorraine S) > ? ? 2. CSUN & Coronavirus (Howard Kramer) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Tue, 3 Mar 2020 22:36:36 +0000 > From: "Norwich, Lorraine S" > To: " athen-list@mailman12.u.washington.edu" > ? ? ? ? < athen-list@mailman12.u.washington.edu>, > ? ? ? ? " ALTMEDIA@LISTSERV.CCCNEXT.NET" < > ALTMEDIA@LISTSERV.CCCNEXT.NET> > Subject: [Athen] Accessability of Blackboard Ultra > Message-ID: > ? ? ? ? < > DM6PR03MB4508FCC2183B025C7A73F278BDE40@DM6PR03MB4508.namprd03.prod.outlook.com > > > > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" > > Dear All, > > Have any of you looked at or worked with Blackboard Ultra and tested the? > accessibility.? Any feedback or information you can share would be great. > > Thanks > > Lorraine > > > Lorraine S. Norwich, BSME, MSIS > > Assistant Director of Disability & Access Services > > 25 Buick Street 3rd Floor, Boston MA 02215 > > lnorwich@bu.edu < mailto:lnorwich@bu.edu > (email) > > 617-353-3658 (vox) > > 617-353-9646 (fax) > > www.bu.edu/disability > > < http://www.bu.edu/disability > > > (website) > > -------------- next part -------------- > An HTML attachment was scrubbed... > URL: < > http://mailman12.u.washington.edu/pipermail/athen-list/attachments/20200303/d44d1e8a/attachment-0001.html > > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 2 > Date: Wed, 4 Mar 2020 12:46:02 -0700 > From: Howard Kramer > To: Access Technology Higher Education Network > ? ? ? ? < athen-list@u.washington.edu> > Subject: [Athen] CSUN & Coronavirus > Message-ID: > ? ? ? ? < > CAN57xLf7kDGWor3PF5zpMH0PcJ7fboGpioL8A1xyBqasBSgUmg@mail.gmail.com > > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" > > Hello All: > > I see quite a number of companies - Deque, Microsoft, Verizon, Pearson, > Amazon, Adobe, CapitolOne - have pulled out of attending CSUN because of > Coronavirus. And the latest cancellation is Teach Access. > > A WAI working group meeting I was scheduled to attend has also been > cancelled. > > Just gauging other folks thoughts on this as I contemplate whether to > change my plans. > > -- > Regards, > 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 Sheraton Denver Downtown Hotel, Colorado,? Nov 16-20, 2020.? Request > for proposals will open up in early March. Sign up to our mailing list to > receive announcements < > https://accessinghigherground.org/about/#Join_Our_Mailing_List > > >. > > > > Complete program information and registration is open for our full line-up > of Spring 2020 webinars < > https://www.ahead.org/events-programming/webinars/2020-spring-webinars > > >. 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 > > >* > -------------- next part -------------- > An HTML attachment was scrubbed... > URL: < > http://mailman12.u.washington.edu/pipermail/athen-list/attachments/20200304/511f3f1c/attachment-0001.html > > > > > ------------------------------ > > Subject: Digest Footer > > _______________________________________________ > athen-list mailing list > athen-list@mailman12.u.washington.edu > http://mailman12.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/athen-list > > > > ------------------------------ > > End of athen-list Digest, Vol 170, Issue 3 > ****************************************** > _______________________________________________ > athen-list mailing list > athen-list@mailman12.u.washington.edu > http://mailman12.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/athen-list > > > > > -- > Karen Latimer, ATP > Assistive? 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Access by everyone > regardless of disability is an essential aspect.? ~ Tim Berners-Lee* > > > On Thu, Mar 5, 2020 at 11:19 AM Bourne, Sarah (MASSIT) < > sarah.bourne@mass.gov> wrote: > >> On their registration page, it says, "Please be advised that registering >> for the CSUN Conference denotes that you have read and agree to comply with >> the Registration Policies. >> [snip] >> All Registrations are non-transferable and substitutions are not >> permitted. >> [snip] >> There are no refunds for no-shows." >> >> People calling are being told there are no refunds. >> >> sb >> *Sarah E. Bourne* >> *Director of IT Accessibility* >> 1 Ashburton Place, 8th Floor, Boston, MA 02108 >> Office: (617) 626-4502 >> *sarah.bourne@mass.gov * | *www.mass.gov/eotss* >> >> *Executive Office of Technology Services and Security (EOTSS)* >> EOTSS provides secure and quality digital information, services, and >> tools >> to constituents and service providers when and where they need them. >> >> ------------------------------ >> *From:* athen-list on >> behalf of Michele Bromley >> *Sent:* Thursday, March 5, 2020 1:56 PM >> *To:* Access Technology Higher Education Network < >> athen-list@u.washington.edu> >> *Subject:* Re: [Athen] CSUN & Coronavirus >> >> Howard, >> >> So far, it's been silence. I emailed them directly, and I'm still waiting >> to hear back. >> >> Best, >> >> Michele >> >> *Michele Joy Bromley* >> >> IT Accessibility Coordinator >> >> Office of Information Technology >> >> [image: Portland State University logo] >> >> >> Office: SMSU 18S >> >> Phone: 503-725-8395 >> >> Email: michele.bromley@pdx.edu >> >> Website: go.pdx.edu/digital-accessibility >> >> >> >> *?The power of the Web is in its universality. Access by everyone >> regardless of disability is an essential aspect.? ~ Tim Berners-Lee* >> >> >> On Thu, Mar 5, 2020 at 10:55 AM Howard Kramer wrote: >> >> Reluctantly, I have cancelled my trip also. Tough decision. Does anyone >> know what their response has been regarding refunds or credits? >> >> -Howard >> >> On Thu, Mar 5, 2020 at 10:13 AM Lucy GRECO wrote: >> >> HELLO: I DECIDED LAST NIGHT TO CANSLE AS WELL. MY CO PRESENTORS AT >> LAST CHECK ARE STILL GOING BUT WE ARE NO MATTOR WHAT WE DO GOING TO OFFER >> THE CONTENT IN A VERTUAL WAY LATER THIS YEAR. I AM SAD TO HERE THAT CSUN >> WILL NOT CANSAL THEM SELVES AND FEEL FOR ANY ONE THAT IS LOSING MONEY ON >> THIS CHOICE LUCY >> Lucia Greco >> Web Accessibility Evangelist >> IST - Architecture, Platforms, and Integration >> University of California, Berkeley >> (510) 289-6008 skype: lucia1-greco >> http://webaccess.berkeley.edu >> >> Follow me on twitter @accessaces >> >> >> >> On Thu, Mar 5, 2020 at 7:33 AM David Andrews >> wrote: >> >> If you go to the csun conference main page, there is stuff there. It >> hasn't been updated since Wednesday. I am told that cancelations are on >> the schedule addendum, but haven't looked it up yet. I read elsewhere that >> 120 sessions have already been canceled, but don't know if this is true. >> >> Dave >> >> At 04:14 PM 3/4/2020, you wrote: >> >> Me too. How do we find out about additional cancellations if they aren't >> informing paid attendees?? >> K >> >> On Wed, Mar 4, 2020 at 3:23 PM Million, Carrie wrote: >> Howard, >> >> I am signed up to attend, but was unaware of the cancellation of >> exhibitors.? Are sessions being cancelled too?? >> >> Carrie Million >> Assistive Tech Specialist >> Diablo Valley College >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: athen-list < athen-list-bounces@mailman12.u.washington.edu> On >> Behalf Of athen-list-request@mailman12.u.washington.edu >> Sent: Wednesday, March 04, 2020 12:01 PM >> To: athen-list@u.washington.edu >> Subject: athen-list Digest, Vol 170, Issue 3 >> >> ** Email from External Sender ** >> >> Send athen-list mailing list submissions to >> ? ? ? ? athen-list@u.washington.edu >> >> To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit >> ? ? ? ? http://mailman12.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/athen-list >> >> or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to >> ? ? ? ? athen-list-request@mailman12.u.washington.edu >> >> You can reach the person managing the list at >> ? ? ? ? athen-list-owner@mailman12.u.washington.edu >> >> When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific than >> "Re: Contents of athen-list digest..." >> >> >> Today's Topics: >> >> ? ? 1. Accessability of Blackboard Ultra (Norwich, Lorraine S) >> ? ? 2. CSUN & Coronavirus (Howard Kramer) >> >> >> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- >> >> Message: 1 >> Date: Tue, 3 Mar 2020 22:36:36 +0000 >> From: "Norwich, Lorraine S" >> To: " athen-list@mailman12.u.washington.edu" >> ? ? ? ? < athen-list@mailman12.u.washington.edu>, >> ? ? ? ? " ALTMEDIA@LISTSERV.CCCNEXT.NET" < >> ALTMEDIA@LISTSERV.CCCNEXT.NET> >> Subject: [Athen] Accessability of Blackboard Ultra >> Message-ID: >> ? ? ? ? < >> DM6PR03MB4508FCC2183B025C7A73F278BDE40@DM6PR03MB4508.namprd03.prod.outlook.com >> > >> >> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" >> >> Dear All, >> >> Have any of you looked at or worked with Blackboard Ultra and tested >> the? accessibility.? Any feedback or information you can share would be >> great. >> >> Thanks >> >> Lorraine >> >> >> Lorraine S. Norwich, BSME, MSIS >> >> Assistant Director of Disability & Access Services >> >> 25 Buick Street 3rd Floor, Boston MA 02215 >> >> lnorwich@bu.edu < mailto:lnorwich@bu.edu > (email) >> >> 617-353-3658 (vox) >> >> 617-353-9646 (fax) >> >> www.bu.edu/disability >> >> < http://www.bu.edu/disability >> > >> (website) >> >> -------------- next part -------------- >> An HTML attachment was scrubbed... >> URL: < >> http://mailman12.u.washington.edu/pipermail/athen-list/attachments/20200303/d44d1e8a/attachment-0001.html >> >> > >> >> ------------------------------ >> >> Message: 2 >> Date: Wed, 4 Mar 2020 12:46:02 -0700 >> From: Howard Kramer >> To: Access Technology Higher Education Network >> ? ? ? ? < athen-list@u.washington.edu> >> Subject: [Athen] CSUN & Coronavirus >> Message-ID: >> ? ? ? ? < >> CAN57xLf7kDGWor3PF5zpMH0PcJ7fboGpioL8A1xyBqasBSgUmg@mail.gmail.com > >> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" >> >> Hello All: >> >> I see quite a number of companies - Deque, Microsoft, Verizon, Pearson, >> Amazon, Adobe, CapitolOne - have pulled out of attending CSUN because of >> Coronavirus. And the latest cancellation is Teach Access. >> >> A WAI working group meeting I was scheduled to attend has also been >> cancelled. >> >> Just gauging other folks thoughts on this as I contemplate whether to >> change my plans. >> >> -- >> Regards, >> 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 Sheraton Denver Downtown Hotel, Colorado,? Nov 16-20, 2020.? Request >> for proposals will open up in early March. Sign up to our mailing list to >> receive announcements < >> https://accessinghigherground.org/about/#Join_Our_Mailing_List >> >> >. >> >> >> >> Complete program information and registration is open for our full >> line-up of Spring 2020 webinars < >> https://www.ahead.org/events-programming/webinars/2020-spring-webinars >> >> >. 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 >> >> >* >> -------------- next part -------------- >> An HTML attachment was scrubbed... >> URL: < >> http://mailman12.u.washington.edu/pipermail/athen-list/attachments/20200304/511f3f1c/attachment-0001.html >> >> > >> >> ------------------------------ >> >> Subject: Digest Footer >> >> _______________________________________________ >> athen-list mailing list >> athen-list@mailman12.u.washington.edu >> http://mailman12.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/athen-list >> >> >> >> ------------------------------ >> >> End of athen-list Digest, Vol 170, Issue 3 >> ****************************************** >> _______________________________________________ >> athen-list mailing list >> athen-list@mailman12.u.washington.edu >> http://mailman12.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/athen-list >> >> >> >> >> -- >> Karen Latimer, ATP >> Assistive? 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Specialist >> Delaware Assistive Technology? >> ??? >> Initiative? ? >> Center for Disabilities Studies >> 461 Wyoming Rd.? >> Newark, DE 19716 >> 302-831-7469 >> www.udel.edu/cds >> >> >> >> >> Virus-free. >> www.avg.com >> >> <#m_-7263022597805175539_m_-1672981426911296337_x_m_-2403336929434079541_m_-2050846632347042225_m_-657042319045366715_DAB4FAD8-2DD7-40BB-A1B8-4E2AA1F9FDF2> >> _______________________________________________ >> athen-list mailing list >> athen-list@mailman12.u.washington.edu >> http://mailman12.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/athen-list >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> athen-list mailing list >> athen-list@mailman12.u.washington.edu >> http://mailman12.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/athen-list >> >> >> >> >> -- >> Regards, >> Howard >> >> Howard Kramer >> Conference Coordinator >> Accessing Higher Ground >> 303-492-8672 >> cell: 720-351-8668 >> >> Join us for the *Accessing Higher Ground Conference >> * in >> Sheraton Denver Downtown Hotel, Colorado, Nov 16-20, 2020. 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Request for proposals will open up in early March. Sign up to our mailing list to receive announcements . Complete program information and registration is open for our full line-up of Spring 2020 webinars . 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. * -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From hkramer at ahead.org Fri Mar 6 11:27:07 2020 From: hkramer at ahead.org (Howard Kramer) Date: Fri Mar 6 11:27:57 2020 Subject: [Athen] CANCELLED: ATHEN/AHG dinner meeting at CSUN - Thursday, March 12, 7:30 pm In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Hello All: Because of the Coronavirus situation and the large amount of session cancellations I won't be attending CSUN. I just wanted to let people know that are still attending that the dinner meeting won't be taking place. I hope to see you at AHEAD or at AHG in November. FYI - the RFP for AHG will be opening by next week. Apologies for the cancellation. Regards, Howard On Tue, Mar 3, 2020 at 11:02 AM Howard Kramer wrote: > Dear Colleagues: > > As per previous years, I'd like to hold a dinner/meeting at a nearby > restaurant on Thursday evening (7:30 p.m.), March 12, at CSUN > (International Technology and Persons with Disabilities Conference) for > dinner and for ATHEN members (or others) to provide their input on this > year's Accessing Higher Ground conference. Please let me know if you plan > to attend so I can guesstimate the right size table. > > Restaurant: Last year we went to nFuse (in the Anaheim Marriott) and that > was fine. But it would be nice to go somewhere outside the hotel. If anyone > has any different ideas let me know - something within walking or rolling > distance would be nice. > > -- > Regards, > Howard > _______________________________________________ > athen-list mailing list > athen-list@mailman12.u.washington.edu > http://mailman12.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/athen-list > -- Regards, Howard Howard Kramer Conference Coordinator Accessing Higher Ground 303-492-8672 cell: 720-351-8668 Join us for the *Accessing Higher Ground Conference * in Sheraton Denver Downtown Hotel, Colorado, Nov 16-20, 2020. Request for proposals will open up in early March. Sign up to our mailing list to receive announcements . Complete program information and registration is open for our full line-up of Spring 2020 webinars . Site capacities for all webinar events is limited; please register at your earliest convenience for the largest selection. 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At 11:49 AM 3/6/2020, you wrote: >Thanks Michele - I just signed it. > >-Howard > >On Fri, Mar 6, 2020 at 10:42 AM Michele Bromley ><michele.bromley@pdx.edu> wrote: >Just in case folks are interested, there's an >existing petition to >Cancel >CSUN 2020 and Refund Registration. > >Michele Joy Bromley > >IT Accessibility Coordinator > >Office of Information Technology > >Portland State University logo > > > >Office: SMSU 18S > >Phone: 503-725-8395 > >Email: michele.bromley@pdx.edu > >Website: >go.pdx.edu/digital-accessibility > > >???The power of the Web is in its universality. >Access by everyone regardless of disability is >an essential aspect.??? ~ Tim Berners-Lee > > >On Thu, Mar 5, 2020 at 11:19 AM Bourne, Sarah >(MASSIT) <sarah.bourne@mass.gov> wrote: >On their registration page, it says, "Please be >advised that registering for the CSUN Conference >denotes that you have read and agree to comply with the Registration Policies. >[snip] >All Registrations are non-transferable and substitutions are not permitted. >[snip] >There are no refunds for no-shows." > >People calling are being told there are no refunds. > >sb >Sarah E. Bourne >Director of IT Accessibility >1 Ashburton Place, 8th Floor, Boston, MA 02108 >Office: (617) 626-4502 >sarah.bourne@mass.gov ? |? www.mass.gov/eotss >Executive Office of Technology Services and Security (EOTSS) >EOTSS provides secure and quality digital information, services, and tools >to constituents and service providers when and where they need them. > > >---------- >From: athen-list ><athen-list-bounces@mailman12.u.washington.edu> >on behalf of Michele Bromley ><michele.bromley@pdx.edu> >Sent: Thursday, March 5, 2020 1:56 PM >To: Access Technology Higher Education Network ><athen-list@u.washington.edu> >Subject: Re: [Athen] CSUN & Coronavirus >? >Howard, > >So far, it's been silence. I emailed them >directly, and I'm still waiting to hear back. > >Best, > >Michele > >Michele Joy Bromley > >IT Accessibility Coordinator > >Office of Information Technology > >Portland State University logo > > > >Office: SMSU 18S > >Phone: 503-725-8395 > >Email: michele.bromley@pdx.edu > >Website: >go.pdx.edu/digital-accessibility > > >???The power of the Web is in its universality. >Access by everyone regardless of disability is >an essential aspect.??? ~ Tim Berners-Lee > > >On Thu, Mar 5, 2020 at 10:55 AM Howard Kramer ><hkramer@ahead.org> wrote: >Reluctantly, I have cancelled my trip also. >Tough decision. Does anyone know what their >response has been regarding refunds or credits? > >-Howard > >On Thu, Mar 5, 2020 at 10:13 AM Lucy GRECO ><lgreco@berkeley.edu> wrote: >HELLO: I DECIDED? ? LAST NIGHT TO? CANSLE AS >WELL. MY CO PRESENTORS AT LAST CHECK ARE STILL >GOING BUT WE ARE NO? MATTOR WHAT WE DO GOING TO >OFFER THE CONTENT IN A VERTUAL WAY LATER THIS >YEAR. I AM SAD TO HERE THAT CSUN WILL >NOT? CANSAL THEM SELVES AND FEEL FOR ANY ONE >THAT IS LOSING MONEY ON THIS CHOICE LUCY >Lucia Greco >Web Accessibility Evangelist >IST - Architecture, Platforms, and Integration >University of California, Berkeley >(510) 289-6008 skype: lucia1-greco >http://webaccess.berkeley.edu >Follow me on twitter @accessaces > > > >On Thu, Mar 5, 2020 at 7:33 AM David Andrews ><dandrews920@comcast.net> wrote: >If you go to the csun conference main page, >there is stuff there. It hasn't been updated >since Wednesday.? I am told that cancelations >are on the schedule addendum, but haven't looked >it up yet. I read elsewhere that 120 sessions >have already been canceled, but don't know if this is true. > >Dave > >At 04:14 PM 3/4/2020, you wrote: >>Me too. How do we find out about additional >>cancellations if they aren't informing paid attendees??? >>K >> >>On Wed, Mar 4, 2020 at 3:23 PM Million, Carrie >><CMillion@dvc.edu> wrote: >>Howard, >>I am signed up to attend, but was unaware of >>the cancellation of exhibitors.??? Are sessions being cancelled too???? >>Carrie Million >>Assistive Tech Specialist >>Diablo Valley College >>-----Original Message----- >>From: athen-list >>< >>athen-list-bounces@mailman12.u.washington.edu> >>On Behalf Of >>athen-list-request@mailman12.u.washington.edu >> >>Sent: Wednesday, March 04, 2020 12:01 PM >>To: athen-list@u.washington.edu >>Subject: athen-list Digest, Vol 170, Issue 3 >>** Email from External Sender ** >>Send athen-list mailing list submissions to >>??? ??? ??? ??? >>athen-list@u.washington.edu >>To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit >>??? ??? ??? ??? >>http://mailman12.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/athen-list >> >>or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to >>??? ??? ??? ??? >>athen-list-request@mailman12.u.washington.edu >>You can reach the person managing the list at >>??? ??? ??? ??? >>athen-list-owner@mailman12.u.washington.edu >>When replying, please edit your Subject line so >>it is more specific than "Re: Contents of athen-list digest..." >> >>Today's Topics: >>??? ?? 1. Accessability of Blackboard Ultra (Norwich, Lorraine S) >>??? ?? 2. CSUN & Coronavirus (Howard Kramer) >> >>---------------------------------------------------------------------- >>Message: 1 >>Date: Tue, 3 Mar 2020 22:36:36 +0000 >>From: "Norwich, Lorraine S" <lnorwich@bu.edu> >>To: >>" >>athen-list@mailman12.u.washington.edu" >>??? ??? ??? ??? >>< >>athen-list@mailman12.u.washington.edu>, >>??? ??? ??? ??? >>" >>ALTMEDIA@LISTSERV.CCCNEXT.NET" >>< ALTMEDIA@LISTSERV.CCCNEXT.NET> >>Subject: [Athen] Accessability of Blackboard Ultra >>Message-ID: >>??? ??? ??? ??? >>< >>DM6PR03MB4508FCC2183B025C7A73F278BDE40@DM6PR03MB4508.namprd03.prod.outlook.com >> > >>Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" >>Dear All, >>Have any of you looked at or worked with >>Blackboard Ultra and tested >>the??? accessibility.??? Any feedback or >>information you can share would be great. >>Thanks >>Lorraine >> >>Lorraine S. Norwich, BSME, MSIS >>Assistant Director of Disability & Access Services >>25 Buick Street 3rd Floor, Boston MA 02215 >> >>lnorwich@bu.edu < mailto:lnorwich@bu.edu> (email) >>617-353-3658 (vox) >>617-353-9646 (fax) >> >>www.bu.edu/disability >>< http://www.bu.edu/disability> (website) >>-------------- next part -------------- >>An HTML attachment was scrubbed... >>URL: < >>http://mailman12.u.washington.edu/pipermail/athen-list/attachments/20200303/d44d1e8a/attachment-0001.html >> > >>------------------------------ >>Message: 2 >>Date: Wed, 4 Mar 2020 12:46:02 -0700 >>From: Howard Kramer <hkramer@ahead.org> >>To: Access Technology Higher Education Network >>??? ??? ??? ??? >>< athen-list@u.washington.edu> >>Subject: [Athen] CSUN & Coronavirus >>Message-ID: >>??? ??? ??? ??? >>< >>CAN57xLf7kDGWor3PF5zpMH0PcJ7fboGpioL8A1xyBqasBSgUmg@mail.gmail.com > >>Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" >>Hello All: >> >>I see quite a number of companies - Deque, >>Microsoft, Verizon, Pearson, Amazon, Adobe, >>CapitolOne - have pulled out of attending CSUN >>because of Coronavirus. And the latest cancellation is Teach Access. >>A WAI working group meeting I was scheduled to >>attend has also been cancelled. >>Just gauging other folks thoughts on this as I >>contemplate whether to change my plans. >>-- >>Regards, >>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 >>Sheraton Denver Downtown Hotel, >>Colorado,??? Nov 16-20, 2020.??? Request for >>proposals will open up in early March. Sign up >>to our mailing list to receive announcements < >>https://accessinghigherground.org/about/#Join_Our_Mailing_List >. >> >> >>Complete program information and registration >>is open for our full line-up of Spring 2020 >>webinars < >>https://www.ahead.org/events-programming/webinars/2020-spring-webinars >> >. 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Access by everyone > regardless of disability is an essential aspect.?? ~ Tim Berners-Lee > > > On Thu, Mar 5, 2020 at 11:19 AM Bourne, Sarah (MASSIT) < > sarah.bourne@mass.gov> wrote: > On their registration page, it says, "Please be advised that registering > for the CSUN Conference denotes that you have read and agree to comply with > the Registration Policies. > [snip] > All Registrations are non-transferable and substitutions are not permitted. > [snip] > There are no refunds for no-shows." > > People calling are being told there are no refunds. > > sb > Sarah E. Bourne > Director of IT Accessibility > 1 Ashburton Place, 8th Floor, Boston, MA 02108 > Office: (617) 626-4502 > sarah.bourne@mass.gov ? |? www.mass.gov/eotss > Executive Office of Technology Services and Security (EOTSS) > EOTSS provides secure and quality digital information, services, and tools > to constituents and service providers when and where they need them. > > ------------------------------ > From: athen-list < athen-list-bounces@mailman12.u.washington.edu> on > behalf of Michele Bromley > Sent: Thursday, March 5, 2020 1:56 PM > To: Access Technology Higher Education Network < > athen-list@u.washington.edu> > Subject: Re: [Athen] CSUN & Coronavirus > ? > Howard, > > So far, it's been silence. I emailed them directly, and I'm still waiting > to hear back. > > Best, > > Michele > > Michele Joy Bromley > > IT Accessibility Coordinator > > Office of Information Technology > > [image: Portland State University logo] > > > Office: SMSU 18S > > Phone: 503-725-8395 > > Email: michele.bromley@pdx.edu > > Website: go.pdx.edu/digital-accessibility > > > > ???The power of the Web is in its universality. Access by everyone > regardless of disability is an essential aspect.?? ~ Tim Berners-Lee > > > On Thu, Mar 5, 2020 at 10:55 AM Howard Kramer wrote: > Reluctantly, I have cancelled my trip also. Tough decision. Does anyone > know what their response has been regarding refunds or credits? > > -Howard > > On Thu, Mar 5, 2020 at 10:13 AM Lucy GRECO wrote: > HELLO: I DECIDED? ? LAST NIGHT TO? CANSLE AS WELL. MY CO PRESENTORS AT > LAST CHECK ARE STILL GOING BUT WE ARE NO? MATTOR WHAT WE DO GOING TO OFFER > THE CONTENT IN A VERTUAL WAY LATER THIS YEAR. I AM SAD TO HERE THAT CSUN > WILL NOT? CANSAL THEM SELVES AND FEEL FOR ANY ONE THAT IS LOSING MONEY ON > THIS CHOICE LUCY > Lucia Greco > Web Accessibility Evangelist > IST - Architecture, Platforms, and Integration > University of California, Berkeley > (510) 289-6008 skype: lucia1-greco > http://webaccess.berkeley.edu > > Follow me on twitter @accessaces > > > > On Thu, Mar 5, 2020 at 7:33 AM David Andrews > wrote: > If you go to the csun conference main page, there is stuff there. It > hasn't been updated since Wednesday.? I am told that cancelations are on > the schedule addendum, but haven't looked it up yet. I read elsewhere that > 120 sessions have already been canceled, but don't know if this is true. > > Dave > > At 04:14 PM 3/4/2020, you wrote: > > Me too. How do we find out about additional cancellations if they aren't > informing paid attendees??? > K > > On Wed, Mar 4, 2020 at 3:23 PM Million, Carrie wrote: Howard, > > I am signed up to attend, but was unaware of the cancellation of > exhibitors.??? Are sessions being cancelled too???? > Carrie Million Assistive Tech Specialist Diablo Valley College > -----Original Message----- From: athen-list < > athen-list-bounces@mailman12.u.washington.edu> On Behalf Of > athen-list-request@mailman12.u.washington.edu Sent: Wednesday, March 04, > 2020 12:01 PM To: athen-list@u.washington.edu Subject: athen-list Digest, > Vol 170, Issue 3 > ** Email from External Sender ** > Send athen-list mailing list submissions to ??? ??? ??? ??? > athen-list@u.washington.edu > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit ??? ??? ??? > ??? http://mailman12.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/athen-list > or, > via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to ??? ??? ??? > ??? athen-list-request@mailman12.u.washington.edu > You can reach the person managing the list at ??? ??? ??? ??? > athen-list-owner@mailman12.u.washington.edu > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific than > "Re: Contents of athen-list digest..." > > Today's Topics: > ??? ?? 1. Accessability of Blackboard Ultra (Norwich, Lorraine S) ??? > ?? 2. CSUN & Coronavirus (Howard Kramer) > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > Message: 1 Date: Tue, 3 Mar 2020 22:36:36 +0000 From: "Norwich, Lorraine > S" To: " athen-list@mailman12.u.washington.edu" ??? > ??? ??? ??? < athen-list@mailman12.u.washington.edu>, ??? ??? ??? > ??? " ALTMEDIA@LISTSERV.CCCNEXT.NET" < ALTMEDIA@LISTSERV.CCCNEXT.NET> Subject: > [Athen] Accessability of Blackboard Ultra Message-ID: ??? ??? ??? ??? > < > DM6PR03MB4508FCC2183B025C7A73F278BDE40@DM6PR03MB4508.namprd03.prod.outlook.com > > > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" > Dear All, > Have any of you looked at or worked with Blackboard Ultra and tested > the??? accessibility.??? Any feedback or information you can share would > be great. > Thanks > Lorraine > > Lorraine S. Norwich, BSME, MSIS > Assistant Director of Disability & Access Services > 25 Buick Street 3rd Floor, Boston MA 02215 > > lnorwich@bu.edu < mailto:lnorwich@bu.edu > (email) > 617-353-3658 (vox) > 617-353-9646 (fax) > > www.bu.edu/disability > > < http://www.bu.edu/disability> (website) > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was > scrubbed... 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And the latest cancellation is Teach Access. > A WAI working group meeting I was scheduled to attend has also been > cancelled. > Just gauging other folks thoughts on this as I contemplate whether to > change my plans. > -- Regards, 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 Sheraton Denver Downtown Hotel, > Colorado,??? Nov 16-20, 2020.??? Request for proposals will open up in > early March. Sign up to our mailing list to receive announcements < > https://accessinghigherground.org/about/#Join_Our_Mailing_List >. > > > Complete program information and registration is open for our full line-up > of Spring 2020 webinars < > https://www.ahead.org/events-programming/webinars/2020-spring-webinars >. > 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>* -------------- next part > -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Feel free to add yours to the list if you are interested in sharing your material remotely, as a recorded session or even just the slides. -- Christopher Phillips Electronic and Information Technology Accessibility Coordinator https://accessibility.usu.edu/ Utah State University 435-797-5535 From: ATHEN List on behalf of Howard Kramer Reply-To: Access Technology Higher Education Network Date: Saturday, March 7, 2020 at 3:05 PM To: Access Technology Higher Education Network Subject: [EXT] Re: [Athen] CSUN & Coronavirus David, Cancel CSUN 2020 and Refund Registration -HK On Sat, Mar 7, 2020 at 12:32 AM David Andrews > wrote: Where is this petition? I have decided not to go. At 11:49 AM 3/6/2020, you wrote: Thanks Michele - I just signed it. -Howard On Fri, Mar 6, 2020 at 10:42 AM Michele Bromley > wrote: Just in case folks are interested, there's an existing petition to Cancel CSUN 2020 and Refund Registration. Michele Joy Bromley IT Accessibility Coordinator Office of Information Technology [Portland State University logo] Office: SMSU 18S Phone: 503-725-8395 Email: michele.bromley@pdx.edu Website: go.pdx.edu/digital-accessibility ???The power of the Web is in its universality. Access by everyone regardless of disability is an essential aspect.?? ~ Tim Berners-Lee On Thu, Mar 5, 2020 at 11:19 AM Bourne, Sarah (MASSIT) > wrote: On their registration page, it says, "Please be advised that registering for the CSUN Conference denotes that you have read and agree to comply with the Registration Policies. [snip] All Registrations are non-transferable and substitutions are not permitted. [snip] There are no refunds for no-shows." People calling are being told there are no refunds. sb Sarah E. Bourne Director of IT Accessibility 1 Ashburton Place, 8th Floor, Boston, MA 02108 Office: (617) 626-4502 sarah.bourne@mass.gov ? |? www.mass.gov/eotss Executive Office of Technology Services and Security (EOTSS) EOTSS provides secure and quality digital information, services, and tools to constituents and service providers when and where they need them. ________________________________ From: athen-list < athen-list-bounces@mailman12.u.washington.edu> on behalf of Michele Bromley > Sent: Thursday, March 5, 2020 1:56 PM To: Access Technology Higher Education Network < athen-list@u.washington.edu> Subject: Re: [Athen] CSUN & Coronavirus ? Howard, So far, it's been silence. I emailed them directly, and I'm still waiting to hear back. Best, Michele Michele Joy Bromley IT Accessibility Coordinator Office of Information Technology [Portland State University logo] Office: SMSU 18S Phone: 503-725-8395 Email: michele.bromley@pdx.edu Website: go.pdx.edu/digital-accessibility ???The power of the Web is in its universality. Access by everyone regardless of disability is an essential aspect.?? ~ Tim Berners-Lee On Thu, Mar 5, 2020 at 10:55 AM Howard Kramer > wrote: Reluctantly, I have cancelled my trip also. Tough decision. Does anyone know what their response has been regarding refunds or credits? -Howard On Thu, Mar 5, 2020 at 10:13 AM Lucy GRECO > wrote: HELLO: I DECIDED? ? LAST NIGHT TO? CANSLE AS WELL. MY CO PRESENTORS AT LAST CHECK ARE STILL GOING BUT WE ARE NO? MATTOR WHAT WE DO GOING TO OFFER THE CONTENT IN A VERTUAL WAY LATER THIS YEAR. I AM SAD TO HERE THAT CSUN WILL NOT? CANSAL THEM SELVES AND FEEL FOR ANY ONE THAT IS LOSING MONEY ON THIS CHOICE LUCY Lucia Greco Web Accessibility Evangelist IST - Architecture, Platforms, and Integration University of California, Berkeley (510) 289-6008 skype: lucia1-greco http://webaccess.berkeley.edu Follow me on twitter @accessaces On Thu, Mar 5, 2020 at 7:33 AM David Andrews > wrote: If you go to the csun conference main page, there is stuff there. It hasn't been updated since Wednesday.? I am told that cancelations are on the schedule addendum, but haven't looked it up yet. I read elsewhere that 120 sessions have already been canceled, but don't know if this is true. Dave At 04:14 PM 3/4/2020, you wrote: Me too. How do we find out about additional cancellations if they aren't informing paid attendees??? K On Wed, Mar 4, 2020 at 3:23 PM Million, Carrie > wrote: Howard, I am signed up to attend, but was unaware of the cancellation of exhibitors.??? Are sessions being cancelled too???? 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Norwich, BSME, MSIS Assistant Director of Disability & Access Services 25 Buick Street 3rd Floor, Boston MA 02215 lnorwich@bu.edu < mailto:lnorwich@bu.edu> (email) 617-353-3658 (vox) 617-353-9646 (fax) www.bu.edu/disability < http://www.bu.edu/disability> (website) -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: < http://mailman12.u.washington.edu/pipermail/athen-list/attachments/20200303/d44d1e8a/attachment-0001.html > ------------------------------ Message: 2 Date: Wed, 4 Mar 2020 12:46:02 -0700 From: Howard Kramer > To: Access Technology Higher Education Network ??? ??? ??? ??? < athen-list@u.washington.edu> Subject: [Athen] CSUN & Coronavirus Message-ID: ??? ??? ??? ??? < CAN57xLf7kDGWor3PF5zpMH0PcJ7fboGpioL8A1xyBqasBSgUmg@mail.gmail.com > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" Hello All: I see quite a number of companies - Deque, Microsoft, Verizon, Pearson, Amazon, Adobe, CapitolOne - have pulled out of attending CSUN because of Coronavirus. 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I just bought Fine Reader to access PDF documents instead of using acrobat Pro DC.yes, it has come to that.but don't think I'm using it to its full potential. Cheers, Karen From: athen-list On Behalf Of Susan Kelmer Sent: Monday, March 9, 2020 2:40 PM To: Access Technology Higher Education Network Subject: [Athen] Abbyy Finereader Processes Greetings. I'm home with a nasty virus, so catching up on some old topics and trying to learn something new. Does anyone have a written procedure for using Abbyy to scan and OCR files to multiple outputs (word, PDF, etc.)? We are and have always been an Omnipage shop, but I feel like we need Abbyy in our toolbox as well. I'm most interested in step-by-step type materials, if you have them. Thanks in advance for keeping me occupied during my incarceration (I've been stuck in the house since Friday, and I'm starting to get restless.). 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We found that Pearson My programming lab etc. was not easily accessible. There have been many listserv concerns with Pearson products. However, I found that was the biggest concern, the materials and if they are in an accessible format. The other area is math. Many computer majors require high levels of math, so having Math accessible programs, such as Math Type, etc. is a must. Also, meeting with the student to know where his strengths are, etc. I always had a plan B for student to have a 1:1 NOTE TAKER and to describe things working with him in the class when needed, and a 1:1 tutor, preferably the same person through the learning commons to work with him. I also suggested that the student set up at least 1 time per week at office hours with the instructor(s) as needed. So organizing the information prior to the class beginning is really crucial here. Then there are the computer programming related software that is way over my expertise. Here are some ideas I was provided that I provided to the Professors/Instructors and the student. https://help.eclipse.org/2019-12/index.jsp?topic=%2Forg.eclipse.stardust.docs.wst%2Fhtml%2Fwst-integration%2Fdynamic-web-proj.html https://notepad-plus-plus.org/ Eclipse with the PyDev plugin (www.eclipse.org ) or Microsoft Visual Studio 2017/2019 - yes it can do Python now. These are for Windows. Notepad is the way to go when writing code. NVDA or JAWS reads tabs, spaces and now it also can read line endings in Notepad fine as long as that feature is enabled and you've maximized the window. If the rest of the class is working with an integrated development environment the instructor might need to provide special instructions for importing notepad text in to the environment. Make sure too, that your student has access to the code samples that are usually a free download with purchase of the textbook. Because an integrated development environment can often help with syntax, he'll be missing out on that using Notepad, so code samples are crucial. Hope this helps. Tamara Mariotti From: athen-list On Behalf Of Laura Loree Sent: Monday, March 9, 2020 2:23 PM To: athen-list@u.washington.edu Subject: [Athen] Blind Student Taking CS/Web Dev Courses We have a student who is blind that has expressed interest in taking CS/Web Development courses at our institution in the Fall. We are already beginning to have discussions with key parties on campus in order to be proactive. Has anyone worked with a blind student in these majors and do you have any advice/strategies that worked well for you in supporting the student? Laura Loree, M.A.Ed., CPACC, CTFL EIT Accessibility Manager Accessible Technology Center Utah Valley University Email: laura.loree@uvu.edu Phone: 801-863-6788 Room: FL-111-F -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From solowoniukr at macewan.ca Mon Mar 9 14:58:23 2020 From: solowoniukr at macewan.ca (Russell Solowoniuk) Date: Mon Mar 9 14:58:29 2020 Subject: [Athen] Blind Student Taking CS/Web Dev Courses In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Hi Laura, You should probably first check with the student to see if she/he is a Braille user. If you will need to prepare textbooks in Braille, or contract out to do this, the turnaround time can be quite lengthy. Cheers, Russell From: athen-list On Behalf Of Tamara Mariotti Sent: Monday, March 9, 2020 2:22 PM To: Access Technology Higher Education Network Subject: Re: [Athen] Blind Student Taking CS/Web Dev Courses Hi Laura, I would highly suggest that you begin with the professors/instructors to find out what they are using for books, and online tools. We found that Pearson My programming lab etc. was not easily accessible. There have been many listserv concerns with Pearson products. However, I found that was the biggest concern, the materials and if they are in an accessible format. The other area is math. Many computer majors require high levels of math, so having Math accessible programs, such as Math Type, etc. is a must. Also, meeting with the student to know where his strengths are, etc. I always had a plan B for student to have a 1:1 NOTE TAKER and to describe things working with him in the class when needed, and a 1:1 tutor, preferably the same person through the learning commons to work with him. I also suggested that the student set up at least 1 time per week at office hours with the instructor(s) as needed. So organizing the information prior to the class beginning is really crucial here. Then there are the computer programming related software that is way over my expertise. Here are some ideas I was provided that I provided to the Professors/Instructors and the student. https://help.eclipse.org/2019-12/index.jsp?topic=%2Forg.eclipse.stardust.docs.wst%2Fhtml%2Fwst-integration%2Fdynamic-web-proj.html https://notepad-plus-plus.org/ Eclipse with the PyDev plugin (www.eclipse.org ) or Microsoft Visual Studio 2017/2019 - yes it can do Python now. These are for Windows. Notepad is the way to go when writing code. NVDA or JAWS reads tabs, spaces and now it also can read line endings in Notepad fine as long as that feature is enabled and you've maximized the window. If the rest of the class is working with an integrated development environment the instructor might need to provide special instructions for importing notepad text in to the environment. Make sure too, that your student has access to the code samples that are usually a free download with purchase of the textbook. Because an integrated development environment can often help with syntax, he'll be missing out on that using Notepad, so code samples are crucial. Hope this helps. Tamara Mariotti From: athen-list > On Behalf Of Laura Loree Sent: Monday, March 9, 2020 2:23 PM To: athen-list@u.washington.edu Subject: [Athen] Blind Student Taking CS/Web Dev Courses We have a student who is blind that has expressed interest in taking CS/Web Development courses at our institution in the Fall. We are already beginning to have discussions with key parties on campus in order to be proactive. Has anyone worked with a blind student in these majors and do you have any advice/strategies that worked well for you in supporting the student? Laura Loree, M.A.Ed., CPACC, CTFL EIT Accessibility Manager Accessible Technology Center Utah Valley University Email: laura.loree@uvu.edu Phone: 801-863-6788 Room: FL-111-F -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From ipriest at msudenver.edu Tue Mar 10 08:46:02 2020 From: ipriest at msudenver.edu (Priest, Ione) Date: Tue Mar 10 08:46:52 2020 Subject: [Athen] Blind Student Taking CS/Web Dev Courses In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Laura, We currently have two CS majors. The biggest barriers we've run into have been in courses with graphic-heavy content - specifically an architecture course that primarily focused on the physical layout of circuitry which required a great deal of tactile production on our end. This may become a big factor for your student if they're wanting to focus on Web Development coursework, and many of our web dev. courses have a heavy emphasis on the graphic interface portion of things. Outside of this, most of our professors have been very flexible in allowing the students to use a variety of different methods to complete projects and assignments because they understood the content itself was the most important thing for the students to master, not necessarily the specific tools. Most of the professors we've met with are actually happy to have them work in simple text documents where possible, as it was a good demonstration of the students' grasp of the concepts. Where text files were not sufficient, we did also utilize Eclipse and Notepad++ as Tamara mentioned. One of our students is very adept with LaTex, and their professor has provided all the materials in this format, including exams. I will add that both of these students are great at self-advocating their needs to professors as needed, and very tech-savvy to the point they may have used additional programs on their own that I'm not aware of. I'm not sure what your student's skill is, but that can also play a part in how things are approached. Thanks, Ione Priest, CPACC | Accessibility Technology Manager Pronouns: she, her, hers Access Center Metropolitan State University of Denver Campus Box 56, P.O. Box 173362, Denver, CO 80217-3362 303-615-0200 (office) 720-778-5662 (fax) ipriest@msudenver.edu | www.msudenver.edu/access MSU Denver logo: [Metropolitan State University of Denver] This e-mail message, including any attachments, is for the sole use of the intended recipient(s) and may contain confidential information. Any unauthorized review, use, disclosure or distribution is prohibited. If you are not the intended recipient, please contact the sender immediately by reply e-mail and destroy all copies of the original message. From: athen-list [mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman12.u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of Russell Solowoniuk Sent: Monday, March 9, 2020 3:58 PM To: Access Technology Higher Education Network Subject: Re: [Athen] Blind Student Taking CS/Web Dev Courses Hi Laura, You should probably first check with the student to see if she/he is a Braille user. If you will need to prepare textbooks in Braille, or contract out to do this, the turnaround time can be quite lengthy. Cheers, Russell From: athen-list > On Behalf Of Tamara Mariotti Sent: Monday, March 9, 2020 2:22 PM To: Access Technology Higher Education Network > Subject: Re: [Athen] Blind Student Taking CS/Web Dev Courses Hi Laura, I would highly suggest that you begin with the professors/instructors to find out what they are using for books, and online tools. We found that Pearson My programming lab etc. was not easily accessible. There have been many listserv concerns with Pearson products. However, I found that was the biggest concern, the materials and if they are in an accessible format. The other area is math. Many computer majors require high levels of math, so having Math accessible programs, such as Math Type, etc. is a must. Also, meeting with the student to know where his strengths are, etc. I always had a plan B for student to have a 1:1 NOTE TAKER and to describe things working with him in the class when needed, and a 1:1 tutor, preferably the same person through the learning commons to work with him. I also suggested that the student set up at least 1 time per week at office hours with the instructor(s) as needed. So organizing the information prior to the class beginning is really crucial here. Then there are the computer programming related software that is way over my expertise. Here are some ideas I was provided that I provided to the Professors/Instructors and the student. https://help.eclipse.org/2019-12/index.jsp?topic=%2Forg.eclipse.stardust.docs.wst%2Fhtml%2Fwst-integration%2Fdynamic-web-proj.html https://notepad-plus-plus.org/ Eclipse with the PyDev plugin (www.eclipse.org ) or Microsoft Visual Studio 2017/2019 - yes it can do Python now. These are for Windows. Notepad is the way to go when writing code. NVDA or JAWS reads tabs, spaces and now it also can read line endings in Notepad fine as long as that feature is enabled and you've maximized the window. If the rest of the class is working with an integrated development environment the instructor might need to provide special instructions for importing notepad text in to the environment. Make sure too, that your student has access to the code samples that are usually a free download with purchase of the textbook. Because an integrated development environment can often help with syntax, he'll be missing out on that using Notepad, so code samples are crucial. Hope this helps. Tamara Mariotti From: athen-list > On Behalf Of Laura Loree Sent: Monday, March 9, 2020 2:23 PM To: athen-list@u.washington.edu Subject: [Athen] Blind Student Taking CS/Web Dev Courses We have a student who is blind that has expressed interest in taking CS/Web Development courses at our institution in the Fall. We are already beginning to have discussions with key parties on campus in order to be proactive. Has anyone worked with a blind student in these majors and do you have any advice/strategies that worked well for you in supporting the student? Laura Loree, M.A.Ed., CPACC, CTFL EIT Accessibility Manager Accessible Technology Center Utah Valley University Email: laura.loree@uvu.edu Phone: 801-863-6788 Room: FL-111-F -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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N.O.A.T. events are open to all AT Professionals and our goal is to circulate the invitation to as many as possible. Doug Mantle, Assistive Technology Support Specialist, STARS Learning Lab Co-ordinator Accessibility, Counselling and Student Development - Accessibility Services - Student Affairs King's University College at Western University 266 Epworth Avenue London, Ontario, Canada N6A 2M3 P. 519-433-3491 ext. 4579 | P. 1-800-265-4406 | F. 519-963-1013 Doug.Mantle@Kings.UWO.ca | www.kings.uwo.ca Please be advised that this email is only monitored during regular office hours. During peak times of the academic year, replies may take 2-3 days. If your matter is urgent, please contact the Accessibility, Counselling and Student Development office at 519-433-3491 extension 4321 or acsd@kings.uwo.ca or Wemple room 151. From: noat@googlegroups.com On Behalf Of Network of Assistive Technologists Sent: Tuesday, March 10, 2020 2:30 PM Subject: [N.O.A.T.] Fwd: REGISTRATION IS OPEN - Read&Write - Seamlessly Throughout An Education Webinar - March 13, 2020 @ 1:30pm EST Good day! Wanted to send a quick reminder about the webinar this coming Friday. Read&Write - Seamlessly Throughout An Education. This webinar is being held Friday, March 13, 2020 @ 1:30pm EST. See below for more information and links to register. The Network of Assistive Technologists www.NOAT.ca | info@NOAT.ca ---------- Forwarded message --------- From: Network of Assistive Technologists > Date: Fri, Mar 6, 2020 at 7:44 AM Subject: REGISTRATION IS OPEN - Read&Write - Seamlessly Throughout An Education Webinar - March 13, 2020 @ 1:30pm EST Happy Friday! 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URL: From rspangler1 at udayton.edu Tue Mar 10 13:47:15 2020 From: rspangler1 at udayton.edu (Robert Spangler) Date: Tue Mar 10 13:48:00 2020 Subject: [Athen] Dragon Server Message-ID: Hello, I am writing to see if there is anyone who is using Dragon in a multi-user environment. Currently, we have six testing machines on which Dragon is installed. Rather than have a user create a new dragon profile on each machine, we have these set up to use generic Windows accounts, so the student logs in using an account called test, and everyone uses the same Dragon profile on every computer, which I create upon installing Dragon. However, our IT department is trying to push us away from using generic accounts, which is certainly understandable. I am hoping that we can set up Dragon so that our students can create their Dragon profile on one machine and have it pull from a server no matter which test workstation they are using. I have downloaded a Dragon Group Server install guide to pass along to our IT department, so we can get this started, but I was wondering if there was anyone on this list who is using this configuration. How well does it work? Does the Dragon server actually store the user's voice data, or does it just hold custom words and other settings shared among all users? Do we need to have roaming profiles enabled to even use this? Basically, is what I am attempting to accomplish possible? Thanks! Robert -- Robert Spangler Disability Services Technical Support Specialist rspangler1@udayton.edu Office of Learning Resources (OLR) - RL 023 Ryan C. Harris Learning & Teaching Center (LTC) University of Dayton | 300 College Park | Dayton, Ohio 45469-1302 Phone: 937-229-2066 Fax: 937-229-3270 Ohio Relay: 711 (available for individuals who are deaf or hard of hearing) Web Site: http://go.udayton.edu/learning -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From foreigntype at gmail.com Tue Mar 10 15:14:15 2020 From: foreigntype at gmail.com (Wink Harner) Date: Tue Mar 10 15:41:33 2020 Subject: [Athen] Dragon Server In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Robert, We set this up at my college in Arizona some years ago. IT can create a data bank on the main server and in the BIOS system of each computer where dragon is installed, re-direct the SAVE path for the dragon profiles to go to the server under the student's profile name instead of the profile being saved on the local computer(s). We had the students back up their voice profiles onto flash drives and we cleaned the data off the servers either once a semester or once per academic year so as not to clog up space. Our IT dept was notoriously short of server space so I volunteered a bit of my budget $$ to purchase several TB of server space just for the dragon profiles. Hope this is helpful. Wink Harner Accessibility Consultant/Alternative Text Production The Foreign Type Portland OR foreigntype@gmail.com 480-984-0034 This email was dictated using Dragon NaturallySpeaking. Please forgive quirks, misrecognitions, or errata . On Tue, Mar 10, 2020 at 1:48 PM Robert Spangler wrote: > Hello, I am writing to see if there is anyone who is using Dragon in a > multi-user environment. Currently, we have six testing machines on which > Dragon is installed. Rather than have a user create a new dragon profile > on each machine, we have these set up to use generic Windows accounts, so > the student logs in using an account called test, and everyone uses the > same Dragon profile on every computer, which I create upon installing > Dragon. However, our IT department is trying to push us away from using > generic accounts, which is certainly understandable. I am hoping that we > can set up Dragon so that our students can create their Dragon profile on > one machine and have it pull from a server no matter which test workstation > they are using. > > I have downloaded a Dragon Group Server install guide to pass along to our > IT department, so we can get this started, but I was wondering if there was > anyone on this list who is using this configuration. How well does it > work? Does the Dragon server actually store the user's voice data, or does > it just hold custom words and other settings shared among all users? Do we > need to have roaming profiles enabled to even use this? Basically, is what > I am attempting to accomplish possible? > > Thanks! > Robert > > > -- > Robert Spangler > Disability Services Technical Support Specialist > rspangler1@udayton.edu > Office of Learning Resources (OLR) - RL 023 > Ryan C. Harris Learning & Teaching Center (LTC) > University of Dayton | 300 College Park | Dayton, Ohio 45469-1302 > Phone: 937-229-2066 > Fax: 937-229-3270 > Ohio Relay: 711 (available for individuals who are deaf or hard of hearing) > Web Site: http://go.udayton.edu/learning > > _______________________________________________ > athen-list mailing list > athen-list@mailman12.u.washington.edu > http://mailman12.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/athen-list > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From girwin2 at hccfl.edu Wed Mar 11 06:10:45 2020 From: girwin2 at hccfl.edu (Irwin, George) Date: Wed Mar 11 06:11:17 2020 Subject: [Athen] Dragon Server In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Have you considered import/export voice files on a flash drive? From: athen-list On Behalf Of Robert Spangler Sent: Tuesday, March 10, 2020 4:47 PM To: Access Technology Higher Education Network Subject: [Athen] Dragon Server CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Do not click links or open attachments unless you recognize the sender and know the content is safe. Hello, I am writing to see if there is anyone who is using Dragon in a multi-user environment. Currently, we have six testing machines on which Dragon is installed. Rather than have a user create a new dragon profile on each machine, we have these set up to use generic Windows accounts, so the student logs in using an account called test, and everyone uses the same Dragon profile on every computer, which I create upon installing Dragon. However, our IT department is trying to push us away from using generic accounts, which is certainly understandable. I am hoping that we can set up Dragon so that our students can create their Dragon profile on one machine and have it pull from a server no matter which test workstation they are using. I have downloaded a Dragon Group Server install guide to pass along to our IT department, so we can get this started, but I was wondering if there was anyone on this list who is using this configuration. How well does it work? Does the Dragon server actually store the user's voice data, or does it just hold custom words and other settings shared among all users? Do we need to have roaming profiles enabled to even use this? Basically, is what I am attempting to accomplish possible? Thanks! Robert -- Robert Spangler Disability Services Technical Support Specialist rspangler1@udayton.edu Office of Learning Resources (OLR) - RL 023 Ryan C. Harris Learning & Teaching Center (LTC) University of Dayton | 300 College Park | Dayton, Ohio 45469-1302 Phone: 937-229-2066 Fax: 937-229-3270 Ohio Relay: 711 (available for individuals who are deaf or hard of hearing) Web Site: http://go.udayton.edu/learning Please note: All correspondence to or from this office is subject to Florida?s Public Records law. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From Doug.Mantle at kings.uwo.ca Wed Mar 11 06:37:06 2020 From: Doug.Mantle at kings.uwo.ca (Doug Mantle) Date: Wed Mar 11 06:37:16 2020 Subject: [Athen] Dragon Server In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <2B7730A6FD2DFE499F4A8A1099627D8D6B447B49@kucexch01.kings.kucits.ca> Hi Robert. We are currently using two types of Dragon licensing that offer what you are looking for. We have had the Academic Lab Packs for 15 systems up and running now for about 6 or 7 years. We use them in our exam area and public access lab spaces. User profiles are stored in a shared network directory. We have one directory for exam profiles and one for public use profiles. This prevents problems with students ?customizing? their profiles for their benefit in an exam. Access to the appropriate directory is maintained through Windows file sharing security settings and/or group policies based on the specific system they are using and / or their login credentials. Accessing the roaming voice profiles is managed within Dragon by specifying the network location they are stored in. This gives any user from any computer where the Dragon software is installed and configured, access to their voice profile. A few years ago we needed to increase our loan out licenses for individual students and employees. We previously purchased individual copies of the software for this purpose. Nuance changed the licensing a few years back and now one copy of the software is eternally registered to one user and cannot legally be reassigned. With this change came a new product (imagine) called Dragon Professional Group. We currently have two employees using it and two licenses available for student loan. This involves an online license manager that you use to ?sign out? licenses to individuals. You install the software on their systems and they login to gain access. Both options give the ability to store profiles centrally, accessing them from any configured / connected system. The Lab Packs use a shared networked directory. As I understand it, Professional Group uses a synchronized profile through the cloud but doesn?t necessarily require the internet to use Dragon. Sorry, I am a bit fuzzy on the exact methodology of the Group licensing and profile storage. Of note, when you have these types of licenses, a small yearly maintenance fee gives you both free upgrades and access to technical support. And, yes the technical support is pretty good. It is NOT the team you get when you access the consumer pay-per-use options. They actually know what they are doing and are eager to help. A link to some info about Academic Lab Packs https://www.nuance.com/dragon/industry/education-solutions.html A link to some info about Professional Group https://www.nuance.com/dragon/business-solutions/dragon-professional-group.html Hope this helps. If you have further questions, I am happy to discuss it with you. Feel free to reach out? Take care, Doug Mantle, Assistive Technology Support Specialist, STARS Learning Lab Co-ordinator Accessibility, Counselling and Student Development - Accessibility Services - Student Affairs King's University College at Western University 266 Epworth Avenue London, Ontario, Canada N6A 2M3 P. 519-433-3491 ext. 4579 | P. 1-800-265-4406 | F. 519-963-1013 Doug.Mantle@Kings.UWO.ca | www.kings.uwo.ca Please be advised that this email is only monitored during regular office hours. During peak times of the academic year, replies may take 2-3 days. If your matter is urgent, please contact the Accessibility, Counselling and Student Development office at 519-433-3491 extension 4321 or acsd@kings.uwo.ca or Wemple room 151. From: athen-list On Behalf Of Wink Harner Sent: Tuesday, March 10, 2020 6:14 PM To: Access Technology Higher Education Network Subject: Re: [Athen] Dragon Server Robert, We set this up at my college in Arizona some years ago. IT can create a data bank on the main server and in the BIOS system of each computer where dragon is installed, re-direct the SAVE path for the dragon profiles to go to the server under the student's profile name instead of the profile being saved on the local computer(s). We had the students back up their voice profiles onto flash drives and we cleaned the data off the servers either once a semester or once per academic year so as not to clog up space. Our IT dept was notoriously short of server space so I volunteered a bit of my budget $$ to purchase several TB of server space just for the dragon profiles. Hope this is helpful. Wink Harner Accessibility Consultant/Alternative Text Production The Foreign Type Portland OR foreigntype@gmail.com 480-984-0034 This email was dictated using Dragon NaturallySpeaking. Please forgive quirks, misrecognitions, or errata . On Tue, Mar 10, 2020 at 1:48 PM Robert Spangler > wrote: Hello, I am writing to see if there is anyone who is using Dragon in a multi-user environment. Currently, we have six testing machines on which Dragon is installed. Rather than have a user create a new dragon profile on each machine, we have these set up to use generic Windows accounts, so the student logs in using an account called test, and everyone uses the same Dragon profile on every computer, which I create upon installing Dragon. However, our IT department is trying to push us away from using generic accounts, which is certainly understandable. I am hoping that we can set up Dragon so that our students can create their Dragon profile on one machine and have it pull from a server no matter which test workstation they are using. I have downloaded a Dragon Group Server install guide to pass along to our IT department, so we can get this started, but I was wondering if there was anyone on this list who is using this configuration. How well does it work? Does the Dragon server actually store the user's voice data, or does it just hold custom words and other settings shared among all users? Do we need to have roaming profiles enabled to even use this? Basically, is what I am attempting to accomplish possible? Thanks! Robert -- Robert Spangler Disability Services Technical Support Specialist rspangler1@udayton.edu Office of Learning Resources (OLR) - RL 023 Ryan C. Harris Learning & Teaching Center (LTC) University of Dayton | 300 College Park | Dayton, Ohio 45469-1302 Phone: 937-229-2066 Fax: 937-229-3270 Ohio Relay: 711 (available for individuals who are deaf or hard of hearing) Web Site: http://go.udayton.edu/learning _______________________________________________ athen-list mailing list athen-list@mailman12.u.washington.edu http://mailman12.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/athen-list [https://www.kings.uwo.ca/kings/assets/Image/email/accessibility-counselling.png] King?s University College is committed to accessibility for persons with disabilities. Please contact us if you have any particular accommodation requirements or require information in an alternate format. ________________________________ Confidentiality Notice: The contents of this communication, including any attachment(s), are confidential and may be privileged. 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We've run into some issues with the resolution on PDF documents that we save from ABBYY, and I'd love to hear from anyone who has had that issue (and solved it!) since none of the settings we've tried so far have fully solved the issue. Susan (and all), we are actually working on updating our step-by-step ABBYY materials this term! (We have some now, but they are pretty brief and tend to be most useful in an in-person training setting - that's why we are updating to standalone documents.) When we have those done, I'd be happy to share! Thanks all, Mary *Mary Popish* Adaptive Technology Specialist & Alternate Formats Coordinator Disability Resource Center Portland State University Phone: (503) 725-9119 Fax: (503) 725-4103 Email: drc@pdx.edu URL: http://www.pdx.edu/drc Pronouns: she / her / hers On Mon, Mar 9, 2020 at 12:42 PM Karlen Communications < info@karlencommunications.com> wrote: > I?d be interested in this as well. I just bought Fine Reader to access PDF > documents instead of using acrobat Pro DC?yes, it has come to that?but > don?t think I?m using it to its full potential. > > > > Cheers, Karen > > > > *From:* athen-list *On > Behalf Of *Susan Kelmer > *Sent:* Monday, March 9, 2020 2:40 PM > *To:* Access Technology Higher Education Network < > athen-list@u.washington.edu> > *Subject:* [Athen] Abbyy Finereader Processes > > > > Greetings. I?m home with a nasty virus, so catching up on some old topics > and trying to learn something new. > > > > Does anyone have a written procedure for using Abbyy to scan and OCR files > to multiple outputs (word, PDF, etc.)? We are and have always been an > Omnipage shop, but I feel like we need Abbyy in our toolbox as well. I?m > most interested in step-by-step type materials, if you have them. > > > > Thanks in advance for keeping me occupied during my incarceration (I?ve > been stuck in the house since Friday, and I?m starting to get restless?). > > > > *Susan Kelmer * > > Alternate Format Production Program Manager > > Disability Services > > Division of Student Affairs > > *T* 303 735 4836 > > *www.colorado.edu/disabilityservices > * > > > > > > [image: cid:image001.png@01D598AC.79FC1C60] > > > > *Due to the nature of electronic communication, the security of this > message cannot be guaranteed. If you?ve received this email in error please > notify the sender immediately and delete this message. * > > > _______________________________________________ > athen-list mailing list > athen-list@mailman12.u.washington.edu > http://mailman12.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/athen-list > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Maureen Bourbeau Assistive Technology Specialist Student Accessibility Services (SAS) 201 Smith Hall, 3 Garrison Avenue Durham, NH 03824 P: 603.862.2400 | F: 603.862.4043 maureen.bourbeau@unh.edu www.unh.edu/sas [cid:image003.jpg@01D5F7A8.3CE5FED0] From: athen-list On Behalf Of Mary Popish Sent: Wednesday, March 11, 2020 1:04 PM To: Access Technology Higher Education Network Subject: Re: [Athen] Abbyy Finereader Processes Caution - External Email ________________________________ Hi all, I'd also be interested in hearing from anyone who uses ABBYY, especially folks who have updated to v. 15. We've run into some issues with the resolution on PDF documents that we save from ABBYY, and I'd love to hear from anyone who has had that issue (and solved it!) since none of the settings we've tried so far have fully solved the issue. Susan (and all), we are actually working on updating our step-by-step ABBYY materials this term! (We have some now, but they are pretty brief and tend to be most useful in an in-person training setting - that's why we are updating to standalone documents.) When we have those done, I'd be happy to share! Thanks all, Mary Mary Popish Adaptive Technology Specialist & Alternate Formats Coordinator Disability Resource Center Portland State University Phone: (503) 725-9119 Fax: (503) 725-4103 Email: drc@pdx.edu URL: http://www.pdx.edu/drc Pronouns: she / her / hers On Mon, Mar 9, 2020 at 12:42 PM Karlen Communications > wrote: I?d be interested in this as well. I just bought Fine Reader to access PDF documents instead of using acrobat Pro DC?yes, it has come to that?but don?t think I?m using it to its full potential. Cheers, Karen From: athen-list > On Behalf Of Susan Kelmer Sent: Monday, March 9, 2020 2:40 PM To: Access Technology Higher Education Network > Subject: [Athen] Abbyy Finereader Processes Greetings. I?m home with a nasty virus, so catching up on some old topics and trying to learn something new. Does anyone have a written procedure for using Abbyy to scan and OCR files to multiple outputs (word, PDF, etc.)? We are and have always been an Omnipage shop, but I feel like we need Abbyy in our toolbox as well. I?m most interested in step-by-step type materials, if you have them. Thanks in advance for keeping me occupied during my incarceration (I?ve been stuck in the house since Friday, and I?m starting to get restless?). Susan Kelmer Alternate Format Production Program Manager Disability Services Division of Student Affairs T 303 735 4836 www.colorado.edu/disabilityservices [cid:image001.png@01D598AC.79FC1C60] Due to the nature of electronic communication, the security of this message cannot be guaranteed. 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I am working with Version 15, but have not worked with Abbyy in probably more than 10 years, so I?m starting fresh. I am trying to figure out how to use it in a similar way that we use Omnipage, as we take many many PDFs to Word for vision-impaired students. It seems powerful, but it also seems to be not so intuitive or straight-forward. So any info people have will be helpful to me. And also, I?ll be adding this information to my Alternate Format Production Manual in June when I make my yearly updates. I want the information to be complete and accurate. Susan Kelmer Alternate Format Production Program Manager Disability Services Division of Student Affairs T 303 735 4836 www.colorado.edu/disabilityservices [cid:image001.png@01D598AC.79FC1C60] Due to the nature of electronic communication, the security of this message cannot be guaranteed. If you?ve received this email in error please notify the sender immediately and delete this message. From: athen-list On Behalf Of Mary Popish Sent: Wednesday, March 11, 2020 11:04 AM To: Access Technology Higher Education Network Subject: Re: [Athen] Abbyy Finereader Processes Hi all, I'd also be interested in hearing from anyone who uses ABBYY, especially folks who have updated to v. 15. We've run into some issues with the resolution on PDF documents that we save from ABBYY, and I'd love to hear from anyone who has had that issue (and solved it!) since none of the settings we've tried so far have fully solved the issue. Susan (and all), we are actually working on updating our step-by-step ABBYY materials this term! (We have some now, but they are pretty brief and tend to be most useful in an in-person training setting - that's why we are updating to standalone documents.) When we have those done, I'd be happy to share! Thanks all, Mary Mary Popish Adaptive Technology Specialist & Alternate Formats Coordinator Disability Resource Center Portland State University Phone: (503) 725-9119 Fax: (503) 725-4103 Email: drc@pdx.edu URL: http://www.pdx.edu/drc Pronouns: she / her / hers On Mon, Mar 9, 2020 at 12:42 PM Karlen Communications > wrote: I?d be interested in this as well. I just bought Fine Reader to access PDF documents instead of using acrobat Pro DC?yes, it has come to that?but don?t think I?m using it to its full potential. Cheers, Karen From: athen-list > On Behalf Of Susan Kelmer Sent: Monday, March 9, 2020 2:40 PM To: Access Technology Higher Education Network > Subject: [Athen] Abbyy Finereader Processes Greetings. I?m home with a nasty virus, so catching up on some old topics and trying to learn something new. Does anyone have a written procedure for using Abbyy to scan and OCR files to multiple outputs (word, PDF, etc.)? We are and have always been an Omnipage shop, but I feel like we need Abbyy in our toolbox as well. I?m most interested in step-by-step type materials, if you have them. Thanks in advance for keeping me occupied during my incarceration (I?ve been stuck in the house since Friday, and I?m starting to get restless?). Susan Kelmer Alternate Format Production Program Manager Disability Services Division of Student Affairs T 303 735 4836 www.colorado.edu/disabilityservices [cid:image001.png@01D598AC.79FC1C60] Due to the nature of electronic communication, the security of this message cannot be guaranteed. If you?ve received this email in error please notify the sender immediately and delete this message. _______________________________________________ athen-list mailing list athen-list@mailman12.u.washington.edu http://mailman12.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/athen-list -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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It is not intended for someone who has been using Abbyy for 10 years, but rather for someone who is either new to the alternate media space and dealing with PDFs or would like some information about the Abbyy OCR process. Hope this helps. Take care, Sean On Wed, Mar 11, 2020 at 10:04 AM Mary Popish wrote: > Hi all, > > I'd also be interested in hearing from anyone who uses ABBYY, especially > folks who have updated to v. 15. We've run into some issues with the > resolution on PDF documents that we save from ABBYY, and I'd love to hear > from anyone who has had that issue (and solved it!) since none of the > settings we've tried so far have fully solved the issue. > > Susan (and all), we are actually working on updating our step-by-step > ABBYY materials this term! (We have some now, but they are pretty brief and > tend to be most useful in an in-person training setting - that's why we are > updating to standalone documents.) When we have those done, I'd be happy to > share! > > Thanks all, > Mary > > *Mary Popish* > Adaptive Technology Specialist & Alternate Formats Coordinator > Disability Resource Center > Portland State University > > Phone: (503) 725-9119 > Fax: (503) 725-4103 > Email: drc@pdx.edu > URL: http://www.pdx.edu/drc > Pronouns: she / her / hers > > > > > On Mon, Mar 9, 2020 at 12:42 PM Karlen Communications < > info@karlencommunications.com> wrote: > >> I?d be interested in this as well. I just bought Fine Reader to access >> PDF documents instead of using acrobat Pro DC?yes, it has come to that?but >> don?t think I?m using it to its full potential. >> >> >> >> Cheers, Karen >> >> >> >> *From:* athen-list *On >> Behalf Of *Susan Kelmer >> *Sent:* Monday, March 9, 2020 2:40 PM >> *To:* Access Technology Higher Education Network < >> athen-list@u.washington.edu> >> *Subject:* [Athen] Abbyy Finereader Processes >> >> >> >> Greetings. I?m home with a nasty virus, so catching up on some old >> topics and trying to learn something new. >> >> >> >> Does anyone have a written procedure for using Abbyy to scan and OCR >> files to multiple outputs (word, PDF, etc.)? We are and have always been >> an Omnipage shop, but I feel like we need Abbyy in our toolbox as well. >> I?m most interested in step-by-step type materials, if you have them. >> >> >> >> Thanks in advance for keeping me occupied during my incarceration (I?ve >> been stuck in the house since Friday, and I?m starting to get restless?). >> >> >> >> *Susan Kelmer * >> >> Alternate Format Production Program Manager >> >> Disability Services >> >> Division of Student Affairs >> >> *T* 303 735 4836 >> >> *www.colorado.edu/disabilityservices >> * >> >> >> >> >> >> [image: cid:image001.png@01D598AC.79FC1C60] >> >> >> >> *Due to the nature of electronic communication, the security of this >> message cannot be guaranteed. 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It is not > intended for someone who has been using Abbyy for 10 years, but rather for > someone who is either new to the alternate media space and dealing with > PDFs or would like some information about the Abbyy OCR process. > > Hope this helps. > > Take care, > Sean > > > On Wed, Mar 11, 2020 at 10:04 AM Mary Popish wrote: > >> Hi all, >> >> I'd also be interested in hearing from anyone who uses ABBYY, especially >> folks who have updated to v. 15. We've run into some issues with the >> resolution on PDF documents that we save from ABBYY, and I'd love to hear >> from anyone who has had that issue (and solved it!) since none of the >> settings we've tried so far have fully solved the issue. >> >> Susan (and all), we are actually working on updating our step-by-step >> ABBYY materials this term! (We have some now, but they are pretty brief and >> tend to be most useful in an in-person training setting - that's why we are >> updating to standalone documents.) When we have those done, I'd be happy to >> share! >> >> Thanks all, >> Mary >> >> *Mary Popish* >> Adaptive Technology Specialist & Alternate Formats Coordinator >> Disability Resource Center >> Portland State University >> >> Phone: (503) 725-9119 >> Fax: (503) 725-4103 >> Email: drc@pdx.edu >> URL: http://www.pdx.edu/drc >> Pronouns: she / her / hers >> >> >> >> >> On Mon, Mar 9, 2020 at 12:42 PM Karlen Communications < >> info@karlencommunications.com> wrote: >> >>> I?d be interested in this as well. I just bought Fine Reader to access >>> PDF documents instead of using acrobat Pro DC?yes, it has come to that?but >>> don?t think I?m using it to its full potential. >>> >>> >>> >>> Cheers, Karen >>> >>> >>> >>> *From:* athen-list *On >>> Behalf Of *Susan Kelmer >>> *Sent:* Monday, March 9, 2020 2:40 PM >>> *To:* Access Technology Higher Education Network < >>> athen-list@u.washington.edu> >>> *Subject:* [Athen] Abbyy Finereader Processes >>> >>> >>> >>> Greetings. I?m home with a nasty virus, so catching up on some old >>> topics and trying to learn something new. >>> >>> >>> >>> Does anyone have a written procedure for using Abbyy to scan and OCR >>> files to multiple outputs (word, PDF, etc.)? We are and have always been >>> an Omnipage shop, but I feel like we need Abbyy in our toolbox as well. >>> I?m most interested in step-by-step type materials, if you have them. >>> >>> >>> >>> Thanks in advance for keeping me occupied during my incarceration (I?ve >>> been stuck in the house since Friday, and I?m starting to get restless?). >>> >>> >>> >>> *Susan Kelmer * >>> >>> Alternate Format Production Program Manager >>> >>> Disability Services >>> >>> Division of Student Affairs >>> >>> *T* 303 735 4836 >>> >>> *www.colorado.edu/disabilityservices >>> * >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> [image: cid:image001.png@01D598AC.79FC1C60] >>> >>> >>> >>> *Due to the nature of electronic communication, the security of this >>> message cannot be guaranteed. 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(We use NVDA+Math Type and MathPlayer to read Word math stuff on campus. Students needing math screen readers for exams at home is another issue.) Thanks for any advice on this, Keith Kolander Adaptive Technology Specialist St. Charles Community College Cottleville, MO 63376 kkolander@stchas.edu -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From lydia at autistichoya.com Wed Mar 11 11:30:31 2020 From: lydia at autistichoya.com (Lydia X. Z. Brown) Date: Wed Mar 11 11:32:03 2020 Subject: [Athen] Other resources in moving to online instruction Message-ID: Hi all, I hope you are all doing well or at least as minimally okay as is possible right now. In the spirit of collegiality and community, I'm writing to share some resources and readings from disabled community as many of us are making this transition, in the hopes they might be helpful to you as well: (1) "Accessible Teaching in the Time of COVID-19 " by Aimi Hamraie (2) "Musings about classes going online and crip pedagogies of imperfection " by Ellen Samuels (3) "To Survive the Trumpocalypse, We Need Wild Disability Justice Dreams " by Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha (4) "Multimodality in Motion: Disability and Kairotic Spaces " by Melanie Yergeau, Elizabeth Brewer, Stephanie Kerschbaum, Sushil K. Oswal, Margaret Price, Cynthia L. Selfe, Michael J. Salvo, and Franny Howes In community and solidarity, Lydia ______________ *Lydia X. Z. Brown * (they/them/theirs) lydia@autistichoya.com +1 (202) 618-0187 www.autistichoya.net ??No? might make them angry. but it will make you free. ? if no one has ever told you, your freedom is more important than their anger? ? 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If we had the luxury of time, we would have folks make their Word or PDF documents accessible first, but for now we are directing people to use HTML files and providing accessible template structure into which they can copy their content and make it accessible using the LMS tools. ____________________________ *Please fill out this short survey regarding your service today: *COOL Consultation Survey Jennifer Knott, Ed.D. Director, Center of Online Learning Columbus State University (706) 507-8695 On Wed, Mar 11, 2020 at 2:24 PM Keith Kolander wrote: > Hi all, > > Our college will be, as others already are, moving > > temporarily to all online classes. What kind of > > things are you making faculty aware of who don?t have any > > online presence, specifically about types of documents > > they post? Are you recommending they use pdfs over > > Word docs? Or vice versa? I know in general all documents > > need to be accessible, but in this temporary situation, what > > advice are you giving faculty on this? > > As far as math stuff, one faculty wants to post stuff using > > pdfs. That is not as accessible for reading math as a Word doc is. > > How are you dealing with that with math faculty? (We use NVDA+Math > > Type and MathPlayer to read Word math stuff on campus. Students > > needing math screen readers for exams at home is another issue.) > > > > Thanks for any advice on this, > > > > Keith Kolander > > Adaptive Technology Specialist > > St. Charles Community College > > Cottleville, MO 63376 > > kkolander@stchas.edu > > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > athen-list mailing list > athen-list@mailman12.u.washington.edu > http://mailman12.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/athen-list > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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If we had the luxury of time, we would have folks make their Word or PDF documents accessible first, but for now we are directing people to use HTML files and providing accessible template structure into which they can copy their content and make it accessible using the LMS tools. ____________________________ *Please fill out this short survey regarding your service today: *COOL Consultation Survey Jennifer Knott, Ed.D. Director, Center of Online Learning Columbus State University (706) 507-8695 On Wed, Mar 11, 2020 at 2:24 PM Keith Kolander wrote: > Hi all, > > Our college will be, as others already are, moving > > temporarily to all online classes. What kind of > > things are you making faculty aware of who don?t have any > > online presence, specifically about types of documents > > they post? Are you recommending they use pdfs over > > Word docs? Or vice versa? I know in general all documents > > need to be accessible, but in this temporary situation, what > > advice are you giving faculty on this? > > As far as math stuff, one faculty wants to post stuff using > > pdfs. That is not as accessible for reading math as a Word doc is. > > How are you dealing with that with math faculty? (We use NVDA+Math > > Type and MathPlayer to read Word math stuff on campus. Students > > needing math screen readers for exams at home is another issue.) > > > > Thanks for any advice on this, > > > > Keith Kolander > > Adaptive Technology Specialist > > St. Charles Community College > > Cottleville, MO 63376 > > kkolander@stchas.edu > > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > athen-list mailing list > athen-list@mailman12.u.washington.edu > http://mailman12.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/athen-list > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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It is a free, self-paced course in Canvas, although >> you would have to create a student account to access it. We also have it on >> Canvas Commons for colleges that want to download their own copy of the >> course and edit locally. >> >> We do cover the basics of Abbyy and various output options. It is not >> intended for someone who has been using Abbyy for 10 years, but rather for >> someone who is either new to the alternate media space and dealing with >> PDFs or would like some information about the Abbyy OCR process. >> >> Hope this helps. >> >> Take care, >> Sean >> >> >> On Wed, Mar 11, 2020 at 10:04 AM Mary Popish wrote: >> >>> Hi all, >>> >>> I'd also be interested in hearing from anyone who uses ABBYY, especially >>> folks who have updated to v. 15. We've run into some issues with the >>> resolution on PDF documents that we save from ABBYY, and I'd love to hear >>> from anyone who has had that issue (and solved it!) since none of the >>> settings we've tried so far have fully solved the issue. >>> >>> Susan (and all), we are actually working on updating our step-by-step >>> ABBYY materials this term! (We have some now, but they are pretty brief and >>> tend to be most useful in an in-person training setting - that's why we are >>> updating to standalone documents.) When we have those done, I'd be happy to >>> share! >>> >>> Thanks all, >>> Mary >>> >>> *Mary Popish* >>> Adaptive Technology Specialist & Alternate Formats Coordinator >>> Disability Resource Center >>> Portland State University >>> >>> Phone: (503) 725-9119 >>> Fax: (503) 725-4103 >>> Email: drc@pdx.edu >>> URL: http://www.pdx.edu/drc >>> Pronouns: she / her / hers >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> On Mon, Mar 9, 2020 at 12:42 PM Karlen Communications < >>> info@karlencommunications.com> wrote: >>> >>>> I?d be interested in this as well. I just bought Fine Reader to access >>>> PDF documents instead of using acrobat Pro DC?yes, it has come to that?but >>>> don?t think I?m using it to its full potential. >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> Cheers, Karen >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> *From:* athen-list *On >>>> Behalf Of *Susan Kelmer >>>> *Sent:* Monday, March 9, 2020 2:40 PM >>>> *To:* Access Technology Higher Education Network < >>>> athen-list@u.washington.edu> >>>> *Subject:* [Athen] Abbyy Finereader Processes >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> Greetings. I?m home with a nasty virus, so catching up on some old >>>> topics and trying to learn something new. >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> Does anyone have a written procedure for using Abbyy to scan and OCR >>>> files to multiple outputs (word, PDF, etc.)? We are and have always been >>>> an Omnipage shop, but I feel like we need Abbyy in our toolbox as well. >>>> I?m most interested in step-by-step type materials, if you have them. >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> Thanks in advance for keeping me occupied during my incarceration (I?ve >>>> been stuck in the house since Friday, and I?m starting to get restless?). >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> *Susan Kelmer * >>>> >>>> Alternate Format Production Program Manager >>>> >>>> Disability Services >>>> >>>> Division of Student Affairs >>>> >>>> *T* 303 735 4836 >>>> >>>> *www.colorado.edu/disabilityservices >>>> * >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> [image: cid:image001.png@01D598AC.79FC1C60] >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> *Due to the nature of electronic communication, the security of this >>>> message cannot be guaranteed. 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It is a free, self-paced course in Canvas, although you would have to create a student account to access it. We also have it on Canvas Commons for colleges that want to download their own copy of the course and edit locally. >> >> We do cover the basics of Abbyy and various output options. It is not intended for someone who has been using Abbyy for 10 years, but rather for someone who is either new to the alternate media space and dealing with PDFs or would like some information about the Abbyy OCR process. >> >> Hope this helps. >> >> Take care, >> Sean >> >> >>> On Wed, Mar 11, 2020 at 10:04 AM Mary Popish wrote: >>> Hi all, >>> >>> I'd also be interested in hearing from anyone who uses ABBYY, especially folks who have updated to v. 15. We've run into some issues with the resolution on PDF documents that we save from ABBYY, and I'd love to hear from anyone who has had that issue (and solved it!) since none of the settings we've tried so far have fully solved the issue. >>> >>> Susan (and all), we are actually working on updating our step-by-step ABBYY materials this term! (We have some now, but they are pretty brief and tend to be most useful in an in-person training setting - that's why we are updating to standalone documents.) When we have those done, I'd be happy to share! >>> >>> Thanks all, >>> Mary >>> >>> Mary Popish >>> Adaptive Technology Specialist & Alternate Formats Coordinator >>> Disability Resource Center >>> Portland State University >>> >>> Phone: (503) 725-9119 >>> Fax: (503) 725-4103 >>> Email: drc@pdx.edu >>> URL: http://www.pdx.edu/drc >>> Pronouns: she / her / hers >>> >>> >>> >>> >>>> On Mon, Mar 9, 2020 at 12:42 PM Karlen Communications wrote: >>>> I?d be interested in this as well. I just bought Fine Reader to access PDF documents instead of using acrobat Pro DC?yes, it has come to that?but don?t think I?m using it to its full potential. >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> Cheers, Karen >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> From: athen-list On Behalf Of Susan Kelmer >>>> Sent: Monday, March 9, 2020 2:40 PM >>>> To: Access Technology Higher Education Network >>>> Subject: [Athen] Abbyy Finereader Processes >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> Greetings. I?m home with a nasty virus, so catching up on some old topics and trying to learn something new. >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> Does anyone have a written procedure for using Abbyy to scan and OCR files to multiple outputs (word, PDF, etc.)? We are and have always been an Omnipage shop, but I feel like we need Abbyy in our toolbox as well. I?m most interested in step-by-step type materials, if you have them. >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> Thanks in advance for keeping me occupied during my incarceration (I?ve been stuck in the house since Friday, and I?m starting to get restless?). >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> Susan Kelmer >>>> >>>> Alternate Format Production Program Manager >>>> >>>> Disability Services >>>> >>>> Division of Student Affairs >>>> >>>> T 303 735 4836 >>>> >>>> www.colorado.edu/disabilityservices >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> Due to the nature of electronic communication, the security of this message cannot be guaranteed. If you?ve received this email in error please notify the sender immediately and delete this message. >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> athen-list mailing list >>>> athen-list@mailman12.u.washington.edu >>>> http://mailman12.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/athen-list >>> _______________________________________________ >>> athen-list mailing list >>> athen-list@mailman12.u.washington.edu >>> http://mailman12.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/athen-list >> _______________________________________________ >> athen-list mailing list >> athen-list@mailman12.u.washington.edu >> http://mailman12.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/athen-list > > > -- > Doug Hayman > Senior Computer Specialist > DO-IT Program (Disabilities, Opportunities, Internetworking, Technology) > UW Technology Services > Box 354842 > Seattle, WA 98195 > (206) 221-4165 > http://www.washington.edu/doit > _______________________________________________ > athen-list mailing list > athen-list@mailman12.u.washington.edu > http://mailman12.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/athen-list -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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You would have to specify your institution when you attempt to > Enroll, but you should still be able to access the course once approved. > > Take care, > Sean > > > > On Wed, Mar 11, 2020 at 11:20 AM Doug Hayman wrote: > >> Sean, >> >> Is that open to non-California schools to try out? >> >> Doug >> >> On Wed, Mar 11, 2020 at 10:56 AM Sean Keegan >> wrote: >> >>> We created a basic micro-course for alternate media specialists in the >>> CCC system titled, "Alternate Media workflow strategies for PDF >>> " >>> that focuses on basic practices for dealing with PDF documents as well as >>> using Abbyy Finereader. It is a free, self-paced course in Canvas, although >>> you would have to create a student account to access it. We also have it on >>> Canvas Commons for colleges that want to download their own copy of the >>> course and edit locally. >>> >>> We do cover the basics of Abbyy and various output options. It is not >>> intended for someone who has been using Abbyy for 10 years, but rather for >>> someone who is either new to the alternate media space and dealing with >>> PDFs or would like some information about the Abbyy OCR process. >>> >>> Hope this helps. >>> >>> Take care, >>> Sean >>> >>> >>> On Wed, Mar 11, 2020 at 10:04 AM Mary Popish wrote: >>> >>>> Hi all, >>>> >>>> I'd also be interested in hearing from anyone who uses ABBYY, >>>> especially folks who have updated to v. 15. We've run into some issues with >>>> the resolution on PDF documents that we save from ABBYY, and I'd love to >>>> hear from anyone who has had that issue (and solved it!) since none of the >>>> settings we've tried so far have fully solved the issue. >>>> >>>> Susan (and all), we are actually working on updating our step-by-step >>>> ABBYY materials this term! (We have some now, but they are pretty brief and >>>> tend to be most useful in an in-person training setting - that's why we are >>>> updating to standalone documents.) When we have those done, I'd be happy to >>>> share! >>>> >>>> Thanks all, >>>> Mary >>>> >>>> *Mary Popish* >>>> Adaptive Technology Specialist & Alternate Formats Coordinator >>>> Disability Resource Center >>>> Portland State University >>>> >>>> Phone: (503) 725-9119 >>>> Fax: (503) 725-4103 >>>> Email: drc@pdx.edu >>>> URL: http://www.pdx.edu/drc >>>> Pronouns: she / her / hers >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> On Mon, Mar 9, 2020 at 12:42 PM Karlen Communications < >>>> info@karlencommunications.com> wrote: >>>> >>>>> I?d be interested in this as well. I just bought Fine Reader to access >>>>> PDF documents instead of using acrobat Pro DC?yes, it has come to that?but >>>>> don?t think I?m using it to its full potential. >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> Cheers, Karen >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> *From:* athen-list *On >>>>> Behalf Of *Susan Kelmer >>>>> *Sent:* Monday, March 9, 2020 2:40 PM >>>>> *To:* Access Technology Higher Education Network < >>>>> athen-list@u.washington.edu> >>>>> *Subject:* [Athen] Abbyy Finereader Processes >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> Greetings. I?m home with a nasty virus, so catching up on some old >>>>> topics and trying to learn something new. >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> Does anyone have a written procedure for using Abbyy to scan and OCR >>>>> files to multiple outputs (word, PDF, etc.)? We are and have always been >>>>> an Omnipage shop, but I feel like we need Abbyy in our toolbox as well. >>>>> I?m most interested in step-by-step type materials, if you have them. >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> Thanks in advance for keeping me occupied during my incarceration >>>>> (I?ve been stuck in the house since Friday, and I?m starting to get >>>>> restless?). >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> *Susan Kelmer * >>>>> >>>>> Alternate Format Production Program Manager >>>>> >>>>> Disability Services >>>>> >>>>> Division of Student Affairs >>>>> >>>>> *T* 303 735 4836 >>>>> >>>>> *www.colorado.edu/disabilityservices >>>>> * >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> [image: cid:image001.png@01D598AC.79FC1C60] >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> *Due to the nature of electronic communication, the security of this >>>>> message cannot be guaranteed. If you?ve received this email in error please >>>>> notify the sender immediately and delete this message. * >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>> athen-list mailing list >>>>> athen-list@mailman12.u.washington.edu >>>>> http://mailman12.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/athen-list >>>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> athen-list mailing list >>>> athen-list@mailman12.u.washington.edu >>>> http://mailman12.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/athen-list >>>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> athen-list mailing list >>> athen-list@mailman12.u.washington.edu >>> http://mailman12.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/athen-list >>> >> >> >> -- >> Doug Hayman w.edu> >> Senior Computer Specialist >> DO-IT Program (Disabilities, Opportunities, Internetworking, Technology) >> UW Technology Services >> Box 354842 >> Seattle, WA 98195 >> (206) 221-4165 >> http://www.washington.edu/doit >> _______________________________________________ >> athen-list mailing list >> athen-list@mailman12.u.washington.edu >> http://mailman12.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/athen-list >> > -- Doug Hayman w.edu> Senior Computer Specialist DO-IT Program (Disabilities, Opportunities, Internetworking, Technology) UW Technology Services Box 354842 Seattle, WA 98195 (206) 221-4165 http://www.washington.edu/doit -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Brown) Date: Mon Mar 16 09:55:51 2020 Subject: [Athen] Northern Arizona University seeking Assistant Clinical Professor in Early Childhood Special Education In-Reply-To: <105ef01d5fb96$1ef708f0$5ce51ad0$@gmail.com> References: <87a5c377ae65443e9c0267280b60843f@nau.edu> <105ef01d5fb96$1ef708f0$5ce51ad0$@gmail.com> Message-ID: Good Afternoon ? Northern Arizona University is currently recruiting applicants for an Assistant Clinical Professor position in Early Childhood Special Education. This position will begin in August 2020. Additional information about the position (vacancy #604904) can be found at: https://hr.peoplesoft.nau.edu/psp/ph92prta/EMPLOYEE/HRMS/c/HRS_HRAM.HRS_APP_SCHJOB.GBL?FOCUS=Applicant&Siteid=2&FolderPath=PORTAL_ROOT_OBJECT.HC_HRS_CE_GBL2&IsFolder=false&IgnoreParamTempl=FolderPath%2cIsFolder Can you please provide this job description to any of your current students who will be completing their degrees soon or alumni that may be interested? 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We already have interpreters on > contract who are familiar with the course content, > > so I was hoping to not need to go with a new VRS/VRI service. > > > > Prefer an ALS option to Remote CART. > > Thanks for your help! > > > > *Maureen Bourbeau* > > *Assistive Technology Specialist* > > *Student Accessibility Services (SAS)* > > 201 Smith Hall, 3 Garrison Avenue > > Durham, NH 03824 > > P: 603.862.2400 | F: 603.862.4043 > > maureen.bourbeau@unh.edu > > www.unh.edu/sas > > > > > _______________________________________________ > athen-list mailing list > athen-list@mailman12.u.washington.edu > http://mailman12.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/athen-list > -- Lisa Brandt Alternate Media Coordinator Disability Services 971-722-4340 Zoom Meeting Room : 669-900-6833, Meeting ID 971-722-4340 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... 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Is there a way to provide ASL with Zoom? We already have interpreters on contract who are familiar with the course content, so I was hoping to not need to go with a new VRS/VRI service. Prefer an ALS option to Remote CART. Thanks for your help! Maureen Bourbeau Assistive Technology Specialist Student Accessibility Services (SAS) 201 Smith Hall, 3 Garrison Avenue Durham, NH 03824 P: 603.862.2400 | F: 603.862.4043 maureen.bourbeau@unh.edu www.unh.edu/sas [cid:image001.png@01D5FBC1.F08BA080] _______________________________________________ athen-list mailing list athen-list@mailman12.u.washington.edu http://mailman12.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/athen-list -- Lisa Brandt Alternate Media Coordinator Disability Services 971-722-4340 Zoom Meeting Room: 669-900-6833, Meeting ID 971-722-4340 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... 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Melanie ________________________________ MELANIE THORNTON, MA, CPACC coordinator of access and equity outreach Partners for Inclusive Communities University of Arkansas V/T: 501.291.3217 Partners for Inclusive Communities (Partners) is a program of the University of Arkansas College of Education and Health Professions and is Arkansas' University Center on Disabilities, a member of the nationwide Association of University Centers on Disabilities (AUCD). Let's stay connected! [Partners' Facebook Page] [Partners' Twitter Account] Pronouns: she/her/hers On March 16, 2020 at 5:15:03 PM, Lisa Brandt (lisa.brandt1@pcc.edu) wrote: An interpreter should be able to log in to Zoom just like any other participant. Students who need to see the interpreter can "pin" the interpreter's video so that it's in the main window at all times. On Mon, Mar 16, 2020 at 2:03 PM Bourbeau, Maureen > wrote: Hi All, We have a student who?s primary accommodation is ASL. Now that classes are being moved online, some faculty are opting for Zoom synchronous vs. recorded asynchronous. Is there a way to provide ASL with Zoom? We already have interpreters on contract who are familiar with the course content, so I was hoping to not need to go with a new VRS/VRI service. Prefer an ALS option to Remote CART. Thanks for your help! Maureen Bourbeau Assistive Technology Specialist Student Accessibility Services (SAS) 201 Smith Hall, 3 Garrison Avenue Durham, NH 03824 P: 603.862.2400 | F: 603.862.4043 maureen.bourbeau@unh.edu www.unh.edu/sas [cid:090638B9-A4EE-4839-8C69-B9B8C36AFC9D] _______________________________________________ athen-list mailing list athen-list@mailman12.u.washington.edu http://mailman12.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/athen-list -- Lisa Brandt Alternate Media Coordinator Disability Services 971-722-4340 Zoom Meeting Room: 669-900-6833, Meeting ID 971-722-4340 _______________________________________________ athen-list mailing list athen-list@mailman12.u.washington.edu https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__mailman12.u.washington.edu_mailman_listinfo_athen-2Dlist&d=DwICAg&c=7ypwAowFJ8v-mw8AB-SdSueVQgSDL4HiiSaLK01W8HA&r=4xs5XdFl4BYq5E_PfT2ZCA&m=8o9UENyFJQ2sB6IXgx97Ci4OMnAOxW5Kapo9c-tPVVk&s=kLzM0Pt2pvAcBEJizC4XhIilDWIE7UzJEzapS8dq_9c&e= -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Maria Spade Stockton University Learning Access Program 101 Vera King Farris Drive Galloway, NJ 08205 609.652.4988 ________________________________ From: athen-list on behalf of Lissner, Scott Sent: Monday, March 16, 2020 6:37 PM To: Access Technology Higher Education Network Subject: Re: [Athen] ASL and Zoom *** External email alert *** Can the student control the size of the window the interpreter is in (even when there is screen share from the instructor)? On 3/16/20, 6:16 PM, "athen-list on behalf of Lisa Brandt" on behalf of lisa.brandt1@pcc.edu> wrote: An interpreter should be able to log in to Zoom just like any other participant. Students who need to see the interpreter can "pin" the interpreter's video so that it's in the main window at all times. On Mon, Mar 16, 2020 at 2:03 PM Bourbeau, Maureen > wrote: Hi All, We have a student who?s primary accommodation is ASL. Now that classes are being moved online, some faculty are opting for Zoom synchronous vs. recorded asynchronous. Is there a way to provide ASL with Zoom? We already have interpreters on contract who are familiar with the course content, so I was hoping to not need to go with a new VRS/VRI service. Prefer an ALS option to Remote CART. Thanks for your help! Maureen Bourbeau Assistive Technology Specialist Student Accessibility Services (SAS) 201 Smith Hall, 3 Garrison Avenue Durham, NH 03824 P: 603.862.2400 | F: 603.862.4043 maureen.bourbeau@unh.edu www.unh.edu/sas [cid:image001.png@01D5FBC1.F08BA080] _______________________________________________ athen-list mailing list athen-list@mailman12.u.washington.edu http://mailman12.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/athen-list -- Lisa Brandt Alternate Media Coordinator Disability Services 971-722-4340 Zoom Meeting Room: 669-900-6833, Meeting ID 971-722-4340 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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There is also a way to have the transcript after the > fact, I believe if the session is taped, which may be an additional option > for the student in case there are any issues with bandwidth during the > lecture. > > Maria Spade > Stockton University > Learning Access Program > 101 Vera King Farris Drive > Galloway, NJ 08205 > 609.652.4988 > > ------------------------------ > *From:* athen-list on > behalf of Lissner, Scott > *Sent:* Monday, March 16, 2020 6:37 PM > *To:* Access Technology Higher Education Network < > athen-list@u.washington.edu> > *Subject:* Re: [Athen] ASL and Zoom > > **** External email alert **** > > Can the student control the size of the window the interpreter is in (even > when there is screen share from the instructor)? > > > > On 3/16/20, 6:16 PM, "athen-list on behalf of Lisa Brandt" < > athen-list-bounces@mailman12.u.washington.edu on behalf of > lisa.brandt1@pcc.edu> wrote: > > > > An interpreter should be able to log in to Zoom just like any other > participant. Students who need to see the interpreter can "pin" the > interpreter's video so that it's in the main window at all times. > > > > On Mon, Mar 16, 2020 at 2:03 PM Bourbeau, Maureen < > Maureen.Bourbeau@unh.edu> wrote: > > Hi All, > > We have a student who?s primary accommodation is ASL. > > Now that classes are being moved online, some faculty are opting for Zoom > synchronous vs. recorded asynchronous. > > Is there a way to provide ASL with Zoom? We already have interpreters on > contract who are familiar with the course content, > > so I was hoping to not need to go with a new VRS/VRI service. > > > > Prefer an ALS option to Remote CART. > > Thanks for your help! > > > > *Maureen Bourbeau* > > *Assistive Technology Specialist* > > *Student Accessibility Services (SAS)* > > 201 Smith Hall, 3 Garrison Avenue > > Durham, NH 03824 > > P: 603.862.2400 | F: 603.862.4043 > > maureen.bourbeau@unh.edu > > www.unh.edu/sas > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > athen-list mailing list > athen-list@mailman12.u.washington.edu > http://mailman12.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/athen-list > > > > > > -- > > Lisa Brandt > > Alternate Media Coordinator > > Disability Services > > 971-722-4340 > > Zoom Meeting Room > : 669-900-6833, > Meeting ID 971-722-4340 > _______________________________________________ > athen-list mailing list > athen-list@mailman12.u.washington.edu > http://mailman12.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/athen-list > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Thanks, D. ______________ Debbie Krahmer Preferred Pronouns: D/no pronouns Associate Professor in the Libraries Accessible Technology & Government Documents Librarian 304 Case-Geyer Colgate University 315-228-6592 dkrahmer@colgate.edu On Tue, Mar 17, 2020 at 10:19 AM Spade, Maria > wrote: Yes, the student and the interpreter can control the size of the window they have pinned. There is also a way to have the transcript after the fact, I believe if the session is taped, which may be an additional option for the student in case there are any issues with bandwidth during the lecture. Maria Spade Stockton University Learning Access Program 101 Vera King Farris Drive Galloway, NJ 08205 609.652.4988 ________________________________ From: athen-list > on behalf of Lissner, Scott > Sent: Monday, March 16, 2020 6:37 PM To: Access Technology Higher Education Network > Subject: Re: [Athen] ASL and Zoom *** External email alert *** Can the student control the size of the window the interpreter is in (even when there is screen share from the instructor)? On 3/16/20, 6:16 PM, "athen-list on behalf of Lisa Brandt" on behalf of lisa.brandt1@pcc.edu> wrote: An interpreter should be able to log in to Zoom just like any other participant. Students who need to see the interpreter can "pin" the interpreter's video so that it's in the main window at all times. On Mon, Mar 16, 2020 at 2:03 PM Bourbeau, Maureen > wrote: Hi All, We have a student who?s primary accommodation is ASL. Now that classes are being moved online, some faculty are opting for Zoom synchronous vs. recorded asynchronous. Is there a way to provide ASL with Zoom? We already have interpreters on contract who are familiar with the course content, so I was hoping to not need to go with a new VRS/VRI service. Prefer an ALS option to Remote CART. Thanks for your help! Maureen Bourbeau Assistive Technology Specialist Student Accessibility Services (SAS) 201 Smith Hall, 3 Garrison Avenue Durham, NH 03824 P: 603.862.2400 | F: 603.862.4043 maureen.bourbeau@unh.edu www.unh.edu/sas [cid:170e8dce4b74cff311] _______________________________________________ athen-list mailing list athen-list@mailman12.u.washington.edu http://mailman12.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/athen-list -- Lisa Brandt Alternate Media Coordinator Disability Services 971-722-4340 Zoom Meeting Room: 669-900-6833, Meeting ID 971-722-4340 _______________________________________________ athen-list mailing list athen-list@mailman12.u.washington.edu http://mailman12.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/athen-list -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... 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H. *Heather Mariger* *Digital Accessibility Advocate* *Pronouns: She/Her* *Center for Academic Innovation* *Chemeketa Community College* *4000 Lancaster Drive NE - 9/126A* *Salem, OR 97305* 503.589.7832 ***************** *Diversity is being invited to the party; inclusion is being asked to dance. * Verna Myers, author and speaker On Tue, Mar 17, 2020 at 5:01 AM Karlen Communications < info@karlencommunications.com> wrote: > This is a video done by a professor who has had to quickly move online > with no online skills. It is a bit of humour in these times of gloom. > > > https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CCe5PaeAeew&fbclid=IwAR33mjjxIexu995TuaTwAKeXL_XZXx1Kcu9KpSpVzO8RxXHN7nkijI7XKSo > > > > Unfortunately not captioned. > > > > BTW, I am now self quarantined as I may have come in contact with someone > testing positive. Here in the county, rural Ontario, we have 25 presumptive > cases of COVID-19. It IS everywhere. Take care everyone! > > > > Waiting to hear back from public health office?. > > > > Cheers, Karen > _______________________________________________ > athen-list mailing list > athen-list@mailman12.u.washington.edu > http://mailman12.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/athen-list > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From lissner.2 at osu.edu Tue Mar 17 10:43:44 2020 From: lissner.2 at osu.edu (Lissner, Scott) Date: Tue Mar 17 10:44:11 2020 Subject: [Athen] [EXTERNAL] Online Learning Encouragement In-Reply-To: References: <002901d5fc53$71ad8520$55088f60$@karlencommunications.com> Message-ID: <664F79DB-8770-4C90-8BB8-EC9FACE31E34@osu.edu> Here it is with transcript and a description: "I Will Survive" version for professors moving to online teaching https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CCe5PaeAeew Video by Dr. Michael W. Bruening (Image Description: a silver haired man with a trim beard man wearing glasses, a white dress shirt and a regimental stripped tie (red with blue stripes outlined in white) is playing guitar in a room with bookcases in the background. Song transcribe below courtesy of Lydia X. Z. Brown. At first I was afraid, I was petrified Kept thinking I could never teach through Canvas all the time But then I spent so many nights grading [unintelligible] and I grew strong, I learned how to get along And so I'm back, students are gone And as all my colleagues try to figure out how they're gonna get along I should have kept up with the tech Not skipped that class on course design If I had known for just one second I'd be teaching all online Go on, now go, leave me alone I've got to figure out just how to lecture using Panopto They gave me two days to adjust, to move everything online If you'd think I'd crumble, if you think I'd lay down and die Oh no, not I, I will survive Oh as long as I know how to Zoom, I know I'll be alive Oh my students still will learn, and my paychecks I will earn I will survive, I will survive, hey, hey It took all the strength I had not to lay down and die Kept trying hard to mend the pieces of my syllabi And I spent oh so many nights just feeling sorry for myself I used to cry, but now I hold my head up high And you'll see me teaching on Zoom But just don't cough into the mic or every eye will be on you I can't hear you, you're on mute, your camera's black, are you still there? We've got some glitches to work out But I know my grading scheme is fair Oh, now go, walk out the door Trying to get this lecture done, and I'm already on take four Now the network has gone done, and I'm all out of wine Do you think I'll crumble, do you think I'll lay down and die Oh no, not I, I will survive Oh as long as I know how to Zoom, I know I will be alive, Oh my students still will learn, and my paychecks I will earn I will survive, I will survive, hey, hey On 3/17/20, 1:41 PM, "athen-list on behalf of Heather Mariger" on behalf of heather.mariger@chemeketa.edu> wrote: Thanks - I think we all needed that today... H. Heather Mariger Digital Accessibility Advocate Pronouns: She/Her Center for Academic Innovation Chemeketa Community College 4000 Lancaster Drive NE - 9/126A Salem, OR 97305 503.589.7832 ***************** Diversity is being invited to the party; inclusion is being asked to dance. Verna Myers, author and speaker On Tue, Mar 17, 2020 at 5:01 AM Karlen Communications > wrote: This is a video done by a professor who has had to quickly move online with no online skills. It is a bit of humour in these times of gloom. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CCe5PaeAeew&fbclid=IwAR33mjjxIexu995TuaTwAKeXL_XZXx1Kcu9KpSpVzO8RxXHN7nkijI7XKSo Unfortunately not captioned. BTW, I am now self quarantined as I may have come in contact with someone testing positive. Here in the county, rural Ontario, we have 25 presumptive cases of COVID-19. It IS everywhere. Take care everyone! Waiting to hear back from public health office?. Cheers, Karen _______________________________________________ athen-list mailing list athen-list@mailman12.u.washington.edu http://mailman12.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/athen-list -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From michael.hoel at centralia.edu Tue Mar 17 11:05:35 2020 From: michael.hoel at centralia.edu (Michael Hoel) Date: Tue Mar 17 11:06:01 2020 Subject: [Athen] [EXTERNAL] Online Learning Encouragement In-Reply-To: <664F79DB-8770-4C90-8BB8-EC9FACE31E34@osu.edu> References: <002901d5fc53$71ad8520$55088f60$@karlencommunications.com> <664F79DB-8770-4C90-8BB8-EC9FACE31E34@osu.edu> Message-ID: <74835DA7A4CC194CB5D4967E31124F4CEC5BC4E1@Post.centralia.edu> The transcript line that was (unintelligible) is: But then I spent so many nights grading [unintelligible] ?reading help guides for so long Michael Hoel Director, Disability Services Past President ? WAPED Technical Advisor ? DSSC RN, BS, ATACP Centralia College 600 W. Centralia College Blvd Centralia, WA 98531 360-736-9391 x8437 Fax: 360-330-7103 www.centralia.edu/students/disabilities/ From: athen-list On Behalf Of Lissner, Scott Sent: Tuesday, March 17, 2020 10:44 AM To: Access Technology Higher Education Network Subject: Re: [Athen] [EXTERNAL] Online Learning Encouragement CAUTION: This email originated from outside of Centralia College. Do not click links or open attachments unless you recognize the sender and know the content is safe. Here it is with transcript and a description: "I Will Survive" version for professors moving to online teaching https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CCe5PaeAeew Video by Dr. Michael W. Bruening (Image Description: a silver haired man with a trim beard man wearing glasses, a white dress shirt and a regimental stripped tie (red with blue stripes outlined in white) is playing guitar in a room with bookcases in the background. Song transcribe below courtesy of Lydia X. Z. Brown. At first I was afraid, I was petrified Kept thinking I could never teach through Canvas all the time But then I spent so many nights grading [unintelligible] and I grew strong, I learned how to get along And so I'm back, students are gone And as all my colleagues try to figure out how they're gonna get along I should have kept up with the tech Not skipped that class on course design If I had known for just one second I'd be teaching all online Go on, now go, leave me alone I've got to figure out just how to lecture using Panopto They gave me two days to adjust, to move everything online If you'd think I'd crumble, if you think I'd lay down and die Oh no, not I, I will survive Oh as long as I know how to Zoom, I know I'll be alive Oh my students still will learn, and my paychecks I will earn I will survive, I will survive, hey, hey It took all the strength I had not to lay down and die Kept trying hard to mend the pieces of my syllabi And I spent oh so many nights just feeling sorry for myself I used to cry, but now I hold my head up high And you'll see me teaching on Zoom But just don't cough into the mic or every eye will be on you I can't hear you, you're on mute, your camera's black, are you still there? We've got some glitches to work out But I know my grading scheme is fair Oh, now go, walk out the door Trying to get this lecture done, and I'm already on take four Now the network has gone done, and I'm all out of wine Do you think I'll crumble, do you think I'll lay down and die Oh no, not I, I will survive Oh as long as I know how to Zoom, I know I will be alive, Oh my students still will learn, and my paychecks I will earn I will survive, I will survive, hey, hey On 3/17/20, 1:41 PM, "athen-list on behalf of Heather Mariger" on behalf of heather.mariger@chemeketa.edu> wrote: Thanks - I think we all needed that today... H. Heather Mariger Digital Accessibility Advocate Pronouns: She/Her Center for Academic Innovation Chemeketa Community College 4000 Lancaster Drive NE - 9/126A Salem, OR 97305 503.589.7832 ***************** Diversity is being invited to the party; inclusion is being asked to dance. Verna Myers, author and speaker On Tue, Mar 17, 2020 at 5:01 AM Karlen Communications > wrote: This is a video done by a professor who has had to quickly move online with no online skills. It is a bit of humour in these times of gloom. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CCe5PaeAeew&fbclid=IwAR33mjjxIexu995TuaTwAKeXL_XZXx1Kcu9KpSpVzO8RxXHN7nkijI7XKSo Unfortunately not captioned. BTW, I am now self quarantined as I may have come in contact with someone testing positive. Here in the county, rural Ontario, we have 25 presumptive cases of COVID-19. It IS everywhere. Take care everyone! Waiting to hear back from public health office?. Cheers, Karen _______________________________________________ athen-list mailing list athen-list@mailman12.u.washington.edu http://mailman12.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/athen-list -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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URL: From hkramer at ahead.org Tue Mar 17 14:25:29 2020 From: hkramer at ahead.org (Howard Kramer) Date: Tue Mar 17 14:26:11 2020 Subject: [Athen] Call for Proposals: Accessing Higher Ground 2019 Message-ID: (I am sure everyone is preoccupied with other matters but I hope you will consider submitting a proposal for AHG 2020 and meet us in Denver in November when hopefully, things will be back to normal) Accessing Higher Ground: Accessible Media, Web & Technology Conference ? November 16 ? 20, 2020 Proposal Deadline: April 20 Accessing Higher Ground 2020 is now accepting proposals for its 23rd Annual Conference in Denver, Colorado.* *(The conference has moved to the Sheraton Denver Downtown - join us at our new venue) AHG focuses on: ? accessible media ? Universal Design ? best practices for web & media development ? accessible curriculum ? alternate format ? teaching about accessibility and UD in university curriculum (and elsewhere) ? evidence-based research ? other topics related to accessibility in higher education and other environments Use the online speaker proposal form to submit your proposal. Additional speaker information can be found on the AHG website . View last year?s sessions to get a sense of the typical agenda and range of topics. If you have any questions about proposal submission, contact Howard Kramer at 303-492-8672 or at the email below. e-mail: ahg@ahead.org Conference URL: http://accessinghigherground.org/ -- Regards, Howard Howard Kramer Conference Coordinator Accessing Higher Ground 303-492-8672 cell: 720-351-8668 Join us for the *Accessing Higher Ground Conference * in Sheraton Denver Downtown Hotel, Colorado, Nov 16-20, 2020. Request for proposals will open up in early March. Sign up to our mailing list to receive announcements . Complete program information and registration is open for our full line-up of Spring 2020 webinars . 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. * -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From hkramer at ahead.org Tue Mar 17 14:51:00 2020 From: hkramer at ahead.org (Howard Kramer) Date: Tue Mar 17 14:52:01 2020 Subject: [Athen] Call for Proposals: Accessing Higher Ground 2020 In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: [this time with correct year!] On Tue, Mar 17, 2020 at 3:25 PM Howard Kramer wrote: > (I am sure everyone is preoccupied with other matters but I hope you will > consider submitting a proposal for > AHG 2020 and meet us in Denver in November when hopefully, things will be > back to normal) > > Accessing Higher Ground: Accessible Media, Web > > & Technology Conference ? November 16 ? 20, 2020 > > > > Proposal Deadline: April 20 > > > > Accessing Higher Ground 2020 is now accepting proposals for its 23rd Annual > Conference in Denver, Colorado.* > > > *(The conference has moved to the Sheraton Denver Downtown - join us at > our new venue) > > > > AHG focuses on: > > > > ? accessible media > > ? Universal Design > > ? best practices for web & media development > > ? accessible curriculum > > ? alternate format > > ? teaching about accessibility and UD in university curriculum (and > elsewhere) > > ? evidence-based research > > ? other topics related to accessibility in higher education and > other environments > > > > Use the online speaker proposal form > to submit your > proposal. Additional speaker information can be found on the AHG website > . > > > > View last year?s sessions > to get a > sense of the typical agenda and range of topics. > > > > If you have any questions about proposal submission, contact Howard Kramer > at 303-492-8672 or at the email below. > > > > e-mail: ahg@ahead.org > > Conference URL: http://accessinghigherground.org/ > > -- > Regards, > Howard > > Howard Kramer > Conference Coordinator > Accessing Higher Ground > 303-492-8672 > cell: 720-351-8668 > > Join us for the *Accessing Higher Ground Conference > * in Sheraton Denver Downtown Hotel, > Colorado, Nov 16-20, 2020. Request for proposals will open up in early > March. Sign up to our mailing list to receive announcements > . > > > > Complete program information and registration is open for our full line-up > of Spring 2020 webinars > . 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. > * > > -- Regards, Howard Howard Kramer Conference Coordinator Accessing Higher Ground 303-492-8672 cell: 720-351-8668 Join us for the *Accessing Higher Ground Conference * in Sheraton Denver Downtown Hotel, Colorado, Nov 16-20, 2020. Request for proposals will open up in early March. Sign up to our mailing list to receive announcements . Complete program information and registration is open for our full line-up of Spring 2020 webinars . 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. * -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Thanks for any suggestions, Lori ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Lori Kressin Coordinator of Academic Accessibility Office of the Executive VP and Provost ? Univ. of Virginia 102 Cresap Rd ? POB 400199 ? Charlottesville, VA ? 22903 [434] 982-5784 http://provost.virginia.edu/coaa -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From lbencomo at uccs.edu Wed Mar 18 08:53:00 2020 From: lbencomo at uccs.edu (Leyna Bencomo) Date: Wed Mar 18 08:53:24 2020 Subject: [Athen] [EXTERNAL] Online Learning Encouragement In-Reply-To: <664F79DB-8770-4C90-8BB8-EC9FACE31E34@osu.edu> References: <002901d5fc53$71ad8520$55088f60$@karlencommunications.com> <664F79DB-8770-4C90-8BB8-EC9FACE31E34@osu.edu> Message-ID: Hilarious video. Thank you !! It will get shared. Leyna Bencomo, MA ILT Assistive Technology Specialist Office of Information Technology University of Colorado Colorado Springs 1420 Austin Bluffs Parkway, EPC 215 (Kraemer Family Library) Colorado Springs, CO 80918 (719) 255-4202 / lbencomo@uccs.edu http://www.uccs.edu/~it/ [sig logo small] From: athen-list On Behalf Of Lissner, Scott Sent: Tuesday, March 17, 2020 11:44 AM To: Access Technology Higher Education Network Subject: Re: [Athen] [EXTERNAL] Online Learning Encouragement Here it is with transcript and a description: "I Will Survive" version for professors moving to online teaching https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CCe5PaeAeew Video by Dr. Michael W. Bruening (Image Description: a silver haired man with a trim beard man wearing glasses, a white dress shirt and a regimental stripped tie (red with blue stripes outlined in white) is playing guitar in a room with bookcases in the background. Song transcribe below courtesy of Lydia X. Z. Brown. At first I was afraid, I was petrified Kept thinking I could never teach through Canvas all the time But then I spent so many nights grading [unintelligible] and I grew strong, I learned how to get along And so I'm back, students are gone And as all my colleagues try to figure out how they're gonna get along I should have kept up with the tech Not skipped that class on course design If I had known for just one second I'd be teaching all online Go on, now go, leave me alone I've got to figure out just how to lecture using Panopto They gave me two days to adjust, to move everything online If you'd think I'd crumble, if you think I'd lay down and die Oh no, not I, I will survive Oh as long as I know how to Zoom, I know I'll be alive Oh my students still will learn, and my paychecks I will earn I will survive, I will survive, hey, hey It took all the strength I had not to lay down and die Kept trying hard to mend the pieces of my syllabi And I spent oh so many nights just feeling sorry for myself I used to cry, but now I hold my head up high And you'll see me teaching on Zoom But just don't cough into the mic or every eye will be on you I can't hear you, you're on mute, your camera's black, are you still there? We've got some glitches to work out But I know my grading scheme is fair Oh, now go, walk out the door Trying to get this lecture done, and I'm already on take four Now the network has gone done, and I'm all out of wine Do you think I'll crumble, do you think I'll lay down and die Oh no, not I, I will survive Oh as long as I know how to Zoom, I know I will be alive, Oh my students still will learn, and my paychecks I will earn I will survive, I will survive, hey, hey On 3/17/20, 1:41 PM, "athen-list on behalf of Heather Mariger" on behalf of heather.mariger@chemeketa.edu> wrote: Thanks - I think we all needed that today... H. Heather Mariger Digital Accessibility Advocate Pronouns: She/Her Center for Academic Innovation Chemeketa Community College 4000 Lancaster Drive NE - 9/126A Salem, OR 97305 503.589.7832 ***************** Diversity is being invited to the party; inclusion is being asked to dance. Verna Myers, author and speaker On Tue, Mar 17, 2020 at 5:01 AM Karlen Communications > wrote: This is a video done by a professor who has had to quickly move online with no online skills. It is a bit of humour in these times of gloom. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CCe5PaeAeew&fbclid=IwAR33mjjxIexu995TuaTwAKeXL_XZXx1Kcu9KpSpVzO8RxXHN7nkijI7XKSo Unfortunately not captioned. BTW, I am now self quarantined as I may have come in contact with someone testing positive. Here in the county, rural Ontario, we have 25 presumptive cases of COVID-19. It IS everywhere. Take care everyone! Waiting to hear back from public health office?. Cheers, Karen _______________________________________________ athen-list mailing list athen-list@mailman12.u.washington.edu http://mailman12.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/athen-list -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... 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Better than the original version. :-) On Tue, Mar 17, 2020 at 5:59 AM Karlen Communications < info@karlencommunications.com> wrote: > This is a video done by a professor who has had to quickly move online > with no online skills. It is a bit of humour in these times of gloom. > > > https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CCe5PaeAeew&fbclid=IwAR33mjjxIexu995TuaTwAKeXL_XZXx1Kcu9KpSpVzO8RxXHN7nkijI7XKSo > > > > Unfortunately not captioned. > > > > BTW, I am now self quarantined as I may have come in contact with someone > testing positive. Here in the county, rural Ontario, we have 25 presumptive > cases of COVID-19. It IS everywhere. Take care everyone! > > > > Waiting to hear back from public health office?. > > > > Cheers, Karen > _______________________________________________ > athen-list mailing list > athen-list@mailman12.u.washington.edu > http://mailman12.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/athen-list > -- Regards, Howard Howard Kramer Conference Coordinator Accessing Higher Ground 303-492-8672 cell: 720-351-8668 Join us for the *Accessing Higher Ground Conference * in Sheraton Denver Downtown Hotel, Colorado, Nov 16-20, 2020. Request for proposals will open up in early March. Sign up to our mailing list to receive announcements . Complete program information and registration is open for our full line-up of Spring 2020 webinars . 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. * -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Please do not click on any links or attachments unless you have verified the legitimacy of this email. That's great. Better than the original version. :-) On Tue, Mar 17, 2020 at 5:59 AM Karlen Communications > wrote: This is a video done by a professor who has had to quickly move online with no online skills. It is a bit of humour in these times of gloom. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CCe5PaeAeew&fbclid=IwAR33mjjxIexu995TuaTwAKeXL_XZXx1Kcu9KpSpVzO8RxXHN7nkijI7XKSo Unfortunately not captioned. BTW, I am now self quarantined as I may have come in contact with someone testing positive. Here in the county, rural Ontario, we have 25 presumptive cases of COVID-19. It IS everywhere. Take care everyone! Waiting to hear back from public health office?. Cheers, Karen _______________________________________________ athen-list mailing list athen-list@mailman12.u.washington.edu http://mailman12.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/athen-list -- Regards, Howard Howard Kramer Conference Coordinator Accessing Higher Ground 303-492-8672 cell: 720-351-8668 Join us for the Accessing Higher Ground Conference in Sheraton Denver Downtown Hotel, Colorado, Nov 16-20, 2020. Request for proposals will open up in early March. Sign up to our mailing list to receive announcements. Complete program information and registration is open for our full line-up of Spring 2020 webinars. 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. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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It?s a free webinar. > > > > --Debee > > > _______________________________________________ > athen-list mailing list > athen-list@mailman12.u.washington.edu > http://mailman12.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/athen-list > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From Doug.Mantle at kings.uwo.ca Wed Mar 18 11:05:57 2020 From: Doug.Mantle at kings.uwo.ca (Doug Mantle) Date: Wed Mar 18 11:06:20 2020 Subject: [Athen] FW: [N.O.A.T.] Fwd: REGISTRATION IS OPEN - Micro Assistive Tech AT Showcase Webinar - March 20, 2020 @ 1:30pm EST In-Reply-To: References: , Message-ID: <2B7730A6FD2DFE499F4A8A1099627D8D6B453ADE@kucexch01.kings.kucits.ca> Good day! Hoping everyone is keeping well during these uncertain times? Passing this webinar invitation along for those who may wish to join us. Apologies for cross postings. N.O.A.T. events are open to all AT Professionals and our goal is to circulate the invitation to as many as possible. Doug Mantle, Assistive Technology Support Specialist, STARS Learning Lab Co-ordinator Accessibility, Counselling and Student Development - Accessibility Services - Student Affairs King's University College at Western University 266 Epworth Avenue London, Ontario, Canada N6A 2M3 P. 519-433-3491 ext. 4579 | P. 1-800-265-4406 | F. 519-963-1013 Doug.Mantle@Kings.UWO.ca | www.kings.uwo.ca Please be advised that this email is only monitored during regular office hours. During peak times of the academic year, replies may take 2-3 days. If your matter is urgent, please contact the Accessibility, Counselling and Student Development office at 519-433-3491 extension 4321 or acsd@kings.uwo.ca or Wemple room 151. ________________________________ From: noat@googlegroups.com [noat@googlegroups.com] on behalf of Network of Assistive Technologists [info@noat.ca] Sent: March-18-20 12:12 PM To: NOAT@googlegroups.com Subject: [N.O.A.T.] Fwd: REGISTRATION IS OPEN - Micro Assistive Tech AT Showcase Webinar - March 20, 2020 @ 1:30pm EST Good day everyone! Hoping all are safe as we settle in to our 'new normal' Wanted to remind those who are able to attend live, that the Micro Assistive Tech AT Showcase, scheduled for this Friday, March 20, 2020 at 1:30pm EST will be proceeding as planned. See below for more details and the registration link. Looking forward to seeing everyone online! Take care and stay safe! Doug Mantle, Founder | The Network of Assistive Technologists www.NOAT.ca | info@NOAT.ca ---------- Forwarded message --------- From: Network of Assistive Technologists > Date: Thu, Mar 12, 2020 at 8:00 AM Subject: REGISTRATION IS OPEN - Micro Assistive Tech AT Showcase Webinar - March 20, 2020 @ 1:30pm EST To: > Hello Everyone! Registration is NOW OPEN for the Micro Assistive Tech AT Showcase Webinar being held Friday, March 20, 2020 @ 1:30pm EST Join The Network of Assistive Technologists as we host the team from the new Micro Assistive Tech. Meet the newest AT product, support, and training team in Ontario, Canada. Having supported the AT community for over 18 years, Manohar Khattar found his employer closing after their 38 years of service. Today Manohar continues that tradition of support as Micro Assistive Tech. He brought the best of the best with him, offering more than 50 years of combined experience supporting the needs of the AT communities. Micro Assistive Tech is happy to serve the Assistive Tech community by providing a vast array of products to address adaptive learning, work and home needs. They pride themselves on providing fantastic individualized support for each customer and organization they work with. During this webinar Micro Assistive Tech will showcase these new technologies: Rocketbook (re-usable, tech enabled notebooks & related app) Rocketbook Beacons Thinkboard (restickable, portable, scannable whiteboards) with Rocketbook Beacons Don?t miss out as Micro Assistive Tech presents a comparison of 3 alternative mouse options, discussing in what situations each would be ideal. GlassOuse Wearable Hardware SmyleMouse Software Assistyv AssystMouse Software And finally, Micro Assistive Tech will share information about the Ghotit software, designed to support individuals with Dyslexia, and related challenges, with writing and reading. 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Best, Todd From: athen-list On Behalf Of Deborah Armstrong Sent: Wednesday, March 18, 2020 1:58 PM To: Access Technology Higher Education Network Subject: [Athen] More good news for screen reader users We use Cisco Jabber here at work. Previously it required a set of JAWS scripts or NVDA addons which used to be hard to get; you had to get your VAR to order them and most VARS had no idea what they were! Cisco did finally post them on their accessibility page. But now since Jabber 12.5, Cisco has modified the software so that it works with screen readers without need for special scripts or add-ons. And it does indeed work great. Yay! kudos to Cisco! --Debee -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Are you > going to have them returned and disinfected? > > Any insights to your plan? > > Kevin > > > > Kevin Price, MSW > > Assistant Director of Accessible Technology > > Student Accessibility Services > > University of Central Florida > > 4000 Central Florida Blvd Ferrell Commons, Room 155B > > Orlando, FL 32816-0161 > > 407-823-2371 > > Email: kevin.price@ucf.edu > _______________________________________________ > athen-list mailing list > athen-list@mailman12.u.washington.edu > http://mailman12.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/athen-list > -- Lisa Brandt Alternate Media Coordinator Disability Services 971-722-4340 Zoom Meeting Room : 669-900-6833, Meeting ID 971-722-4340 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From armstrongdeborah at fhda.edu Thu Mar 19 09:50:44 2020 From: armstrongdeborah at fhda.edu (Deborah Armstrong) Date: Thu Mar 19 09:51:01 2020 Subject: [Athen] More good news for screen reader users In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: No change in the latest version, but my co-workers don't use the presence feature much. I mostly make calls. Working from home now and Jabber is performing superbly! From: athen-list On Behalf Of Todd Schwanke Sent: Wednesday, March 18, 2020 1:40 PM To: Access Technology Higher Education Network Subject: Re: [Athen] More good news for screen reader users Debee: Thanks for posting this. Was just working on this today and requested upgrades to our installs of Jabber. Have you used the most recent version (12.8) for Windows and have you experienced any issues compared to other recent versions? Seems that the Jabber app for iOS works pretty well with Voiceover. Yes, it is indeed good that companies are making these improvements. Best, Todd From: athen-list > On Behalf Of Deborah Armstrong Sent: Wednesday, March 18, 2020 1:58 PM To: Access Technology Higher Education Network > Subject: [Athen] More good news for screen reader users We use Cisco Jabber here at work. Previously it required a set of JAWS scripts or NVDA addons which used to be hard to get; you had to get your VAR to order them and most VARS had no idea what they were! Cisco did finally post them on their accessibility page. But now since Jabber 12.5, Cisco has modified the software so that it works with screen readers without need for special scripts or add-ons. And it does indeed work great. Yay! kudos to Cisco! --Debee -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From armstrongdeborah at fhda.edu Thu Mar 19 10:00:07 2020 From: armstrongdeborah at fhda.edu (Deborah Armstrong) Date: Thu Mar 19 10:00:53 2020 Subject: [Athen] Physical delivery of alt media, is it a legal requirement? Message-ID: Most of my students are super happy to get their alt media in the cloud. But this morning I had my first student who wanted her word docs on CD. Her counselor is explaining to her that she needs to learn to download from the cloud and burn her own CDS. This student is timid and I'm sure she'll eventually get pushed in to being more independent, but what do others think? Am I legally required to provide her a CD? This is community college with many students who are the first in their family to attend college. --Debee -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From dhayman at uw.edu Thu Mar 19 10:05:04 2020 From: dhayman at uw.edu (Doug Hayman) Date: Thu Mar 19 10:07:09 2020 Subject: [Athen] Physical delivery of alt media, is it a legal requirement? In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Many computers now don't even come with a CD/DVD drive. I guess they could provide you with a USB thumb drive, to drop files on. But that may put your system at risk if it has malicious files on it. Doug On Thu, Mar 19, 2020 at 10:01 AM Deborah Armstrong < armstrongdeborah@fhda.edu> wrote: > Most of my students are super happy to get their alt media in the cloud. > > > > But this morning I had my first student who wanted her word docs on CD. > > > > Her counselor is explaining to her that she needs to learn to download > from the cloud and burn her own CDS. > > > > This student is timid and I?m sure she?ll eventually get pushed in to > being more independent, but what do others think? Am I legally required to > provide her a CD? > > > > This is community college with many students who are the first in their > family to attend college. > > --Debee > > > _______________________________________________ > athen-list mailing list > athen-list@mailman12.u.washington.edu > http://mailman12.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/athen-list > -- Doug Hayman w.edu> Senior Computer Specialist DO-IT Program (Disabilities, Opportunities, Internetworking, Technology) UW Technology Services Box 354842 Seattle, WA 98195 (206) 221-4165 http://www.washington.edu/doit -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From justinr at disability.tamu.edu Thu Mar 19 10:12:25 2020 From: justinr at disability.tamu.edu (Justin Romack) Date: Thu Mar 19 10:12:57 2020 Subject: [Athen] Physical delivery of alt media, is it a legal requirement? In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <1f4485a18a1240bc915923392d3b6f1f@disability.tamu.edu> I think delivery of these files via the cloud is a reasonable expectation and an appropriate accommodation. The only thing I?d encourage is to provide the student with some simple instructions for downloading the files. That way, there?s a clear strategy for how to do this ? and you?re not leaving them to figure it out on their own. Thanks, J - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Justin Romack | Assistive Technology Coordinator Disability Resources | Texas A&M University 1224 TAMU | College Station, TX 77843-1224 ph: 979.845.1637 | justinr@disability.tamu.edu | disability.tamu.edu - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - DIVISION OF STUDENT AFFAIRS | One Division. One Mission. From: athen-list On Behalf Of Doug Hayman Sent: Thursday, March 19, 2020 12:05 PM To: Access Technology Higher Education Network Subject: Re: [Athen] Physical delivery of alt media, is it a legal requirement? Many computers now don't even come with a CD/DVD drive. I guess they could provide you with a USB thumb drive, to drop files on. But that may put your system at risk if it has malicious files on it. Doug On Thu, Mar 19, 2020 at 10:01 AM Deborah Armstrong > wrote: Most of my students are super happy to get their alt media in the cloud. But this morning I had my first student who wanted her word docs on CD. Her counselor is explaining to her that she needs to learn to download from the cloud and burn her own CDS. This student is timid and I?m sure she?ll eventually get pushed in to being more independent, but what do others think? Am I legally required to provide her a CD? This is community college with many students who are the first in their family to attend college. --Debee _______________________________________________ athen-list mailing list athen-list@mailman12.u.washington.edu http://mailman12.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/athen-list -- Doug Hayman w.edu> Senior Computer Specialist DO-IT Program (Disabilities, Opportunities, Internetworking, Technology) UW Technology Services Box 354842 Seattle, WA 98195 (206) 221-4165 http://www.washington.edu/doit -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From Bryon-Kluesner at utc.edu Thu Mar 19 10:18:56 2020 From: Bryon-Kluesner at utc.edu (Kluesner, Bryon) Date: Thu Mar 19 10:19:30 2020 Subject: [Athen] Physical delivery of alt media, is it a legal requirement? In-Reply-To: <1f4485a18a1240bc915923392d3b6f1f@disability.tamu.edu> References: , <1f4485a18a1240bc915923392d3b6f1f@disability.tamu.edu> Message-ID: I agree with Justin. Students do need to be able to use current means of access and a CD may not be the most efficient way to share files. Some will be resistant initially, but once they see the ease of use, most of my students are on board with accessing through One Drive. A system UTC uses. Good luck! Bryon Bryon Kluesner, RhD Adaptive Technology Coordinator Disability Resource Center University of Tennessee at Chattanooga 103 Frist Hall Chattanooga, TN 37403 423-425-5251 ________________________________ From: athen-list on behalf of Justin Romack Sent: Thursday, March 19, 2020 1:12 PM To: Access Technology Higher Education Network Subject: Re: [Athen] Physical delivery of alt media, is it a legal requirement? I think delivery of these files via the cloud is a reasonable expectation and an appropriate accommodation. The only thing I?d encourage is to provide the student with some simple instructions for downloading the files. That way, there?s a clear strategy for how to do this ? and you?re not leaving them to figure it out on their own. Thanks, J - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Justin Romack | Assistive Technology Coordinator Disability Resources | Texas A&M University 1224 TAMU | College Station, TX 77843-1224 ph: 979.845.1637 | justinr@disability.tamu.edu | disability.tamu.edu - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - DIVISION OF STUDENT AFFAIRS | One Division. One Mission. From: athen-list On Behalf Of Doug Hayman Sent: Thursday, March 19, 2020 12:05 PM To: Access Technology Higher Education Network Subject: Re: [Athen] Physical delivery of alt media, is it a legal requirement? Many computers now don't even come with a CD/DVD drive. I guess they could provide you with a USB thumb drive, to drop files on. But that may put your system at risk if it has malicious files on it. Doug On Thu, Mar 19, 2020 at 10:01 AM Deborah Armstrong > wrote: Most of my students are super happy to get their alt media in the cloud. But this morning I had my first student who wanted her word docs on CD. Her counselor is explaining to her that she needs to learn to download from the cloud and burn her own CDS. This student is timid and I?m sure she?ll eventually get pushed in to being more independent, but what do others think? Am I legally required to provide her a CD? This is community college with many students who are the first in their family to attend college. --Debee _______________________________________________ athen-list mailing list athen-list@mailman12.u.washington.edu http://mailman12.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/athen-list -- Doug Hayman w.edu> Senior Computer Specialist DO-IT Program (Disabilities, Opportunities, Internetworking, Technology) UW Technology Services Box 354842 Seattle, WA 98195 (206) 221-4165 http://www.washington.edu/doit -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From danc at uw.edu Thu Mar 19 13:22:20 2020 From: danc at uw.edu (Dan Comden) Date: Thu Mar 19 13:23:45 2020 Subject: [Athen] Physical delivery of alt media, is it a legal requirement? In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: I think the answer to the question in the subject line is a qualified "yes" Digital content, however, has a wide variety of delivery methods. Physical media is not required, although I'm sure we could all come up with scenarios where the answer is not so simple. We've been working on a plan to continue to provide physical braille and tactile graphics at the UW when requested. -*- Dan On Thu, Mar 19, 2020 at 10:01 AM Deborah Armstrong < armstrongdeborah@fhda.edu> wrote: > Most of my students are super happy to get their alt media in the cloud. > > > > But this morning I had my first student who wanted her word docs on CD. > > > > Her counselor is explaining to her that she needs to learn to download > from the cloud and burn her own CDS. > > > > This student is timid and I?m sure she?ll eventually get pushed in to > being more independent, but what do others think? 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I reviewed their current accessibility conformance report (completed VPAT) on https://proctorio.com/accessibility and it sounds like these is no longer issues. Does anyone using Proctorio have user experiences they can share? Are there still accessibility issues that we need to be aware of to provide accommodations or workarounds, etc.? Does it still have its own built-in screen reader (if I understood that correctly)? Thanks in advance for any information provided, as I know this is a hectic time for everyone. Carmen Schafer Digital Accessibility Coordinator MU Division of IT, ACT Center 573-882-8838 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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I reviewed their current accessibility > conformance report (completed VPAT) on https://proctorio.com/accessibility and > it sounds like these is no longer issues. > > > > Does anyone using Proctorio have user experiences they can share? Are > there still accessibility issues that we need to be aware of to provide > accommodations or workarounds, etc.? Does it still have its own built-in > screen reader (if I understood that correctly)? > > > > Thanks in advance for any information provided, as I know this is a hectic > time for everyone. > > > > *Carmen Schafer * > > Digital Accessibility Coordinator > > MU Division of IT, ACT Center > > 573-882-8838 > > > _______________________________________________ > athen-list mailing list > athen-list@mailman12.u.washington.edu > http://mailman12.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/athen-list > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From Bryon-Kluesner at utc.edu Fri Mar 20 11:00:54 2020 From: Bryon-Kluesner at utc.edu (Kluesner, Bryon) Date: Fri Mar 20 11:01:20 2020 Subject: [Athen] Proctorio In-Reply-To: References: <603f9a9bd15a475b82ed681faf04ced8@missouri.edu>, Message-ID: We are using it here. A student who is blind will not be able to use it because it tracks eye movement and would flag them as looking away from the screen. We are trying a ruthrough with Zoom on Monday, which should suffice the instructor since we can see the student and verify he didn't cheat. Always have think out side the box and work arounds. Bryon Bryon Kluesner, RhD Adaptive Technology Coordinator Disability Resource Center University of Tennessee at Chattanooga 103 Frist Hall Chattanooga, TN 37403 423-425-5251 ________________________________ From: athen-list on behalf of Jennifer Knott Sent: Friday, March 20, 2020 1:42 PM To: Access Technology Higher Education Network Subject: Re: [Athen] Proctorio We are just now starting to recommend Proctorio, so have no user experience to share at this time. ___________________________ Please fill out this short survey regarding your service today: COOL Consultation Survey Jennifer Knott, Ed.D. Director, Center of Online Learning Columbus State University (706) 507-8695 [https://ur.columbusstate.edu/logos/logo_files/2015/CSU_Logo_Primary2.png] On Fri, Mar 20, 2020 at 1:18 PM Schafer, Carmen > wrote: Hello, Our institution is seeking info on Proctorio from an accessibility standpoint (e.g., issues to be aware of and need to post to our institution, etc.) >From what I'm finding, there used to be issues using it with a screen reader and keyboard navigation. I reviewed their current accessibility conformance report (completed VPAT) on https://proctorio.com/accessibility and it sounds like these is no longer issues. Does anyone using Proctorio have user experiences they can share? Are there still accessibility issues that we need to be aware of to provide accommodations or workarounds, etc.? Does it still have its own built-in screen reader (if I understood that correctly)? Thanks in advance for any information provided, as I know this is a hectic time for everyone. Carmen Schafer Digital Accessibility Coordinator MU Division of IT, ACT Center 573-882-8838 _______________________________________________ athen-list mailing list athen-list@mailman12.u.washington.edu http://mailman12.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/athen-list -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From knott_jennifer at columbusstate.edu Fri Mar 20 11:07:42 2020 From: knott_jennifer at columbusstate.edu (Jennifer Knott) Date: Fri Mar 20 11:08:33 2020 Subject: [Athen] Proctorio In-Reply-To: References: <603f9a9bd15a475b82ed681faf04ced8@missouri.edu> Message-ID: Thanks, Bryon, that is helpful. ____________________________ PLEASE NOTE: For the week of March 16?20, we are dedicating our efforts to provide support on a large scale. COOL will continue to provide more one-to-one support during the week of March 23?27. If we are unable to get back to you, please grab a spot on my Google calendar through the appointment app*. *Just select a time slot that works for you and save. IF YOU NEED HELP IMMEDIATELY, CONTACT onlinelearning@columbusstate.edu. There are also resources in your *CougarVIEW Quick Start* course, which can be accessed by logging into CougarVIEW and locating the course under the "waffle" icon. - CSU COVID-19 updates can be found here . - COOL resources can be found here . ____________________________ *Please fill out this short survey regarding your service today: *COOL Consultation Survey Jennifer Knott, Ed.D. Director, Center of Online Learning Columbus State University (706) 507-8695 On Fri, Mar 20, 2020 at 2:06 PM Kluesner, Bryon wrote: > We are using it here. A student who is blind will not be able to use it > because it tracks eye movement and would flag them as looking away from the > screen. We are trying a ruthrough with Zoom on Monday, which should > suffice the instructor since we can see the student and verify he didn't > cheat. > > Always have think out side the box and work arounds. > > Bryon > > Bryon Kluesner, RhD > Adaptive Technology Coordinator > Disability Resource Center > University of Tennessee at Chattanooga > 103 Frist Hall > Chattanooga, TN 37403 > 423-425-5251 > > ------------------------------ > *From:* athen-list on > behalf of Jennifer Knott > *Sent:* Friday, March 20, 2020 1:42 PM > *To:* Access Technology Higher Education Network < > athen-list@u.washington.edu> > *Subject:* Re: [Athen] Proctorio > > We are just now starting to recommend Proctorio, so have no user > experience to share at this time. > ___________________________ > *Please fill out this short survey regarding your service today: *COOL > Consultation Survey > > Jennifer Knott, Ed.D. > Director, Center of Online Learning > Columbus State University > (706) 507-8695 > > > > > > > On Fri, Mar 20, 2020 at 1:18 PM Schafer, Carmen > wrote: > > Hello, > > Our institution is seeking info on Proctorio from an accessibility > standpoint (e.g., issues to be aware of and need to post to our > institution, etc.) > > > > From what I'm finding, there used to be issues using it with a screen > reader and keyboard navigation. I reviewed their current accessibility > conformance report (completed VPAT) on https://proctorio.com/accessibility and > it sounds like these is no longer issues. > > > > Does anyone using Proctorio have user experiences they can share? Are > there still accessibility issues that we need to be aware of to provide > accommodations or workarounds, etc.? Does it still have its own built-in > screen reader (if I understood that correctly)? > > > > Thanks in advance for any information provided, as I know this is a hectic > time for everyone. > > > > *Carmen Schafer * > > Digital Accessibility Coordinator > > MU Division of IT, ACT Center > > 573-882-8838 > > > _______________________________________________ > athen-list mailing list > athen-list@mailman12.u.washington.edu > http://mailman12.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/athen-list > > _______________________________________________ > athen-list mailing list > athen-list@mailman12.u.washington.edu > http://mailman12.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/athen-list > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From sherylb at uw.edu Fri Mar 20 12:07:29 2020 From: sherylb at uw.edu (Sheryl E. Burgstahler) Date: Fri Mar 20 12:08:03 2020 Subject: [Athen] ONE IT accessibility recommendation for faculty Message-ID: <8F05BCF7-D180-4BF8-BE4B-D265A8B5E5DF@uw.edu> Many of us are faced with helping faculty move courses online without much knowledge about that and NO knowledge of accessible IT practices. They could easily become overwhelmed, but it would be great to help them at least apply a few accessible IT practices in order to improve experiences for students with disabilities AND reduce the proliferation of tons of inaccessible courses that burden disability services offices with requests for accommodations. What is ONE of your best recommendations for faculty moving quickly online who do NOT yet know much if anything about accessibility? Mine? Avoid creating PDF documents. Use HTML (e.g., placing content within learning management system content pages). If you want a printable version (e. g., for a syllabus), attach a Word or PDF document as a SECONDARY way to access the content. Sheryl Sheryl Burgstahler, Ph.D. Director, UW Accessible Technology & DO-IT, UW-IT Affiliate Professor, Education University of Washington, Box 354842 Seattle, WA 98195 206-543-0622 FAX 206-221-4171 http://staff.washington.edu/sherylb sherylb@uw.edu From armstrongdeborah at fhda.edu Fri Mar 20 14:08:20 2020 From: armstrongdeborah at fhda.edu (Deborah Armstrong) Date: Fri Mar 20 14:08:35 2020 Subject: [Athen] ONE IT accessibility recommendation for faculty In-Reply-To: <8F05BCF7-D180-4BF8-BE4B-D265A8B5E5DF@uw.edu> References: <8F05BCF7-D180-4BF8-BE4B-D265A8B5E5DF@uw.edu> Message-ID: Agreed. Plus no camera phone pictures of handouts. Hate those! -----Original Message----- From: athen-list On Behalf Of Sheryl E. Burgstahler Sent: Friday, March 20, 2020 12:07 PM To: Access Technology Higher Education Network Subject: [Athen] ONE IT accessibility recommendation for faculty Many of us are faced with helping faculty move courses online without much knowledge about that and NO knowledge of accessible IT practices. They could easily become overwhelmed, but it would be great to help them at least apply a few accessible IT practices in order to improve experiences for students with disabilities AND reduce the proliferation of tons of inaccessible courses that burden disability services offices with requests for accommodations. What is ONE of your best recommendations for faculty moving quickly online who do NOT yet know much if anything about accessibility? Mine? Avoid creating PDF documents. Use HTML (e.g., placing content within learning management system content pages). If you want a printable version (e. g., for a syllabus), attach a Word or PDF document as a SECONDARY way to access the content. Sheryl Sheryl Burgstahler, Ph.D. Director, UW Accessible Technology & DO-IT, UW-IT Affiliate Professor, Education University of Washington, Box 354842 Seattle, WA 98195 206-543-0622 FAX 206-221-4171 https://urldefense.com/v3/__http://staff.washington.edu/sherylb__;!!A-B3JKCz!SI8Q9rEMm3BMOHNntNfFedVtWhzfjtash-VZkbxFerXSXQ4a1MC7KlfIrLBoT3Hd10lvBQ$ sherylb@uw.edu _______________________________________________ athen-list mailing list athen-list@mailman12.u.washington.edu https://urldefense.com/v3/__http://mailman12.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/athen-list__;!!A-B3JKCz!SI8Q9rEMm3BMOHNntNfFedVtWhzfjtash-VZkbxFerXSXQ4a1MC7KlfIrLBoT3FnGO0Org$ From armstrongdeborah at fhda.edu Fri Mar 20 14:15:27 2020 From: armstrongdeborah at fhda.edu (Deborah Armstrong) Date: Fri Mar 20 14:15:49 2020 Subject: [Athen] Disability, Access to Education and the Pandemic Blog Article In-Reply-To: <020101d5f89c$a6c40af0$f44c20d0$@karlencommunications.com> References: <020101d5f89c$a6c40af0$f44c20d0$@karlencommunications.com> Message-ID: It's a good article and I'll sure with our faculty for sure. From: athen-list On Behalf Of Karlen Communications Sent: Thursday, March 12, 2020 11:33 AM To: 'Access Technology Higher Education Network' Subject: [Athen] Disability, Access to Education and the Pandemic Blog Article Hi Everyone: I wrote an article on the impact of school closures, forced online learning and those of us with disabilities. https://www.karlencommunications.com/adobe/PandemicAndDisability.pdf Cheers, Karen -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From armstrongdeborah at fhda.edu Fri Mar 20 14:20:34 2020 From: armstrongdeborah at fhda.edu (Deborah Armstrong) Date: Fri Mar 20 14:20:45 2020 Subject: [Athen] Zoom has some inaccessible features Message-ID: Though zoom is popular with BVI folks like my previous message said, the whiteboard and screen sharing are not accessible. The whiteboard can not be accessed with the keyboard or read with a screen reader. Shared screens are also not text-based. Instructors need to know that they'll have to read what's written on their digital boards and provide handouts a student can open in a separate window rather than just viewing the instructor's shared screen. But sharing your screen as a screen reader user is both keyboard and voice accessible, plus the ability to record and control other aspects of zoom is accessible as well. --Debee -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From info at karlencommunications.com Mon Mar 23 05:32:09 2020 From: info at karlencommunications.com (Karlen Communications) Date: Mon Mar 23 05:32:43 2020 Subject: [Athen] Fwd: [gate] The Impact of COVID-19 on Assistive Technology Use and Provision Survey References: <4fwy6n9mgate@mednet-communities.net> Message-ID: <60D99548-DCD4-4CD3-86B0-D57AA252EE94@karlencommunications.com> ?Dear Colleagues, > As part of how we are trying to assist people respond to the current Coronavirus situation, we would be very grateful if you could take 5 minutes of your time to respond to the survey at the link below, within the next 3 days. Full details of the survey and a consent form are contained within the survey itself.We appreciate your help and the results will be shared with all members of the GATE community. Soon survey will be available in other UN Languages. > > The GATE Team" > https://maynoothpsychology.eu.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_6qXYSvhxyithEC9 > __________ > > Thank you for your mail and contribution. > Together, we will make a difference - GATE community. > > You are receiving this message because you're a member of the community GATE. > > View this contribution on the web site https://mednet-communities.net/_/4fwy6n9m > > > A reply to this message will be sent to all members of GATE. > To reply to sender, send a message to khasnabisc@who.int. > To unsubscribe, send an email to leave.gate@mednet-communities.net From blrichwine at gmail.com Mon Mar 23 06:50:37 2020 From: blrichwine at gmail.com (Brian Richwine) Date: Mon Mar 23 06:51:08 2020 Subject: [Athen] Zoom has some inaccessible features In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Another important limitation with Zoom to keep in mind: Links posted in the chat are not accessible. The only work around would be to email out links separately or perhaps save the chat transcript and then email out the chat transcript. -Brian On Fri, Mar 20, 2020 at 5:21 PM Deborah Armstrong wrote: > Though zoom is popular with BVI folks like my previous message said, the > whiteboard and screen sharing are not accessible. > > > > The whiteboard can not be accessed with the keyboard or read with a screen > reader. Shared screens are also not text-based. > > > > Instructors need to know that they?ll have to read what?s written on their > digital boards and provide handouts a student can open in a separate window > rather than just viewing the instructor?s shared screen. > > > > But sharing your screen as a screen reader user is both keyboard and voice > accessible, plus the ability to record and control other aspects of zoom is > accessible as well. > > > > --Debee > > > _______________________________________________ > athen-list mailing list > athen-list@mailman12.u.washington.edu > http://mailman12.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/athen-list > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From travis at travisroth.com Mon Mar 23 07:36:35 2020 From: travis at travisroth.com (Travis Roth) Date: Mon Mar 23 07:37:03 2020 Subject: [Athen] Zoom has some inaccessible features In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <01a901d60120$748f2dd0$5dad8970$@travisroth.com> It is possible to highlight the chat message with arrow keys, move to the More actions button and choose copy message and paste the message in a text editor and copy the link from there. It is a frustrating and tedious workaround but sometimes necessary when working with colleagues. From: athen-list On Behalf Of Brian Richwine Sent: Monday, March 23, 2020 8:51 AM To: Access Technology Higher Education Network Subject: Re: [Athen] Zoom has some inaccessible features Another important limitation with Zoom to keep in mind: Links posted in the chat are not accessible. The only work around would be to email out links separately or perhaps save the chat transcript and then email out the chat transcript. -Brian On Fri, Mar 20, 2020 at 5:21 PM Deborah Armstrong > wrote: Though zoom is popular with BVI folks like my previous message said, the whiteboard and screen sharing are not accessible. The whiteboard can not be accessed with the keyboard or read with a screen reader. Shared screens are also not text-based. Instructors need to know that they?ll have to read what?s written on their digital boards and provide handouts a student can open in a separate window rather than just viewing the instructor?s shared screen. But sharing your screen as a screen reader user is both keyboard and voice accessible, plus the ability to record and control other aspects of zoom is accessible as well. --Debee _______________________________________________ athen-list mailing list athen-list@mailman12.u.washington.edu http://mailman12.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/athen-list -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From blrichwine at gmail.com Mon Mar 23 07:59:54 2020 From: blrichwine at gmail.com (Brian Richwine) Date: Mon Mar 23 08:00:23 2020 Subject: [Athen] Zoom has some inaccessible features In-Reply-To: <01a901d60120$748f2dd0$5dad8970$@travisroth.com> References: <01a901d60120$748f2dd0$5dad8970$@travisroth.com> Message-ID: Thanks, Travis. Glad to add another available workaround! Best, Brian On Mon, Mar 23, 2020 at 10:37 AM Travis Roth wrote: > It is possible to highlight the chat message with arrow keys, move to the > More actions button and choose copy message and paste the message in a text > editor and copy the link from there. > > It is a frustrating and tedious workaround but sometimes necessary when > working with colleagues. > > > > > > *From:* athen-list *On > Behalf Of *Brian Richwine > *Sent:* Monday, March 23, 2020 8:51 AM > *To:* Access Technology Higher Education Network < > athen-list@u.washington.edu> > *Subject:* Re: [Athen] Zoom has some inaccessible features > > > > Another important limitation with Zoom to keep in mind: Links posted in > the chat are not accessible. The only work around would be to email out > links separately or perhaps save the chat transcript and then email out the > chat transcript. > > > > -Brian > > > > On Fri, Mar 20, 2020 at 5:21 PM Deborah Armstrong < > armstrongdeborah@fhda.edu> wrote: > > Though zoom is popular with BVI folks like my previous message said, the > whiteboard and screen sharing are not accessible. > > > > The whiteboard can not be accessed with the keyboard or read with a screen > reader. Shared screens are also not text-based. > > > > Instructors need to know that they?ll have to read what?s written on their > digital boards and provide handouts a student can open in a separate window > rather than just viewing the instructor?s shared screen. > > > > But sharing your screen as a screen reader user is both keyboard and voice > accessible, plus the ability to record and control other aspects of zoom is > accessible as well. > > > > --Debee > > > > _______________________________________________ > athen-list mailing list > athen-list@mailman12.u.washington.edu > http://mailman12.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/athen-list > > _______________________________________________ > athen-list mailing list > athen-list@mailman12.u.washington.edu > http://mailman12.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/athen-list > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From armstrongdeborah at fhda.edu Mon Mar 23 09:48:48 2020 From: armstrongdeborah at fhda.edu (Deborah Armstrong) Date: Mon Mar 23 09:49:09 2020 Subject: [Athen] Zoom has some inaccessible features In-Reply-To: <01a901d60120$748f2dd0$5dad8970$@travisroth.com> References: <01a901d60120$748f2dd0$5dad8970$@travisroth.com> Message-ID: I will have to try this with NVDA, but with the JAWS scripts the chat text is easy to read and select. It?s using the virtual cursor. I never had issues working with the chat. I?ve used it extensively in webinars, often more than my voice, because I take webinars at work where I don?t want to talk. As for pasting the links, I just paste them directly in to the browser address bar or the run box. I get lots of emails and documents where a link isn?t clickable ? sighted folk do too, and you have to copy and paste the link in to the browser. The bigger concern I think is going to be online tutoring which is likely to rely on the inaccessible whiteboard and screen sharing. And I?m expecting our BVI students to still want to work with tutors. From: athen-list On Behalf Of Travis Roth Sent: Monday, March 23, 2020 7:37 AM To: 'Access Technology Higher Education Network' Subject: Re: [Athen] Zoom has some inaccessible features It is possible to highlight the chat message with arrow keys, move to the More actions button and choose copy message and paste the message in a text editor and copy the link from there. It is a frustrating and tedious workaround but sometimes necessary when working with colleagues. From: athen-list > On Behalf Of Brian Richwine Sent: Monday, March 23, 2020 8:51 AM To: Access Technology Higher Education Network > Subject: Re: [Athen] Zoom has some inaccessible features Another important limitation with Zoom to keep in mind: Links posted in the chat are not accessible. The only work around would be to email out links separately or perhaps save the chat transcript and then email out the chat transcript. -Brian On Fri, Mar 20, 2020 at 5:21 PM Deborah Armstrong > wrote: Though zoom is popular with BVI folks like my previous message said, the whiteboard and screen sharing are not accessible. The whiteboard can not be accessed with the keyboard or read with a screen reader. Shared screens are also not text-based. Instructors need to know that they?ll have to read what?s written on their digital boards and provide handouts a student can open in a separate window rather than just viewing the instructor?s shared screen. But sharing your screen as a screen reader user is both keyboard and voice accessible, plus the ability to record and control other aspects of zoom is accessible as well. --Debee _______________________________________________ athen-list mailing list athen-list@mailman12.u.washington.edu http://mailman12.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/athen-list -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From armstrongdeborah at fhda.edu Mon Mar 23 10:02:46 2020 From: armstrongdeborah at fhda.edu (Deborah Armstrong) Date: Mon Mar 23 10:03:22 2020 Subject: [Athen] Evaluating a book's accessibility Message-ID: Got an email from an instructor who asks a simple question: "is this book that I'm considering for use in my course accessible?". First, let's applaud this instructor for even thinking before adopting a textbook. But, I feel completely unqualified to evaluate her proposed book. First of all she sent me a link to the publisher's page. So no idea how I can actually get this book (ebook) to evaluate. I don't have a student request for it. Second, I'm a screen reader user. I'm not qualified to determine other things, like whether it works for users of other AT. I don't want to pretend I am. What's the best practice here? I want to give her an honest answer but don't want to buy a book I do not need. The book is here: https://www.zybooks.com/. But the instructor has given me only the publisher's site not the exact book title. I think she wonders if any offerings from this publisher are accessible. I am asking in a general sense, as I expect to get similar questions like this in the future. --Debee -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From kmusa at umn.edu Mon Mar 23 10:20:12 2020 From: kmusa at umn.edu (Khaled Musa) Date: Mon Mar 23 10:20:37 2020 Subject: [Athen] Zoom has some inaccessible features In-Reply-To: References: <01a901d60120$748f2dd0$5dad8970$@travisroth.com> Message-ID: <141a4b454adf55cf49f8d320ed92b1b4@mail.gmail.com> Zoom accessibility team is working on a fix for the link which is coming up in one of the upcoming releases. Screen reader users should be able to click the link from the chat. Best, Khaled Musa University of Minnesota *From:* athen-list *On Behalf Of *Deborah Armstrong *Sent:* Monday, March 23, 2020 11:49 AM *To:* Access Technology Higher Education Network < athen-list@u.washington.edu> *Subject:* Re: [Athen] Zoom has some inaccessible features I will have to try this with NVDA, but with the JAWS scripts the chat text is easy to read and select. It?s using the virtual cursor. I never had issues working with the chat. I?ve used it extensively in webinars, often more than my voice, because I take webinars at work where I don?t want to talk. As for pasting the links, I just paste them directly in to the browser address bar or the run box. I get lots of emails and documents where a link isn?t clickable ? sighted folk do too, and you have to copy and paste the link in to the browser. The bigger concern I think is going to be online tutoring which is likely to rely on the inaccessible whiteboard and screen sharing. And I?m expecting our BVI students to still want to work with tutors. *From:* athen-list *On Behalf Of *Travis Roth *Sent:* Monday, March 23, 2020 7:37 AM *To:* 'Access Technology Higher Education Network' < athen-list@u.washington.edu> *Subject:* Re: [Athen] Zoom has some inaccessible features It is possible to highlight the chat message with arrow keys, move to the More actions button and choose copy message and paste the message in a text editor and copy the link from there. It is a frustrating and tedious workaround but sometimes necessary when working with colleagues. *From:* athen-list *On Behalf Of *Brian Richwine *Sent:* Monday, March 23, 2020 8:51 AM *To:* Access Technology Higher Education Network < athen-list@u.washington.edu> *Subject:* Re: [Athen] Zoom has some inaccessible features Another important limitation with Zoom to keep in mind: Links posted in the chat are not accessible. The only work around would be to email out links separately or perhaps save the chat transcript and then email out the chat transcript. -Brian On Fri, Mar 20, 2020 at 5:21 PM Deborah Armstrong wrote: Though zoom is popular with BVI folks like my previous message said, the whiteboard and screen sharing are not accessible. The whiteboard can not be accessed with the keyboard or read with a screen reader. Shared screens are also not text-based. Instructors need to know that they?ll have to read what?s written on their digital boards and provide handouts a student can open in a separate window rather than just viewing the instructor?s shared screen. But sharing your screen as a screen reader user is both keyboard and voice accessible, plus the ability to record and control other aspects of zoom is accessible as well. --Debee _______________________________________________ athen-list mailing list athen-list@mailman12.u.washington.edu http://mailman12.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/athen-list -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From kerscher at montana.com Mon Mar 23 10:32:14 2020 From: kerscher at montana.com (kerscher@montana.com) Date: Mon Mar 23 10:32:48 2020 Subject: [Athen] Evaluating a book's accessibility In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <014601d60138$fdfb9cd0$f9f2d670$@montana.com> Hello, They have an accessibility page: https://www.zybooks.com/accessibility/ They said on this page you could ask for an evaluation copy to determine the accessibility of the title. Of course, it would take a lot of work to do the eval. You can also contact them from this page. I would check to see if they have it available in EPUB 3. I did not see where they have accessibility metadata on each title, which is what VitalSource does. Good luck Best George From: athen-list On Behalf Of Deborah Armstrong Sent: Monday, March 23, 2020 11:03 AM To: Access Technology Higher Education Network Subject: [Athen] Evaluating a book's accessibility Got an email from an instructor who asks a simple question: "is this book that I'm considering for use in my course accessible?". First, let's applaud this instructor for even thinking before adopting a textbook. But, I feel completely unqualified to evaluate her proposed book. First of all she sent me a link to the publisher's page. So no idea how I can actually get this book (ebook) to evaluate. I don't have a student request for it. Second, I'm a screen reader user. I'm not qualified to determine other things, like whether it works for users of other AT. I don't want to pretend I am. What's the best practice here? I want to give her an honest answer but don't want to buy a book I do not need. The book is here: https://www.zybooks.com/. But the instructor has given me only the publisher's site not the exact book title. I think she wonders if any offerings from this publisher are accessible. I am asking in a general sense, as I expect to get similar questions like this in the future. --Debee -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From lgreco at berkeley.edu Mon Mar 23 10:42:37 2020 From: lgreco at berkeley.edu (Lucy GRECO) Date: Mon Mar 23 10:43:26 2020 Subject: [Athen] Share positive messaging (was Re: Zoom has some inaccessible features) Message-ID: Hello - It would be helpful if we could stop emphasizing that "Zoom has some inaccessible features"? I've also changed the subject line to suggest that we share more positive messaging. There are a few features lacking in Zoom; however, in this time of crisis we should be promoting the positive side of things as well as companies who are making an effort with accessibility. Zoom has been accessible and excellent in most areas, and frankly no other tool holds a candle to it. If someone new gets one of these messages, they might not go past the "Zoom has some inaccessible features" subject line, which would be unfortunate if they would benefit from using Zoom and are misdirected. Thanks, Lucy Lucia Greco Web Accessibility Evangelist IST - Architecture, Platforms, and Integration University of California, Berkeley (510) 289-6008 skype: lucia1-greco http://webaccess.berkeley.edu Follow me on twitter @accessaces On Mon, Mar 23, 2020 at 9:49 AM Deborah Armstrong wrote: > I will have to try this with NVDA, but with the JAWS scripts the chat text > is easy to read and select. It?s using the virtual cursor. I never had > issues working with the chat. I?ve used it extensively in webinars, often > more than my voice, because I take webinars at work where I don?t want to > talk. > > > > As for pasting the links, I just paste them directly in to the browser > address bar or the run box. I get lots of emails and documents where a link > isn?t clickable ? sighted folk do too, and you have to copy and paste the > link in to the browser. > > > > The bigger concern I think is going to be online tutoring which is likely > to rely on the inaccessible whiteboard and screen sharing. > > > > And I?m expecting our BVI students to still want to work with tutors. > > > > *From:* athen-list *On > Behalf Of *Travis Roth > *Sent:* Monday, March 23, 2020 7:37 AM > *To:* 'Access Technology Higher Education Network' < > athen-list@u.washington.edu> > *Subject:* Re: [Athen] Zoom has some inaccessible features > > > > It is possible to highlight the chat message with arrow keys, move to the > More actions button and choose copy message and paste the message in a text > editor and copy the link from there. > > It is a frustrating and tedious workaround but sometimes necessary when > working with colleagues. > > > > > > *From:* athen-list *On > Behalf Of *Brian Richwine > *Sent:* Monday, March 23, 2020 8:51 AM > *To:* Access Technology Higher Education Network < > athen-list@u.washington.edu> > *Subject:* Re: [Athen] Zoom has some inaccessible features > > > > Another important limitation with Zoom to keep in mind: Links posted in > the chat are not accessible. The only work around would be to email out > links separately or perhaps save the chat transcript and then email out the > chat transcript. > > > > -Brian > > > > On Fri, Mar 20, 2020 at 5:21 PM Deborah Armstrong < > armstrongdeborah@fhda.edu> wrote: > > Though zoom is popular with BVI folks like my previous message said, the > whiteboard and screen sharing are not accessible. > > > > The whiteboard can not be accessed with the keyboard or read with a screen > reader. Shared screens are also not text-based. > > > > Instructors need to know that they?ll have to read what?s written on their > digital boards and provide handouts a student can open in a separate window > rather than just viewing the instructor?s shared screen. > > > > But sharing your screen as a screen reader user is both keyboard and voice > accessible, plus the ability to record and control other aspects of zoom is > accessible as well. > > > > --Debee > > > > _______________________________________________ > athen-list mailing list > athen-list@mailman12.u.washington.edu > http://mailman12.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/athen-list > > > _______________________________________________ > athen-list mailing list > athen-list@mailman12.u.washington.edu > http://mailman12.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/athen-list > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From vwalton at columbiabasin.edu Mon Mar 23 11:02:43 2020 From: vwalton at columbiabasin.edu (Walton, Vicki) Date: Mon Mar 23 11:03:02 2020 Subject: [Athen] Share positive messaging (was Re: Zoom has some inaccessible features) In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: The posts about Zoom accessible issues has been most helpful to me. I have gone on the site and find none of this documentation there. I, for one, am happy to know what I can tell our instructors and/or students. I totally get being positive but this information has been most helpful and I thank those who posted them. [Visit the CBC Website] Vicki Walton Assistive Technology Center 509.542.4428, or ext. 2428 2600 N. 20th Ave., Pasco, WA 99301 Pronouns: they/them [Follow CBC on Facebook] [Follow CBC on Instagram] [Follow CBC on Twitter] [Follow CBC on YouTube] [Follow CBC on Snapchat] [We All Soar Together] [cid:image008.jpg@01D5E69C.17A2CE90] From: athen-list On Behalf Of Lucy GRECO Sent: Monday, March 23, 2020 10:43 AM To: Access Technology Higher Education Network Subject: [Athen] Share positive messaging (was Re: Zoom has some inaccessible features) CAUTION: This email originated outside Columbia Basin College. Do not click links or open attachments unless you know the content is safe. Questions? Call the IS Helpdesk at x2353 or email ishelp@columbiabasin.edu. Hello - It would be helpful if we could stop emphasizing that "Zoom has some inaccessible features"? I've also changed the subject line to suggest that we share more positive messaging. There are a few features lacking in Zoom; however, in this time of crisis we should be promoting the positive side of things as well as companies who are making an effort with accessibility. Zoom has been accessible and excellent in most areas, and frankly no other tool holds a candle to it. If someone new gets one of these messages, they might not go past the "Zoom has some inaccessible features" subject line, which would be unfortunate if they would benefit from using Zoom and are misdirected. Thanks, Lucy Lucia Greco Web Accessibility Evangelist IST - Architecture, Platforms, and Integration University of California, Berkeley (510) 289-6008 skype: lucia1-greco http://webaccess.berkeley.edu Follow me on twitter @accessaces On Mon, Mar 23, 2020 at 9:49 AM Deborah Armstrong > wrote: I will have to try this with NVDA, but with the JAWS scripts the chat text is easy to read and select. It?s using the virtual cursor. I never had issues working with the chat. I?ve used it extensively in webinars, often more than my voice, because I take webinars at work where I don?t want to talk. As for pasting the links, I just paste them directly in to the browser address bar or the run box. I get lots of emails and documents where a link isn?t clickable ? sighted folk do too, and you have to copy and paste the link in to the browser. The bigger concern I think is going to be online tutoring which is likely to rely on the inaccessible whiteboard and screen sharing. And I?m expecting our BVI students to still want to work with tutors. From: athen-list > On Behalf Of Travis Roth Sent: Monday, March 23, 2020 7:37 AM To: 'Access Technology Higher Education Network' > Subject: Re: [Athen] Zoom has some inaccessible features It is possible to highlight the chat message with arrow keys, move to the More actions button and choose copy message and paste the message in a text editor and copy the link from there. It is a frustrating and tedious workaround but sometimes necessary when working with colleagues. From: athen-list > On Behalf Of Brian Richwine Sent: Monday, March 23, 2020 8:51 AM To: Access Technology Higher Education Network > Subject: Re: [Athen] Zoom has some inaccessible features Another important limitation with Zoom to keep in mind: Links posted in the chat are not accessible. The only work around would be to email out links separately or perhaps save the chat transcript and then email out the chat transcript. -Brian On Fri, Mar 20, 2020 at 5:21 PM Deborah Armstrong > wrote: Though zoom is popular with BVI folks like my previous message said, the whiteboard and screen sharing are not accessible. The whiteboard can not be accessed with the keyboard or read with a screen reader. Shared screens are also not text-based. 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Bryon Bryon Kluesner, RhD Adaptive Technology Coordinator Disability Resource Center University of Tennessee at Chattanooga 103 Frist Hall Chattanooga, TN 37403 423-425-5251 ________________________________ From: athen-list on behalf of Lucy GRECO Sent: Monday, March 23, 2020 2:22 PM To: EAC-L@LISTSERV.UCOP.EDU ; Access Technology Higher Education Network ; The EDUCAUSE IT Accessibility Constituent Group Listserv Subject: [EXT]: [Athen] a new tool beeing offered to education free External Email hello everyone: over the past few months I have been working with a company to test there new remediation tool and it has a lot of reely great potential. this tool, although it is not quite out on the market yet has been pre released to educators for free until the situation in our world is back to normal. this tool will give educators a portal to upload digital documents and get back many formats needed by disabled students. this company is working on a few other ways to use there remediation tool but for now let's let our faculty take advantage of a free way to get alternative formats. here is the note on there website describing there free offer to educators. take a look around the web site to see what they are planning to offer shortly lucy Lucia Greco Web Accessibility Evangelist IST - Architecture, Platforms, and Integration University of California, Berkeley (510) 289-6008 skype: lucia1-greco http://webaccess.berkeley.edu Follow me on twitter @accessaces This message is not from a UTC.EDU address. 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Once the product comes out i can speak more to what the difference is and why it is a tool people should consider. but for now i can't share much just that its free for education lucy Lucia Greco Web Accessibility Evangelist IST - Architecture, Platforms, and Integration University of California, Berkeley (510) 289-6008 skype: lucia1-greco http://webaccess.berkeley.edu Follow me on twitter @accessaces On Mon, Mar 23, 2020 at 1:01 PM Jiatyan Chen wrote: > Lucy, > > Do you find pneumasolutions' resulting files a lot better than the ones > from SensusAccess? > > -- > Jiatyan Chen > > > _______________________________________________ > athen-list mailing list > athen-list@mailman12.u.washington.edu > http://mailman12.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/athen-list > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Is it ever appropriate to use font color to hide text from sighted users but are available to screen reader users? Thanks! Krista -- Krista Greear Accessibility and Inclusivity Crusader ATHEN Executive Council Vice President Access Technology Higher Education Network -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From lgreco at berkeley.edu Mon Mar 23 14:19:14 2020 From: lgreco at berkeley.edu (Lucy GRECO) Date: Mon Mar 23 14:20:04 2020 Subject: [Athen] white text on white background for screen reader user In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: there are a lot of down sides but the biggest one is that if you need a title witch yes you do every one benefits from it. what if some one has a speshal stile sheet that changes the colors what if a low vis user needs the access but most inportently its the wrong way to do this. some one may need other ways to access the information and just changing the color is a bandaid not the write way of doing things. Lucia Greco Web Accessibility Evangelist IST - Architecture, Platforms, and Integration University of California, Berkeley (510) 289-6008 skype: lucia1-greco http://webaccess.berkeley.edu Follow me on twitter @accessaces On Mon, Mar 23, 2020 at 1:40 PM Krista Greear < krista@inclusiveinstructionaldesign.com> wrote: > I was asked recently if the are downsides for having "hidden" text from > sighted users, but available to screen reader users. > > For example, what are the downsides of having white text on a white > background to add a slide title in PowerPoint? Is it ever appropriate to > use font color to hide text from sighted users but are available to screen > reader users? > > Thanks! > Krista > > -- > Krista Greear > Accessibility and Inclusivity Crusader > ATHEN Executive Council Vice President > Access Technology Higher Education Network > _______________________________________________ > athen-list mailing list > athen-list@mailman12.u.washington.edu > http://mailman12.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/athen-list > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From krista at inclusiveinstructionaldesign.com Mon Mar 23 16:18:15 2020 From: krista at inclusiveinstructionaldesign.com (Krista Greear) Date: Mon Mar 23 16:18:31 2020 Subject: [Athen] does Gmail mess up reading order in PDFs when previewing? Message-ID: I emailed myself a PDF using Gmail. I viewed the PDF in whatever tool Gmail uses to preview a PDF. I am then using my iPhone with VoiceOver to check the reading order that I have verified is correct in Adobe Acrobat Pro DC. VoiceOver does not follow the reading order, jumping around in a somewhat sporadic manner. I tested the same PDF in iBooks and it seems to honor the reading order as expected. Anyone else run across this? If reading order is affected by how the PDF is being viewed/previewed/opened, then that needs to be another consideration in supporting end users/troubleshooting. I know we say something like the following already, but the list of factors seems to increase -- "Please tell me the device, operating system, adaptive technology, version of adaptive technology (if applicable), internet browser, tool are you using to view the PDF, etc. so I can figure out if it's the *actual file* or the combination of the above factors that is causing a poor user experience". 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The only purpose of that title is access. It provides a way to navigate the slides easily by titles. If that title were not visible on the slide, then I am not really clear how that is a problem. It would still be visible in the outline view. So it could be accessed by anyone there, but maintains the visual design that the designer is trying to achieve. I?d like to understand more why it is a design problem because it is a design I?ve actually suggested. Thank you! Melanie ________________________________ MELANIE THORNTON, MA, CPACC coordinator of access and equity outreach Partners for Inclusive Communities University of Arkansas V/T: 501.291.3217 Partners for Inclusive Communities (Partners) is a program of the University of Arkansas College of Education and Health Professions and is Arkansas' University Center on Disabilities, a member of the nationwide Association of University Centers on Disabilities (AUCD). Let's stay connected! [Partners' Facebook Page] [Partners' Twitter Account] Pronouns: she/her/hers On March 23, 2020 at 4:23:23 PM, Lucy GRECO (lgreco@berkeley.edu) wrote: there are a lot of down sides but the biggest one is that if you need a title witch yes you do every one benefits from it. what if some one has a speshal stile sheet that changes the colors what if a low vis user needs the access but most inportently its the wrong way to do this. some one may need other ways to access the information and just changing the color is a bandaid not the write way of doing things. Lucia Greco Web Accessibility Evangelist IST - Architecture, Platforms, and Integration University of California, Berkeley (510) 289-6008 skype: lucia1-greco http://webaccess.berkeley.edu Follow me on twitter @accessaces On Mon, Mar 23, 2020 at 1:40 PM Krista Greear > wrote: I was asked recently if the are downsides for having "hidden" text from sighted users, but available to screen reader users. For example, what are the downsides of having white text on a white background to add a slide title in PowerPoint? Is it ever appropriate to use font color to hide text from sighted users but are available to screen reader users? Thanks! 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URL: From info at karlencommunications.com Tue Mar 24 04:22:50 2020 From: info at karlencommunications.com (Karlen Communications) Date: Tue Mar 24 04:22:54 2020 Subject: [Athen] white text on white background for screen reader user In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <002f01d601ce$8e531a70$aaf94f50$@karlencommunications.com> The only time I suggest this technique in a slide presentation, especially PowerPoint as it is the commonly used presentation tool, is when you have an image and you want it to cover the entire slide. I retain the Tab Order of the Slide Title placeholder followed by the image and there must be a slide title. If the presentation/PowerPoint is converted to tagged PDF the slide Titles are H1?s for the title of the presentation and section breaks and H2?s for all other slides. So it is important to retain the Slide Title placeholder and follow best practices in having each slide title as unique/not repetitive. For the end slide which is usually ?Questions? or Q & A? I allow the shite text on a white background or blended into the background text as many people want only the image of question marks, and feel the text is redundant. I allow this while educating them on why it may not be redundant. The text can easily be returned to its normal colour once aesthetic fears are overcome. In Excel, I use white text on a white background to describe the layout of the worksheet. Yes, if anyone lands in that cell they can read the text, but again, while educating people on how to lay out a spreadsheet without a lot of blank rows, columns, visually placed not functionally placed data, it is a band aid that can easily be undone or ?ripped off? once clients understand that maybe the description of the worksheet is useful to everyone. I also create a linked TOC on every worksheet I remediate taking people to key areas on the worksheet. These too are white text on a white background and can easily be undone to allow everyone equal access. In Word, I only use white text on a white background to indicate blank pages. The text is usually ?This is a blank page.? Those are the only times I use white text on a white background as I agree that everyone should have access to the same information in any document you produce. We just need to keep prodding understanding of this and using techniques that can easily be undone once clients understand that part of accessible document design IS ?design?. Cheers, Karen From: athen-list On Behalf Of Krista Greear Sent: Monday, March 23, 2020 4:39 PM To: altmedia@listserv.cccnext.net; athen-list@u.washington.edu Subject: [Athen] white text on white background for screen reader user I was asked recently if the are downsides for having "hidden" text from sighted users, but available to screen reader users. For example, what are the downsides of having white text on a white background to add a slide title in PowerPoint? Is it ever appropriate to use font color to hide text from sighted users but are available to screen reader users? Thanks! Krista -- Krista Greear Accessibility and Inclusivity Crusader ATHEN Executive Council Vice President Access Technology Higher Education Network -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From thaddeus.nelson at stonybrook.edu Tue Mar 24 06:10:38 2020 From: thaddeus.nelson at stonybrook.edu (Thaddeus Nelson) Date: Tue Mar 24 06:11:15 2020 Subject: [Athen] does Gmail mess up reading order in PDFs when previewing? In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: This seems likely. The preview in gmail is terrible, and no one should use it. A constant problem I face is that people use it to print exam and it omits images, reorders texts, or omits entire sections. Unless you are absolutely sure the PDF is only plain text, I would avoid it. *Thaddeus Nelson, PhD* *SASC Coordinator* *Student Accessibility Support Center* 128 Educational Communications Center Stony Brook NY 11794-2662 Office: 631.632.6748 *Thaddeus.Nelson@stonybrook.edu * *Division of Student Affairs* Studentaffairs.stonybrook.edu Facebook | Twitter | Instagram Adjunct Instructor, Department of Social Science and Criminal Justice, Suffolk County Community College [image: Stony Brook University logo] On Mon, Mar 23, 2020 at 7:21 PM Krista Greear < krista@inclusiveinstructionaldesign.com> wrote: > I emailed myself a PDF using Gmail. I viewed the PDF in whatever tool > Gmail uses to preview a PDF. I am then using my iPhone with VoiceOver to > check the reading order that I have verified is correct in Adobe Acrobat > Pro DC. VoiceOver does not follow the reading order, jumping around in a > somewhat sporadic manner. > > I tested the same PDF in iBooks and it seems to honor the reading order as > expected. > > Anyone else run across this? If reading order is affected by how the PDF > is being viewed/previewed/opened, then that needs to be another > consideration in supporting end users/troubleshooting. > > I know we say something like the following already, but the list of > factors seems to increase -- > > "Please tell me the device, operating system, adaptive technology, version > of adaptive technology (if applicable), internet browser, tool are you > using to view the PDF, etc. so I can figure out if it's the *actual file* > or the combination of the above factors that is causing a poor user > experience". > > Thanks, > Krista > > -- > Krista Greear > Accessibility and Inclusivity Crusader > ATHEN Executive Council Vice President > Access Technology Higher Education Network > _______________________________________________ > athen-list mailing list > athen-list@mailman12.u.washington.edu > http://mailman12.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/athen-list > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Pitman Center 127 Fax: 208.885.9404 Campus Zip: 4257 This communication may contain privileged, non-public or other confidential information. If you have received it in error, please advise the sender by reply e-mail and immediately delete the message and any attachments without copying or disclosing the contents. Thank you. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From Laura.R.Hamrick at Colorado.EDU Wed Mar 25 14:18:49 2020 From: Laura.R.Hamrick at Colorado.EDU (Laura Hamrick) Date: Wed Mar 25 14:19:14 2020 Subject: [Athen] FW: Captioning PowerPoint recordings with narration In-Reply-To: <29BD3ABB-EB40-41CC-855E-F2789B1CEEA8@colorado.edu> References: <29BD3ABB-EB40-41CC-855E-F2789B1CEEA8@colorado.edu> Message-ID: <2AB95124-70AC-44A3-A3C4-50318343C4F0@colorado.edu> Hi all, Crossposting from ITACCESS, so my apologies for any duplicate emails. Does anyone know how to add captions into a PowerPoint file where the instructor used the ?Record Slide Show? feature to add narration? I see that there is now a machine-generated live captioning option in PowerPoint under the Slide Show tab in the Ribbon, which is great, but doesn?t seem to be the function I need. When I select the audio clip on a particular slide, the Audio Format and Playback tabs appear, but I can?t find any captioning options there either. The clunky workaround I?m toying with at the moment is just using a screen capture tool to do a screen recording of each PowerPoint recording, so that I can create an actual video file that I could add captions to. Thank you, Laura -- Laura Hamrick she/her/hers Digital Accessibility Strategy & Outreach Manager Office of Integrity, Safety, and Compliance University of Colorado Boulder laura.r.hamrick@colorado.edu (303) 735-5782 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From mmintz at pasadena.edu Wed Mar 25 15:15:23 2020 From: mmintz at pasadena.edu (Mark C. Mintz) Date: Wed Mar 25 15:15:35 2020 Subject: [Athen] Captioning PowerPoint recordings with narration In-Reply-To: <2AB95124-70AC-44A3-A3C4-50318343C4F0@colorado.edu> References: <29BD3ABB-EB40-41CC-855E-F2789B1CEEA8@colorado.edu> <2AB95124-70AC-44A3-A3C4-50318343C4F0@colorado.edu> Message-ID: You can save as a mp4 or wmv file directly in powerpoint, then caption as you normally would. I noticed you either could record the video or have the auto captions, not seemingly both this morning. Mark Mintz Assistive Technology Specialist From: athen-list On Behalf Of Laura Hamrick Sent: Wednesday, March 25, 2020 2:19 PM To: Access Technology Higher Education Network Subject: [Athen] FW: Captioning PowerPoint recordings with narration Hi all, Crossposting from ITACCESS, so my apologies for any duplicate emails. Does anyone know how to add captions into a PowerPoint file where the instructor used the ?Record Slide Show? feature to add narration? I see that there is now a machine-generated live captioning option in PowerPoint under the Slide Show tab in the Ribbon, which is great, but doesn?t seem to be the function I need. When I select the audio clip on a particular slide, the Audio Format and Playback tabs appear, but I can?t find any captioning options there either. The clunky workaround I?m toying with at the moment is just using a screen capture tool to do a screen recording of each PowerPoint recording, so that I can create an actual video file that I could add captions to. Thank you, Laura -- Laura Hamrick she/her/hers Digital Accessibility Strategy & Outreach Manager Office of Integrity, Safety, and Compliance University of Colorado Boulder laura.r.hamrick@colorado.edu (303) 735-5782 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Let us know if any other suggestions or questions come up along the way, we're here to help. Stay safe and healthy out there, friend! Interested in users of the program responses. Thanks, Bryon Bryon Kluesner, RhD Adaptive Technology Coordinator Disability Resource Center University of Tennessee at Chattanooga 103 Frist Hall Chattanooga, TN 37403 423-425-5251 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From armstrongdeborah at fhda.edu Wed Mar 25 18:20:06 2020 From: armstrongdeborah at fhda.edu (Deborah Armstrong) Date: Wed Mar 25 18:20:36 2020 Subject: [Athen] Accessible COVID-19 Statistics Tracker Message-ID: The freedom scientific blog has a post on an Accessible COVID-19 Statistics Tracker With details on how to navigate it with JAWS. What makes this valuable is that it's a great learning experience for someone new to using JAWS on the web; useful for trainers looking for something their BVI students can practice at home. https://blog.freedomscientific.com/ The instructions are also mostly valid for an NVDA user. A trainer can quickly adapt them for someone using VoiceOver as well. --Debee -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From solowoniukr at macewan.ca Thu Mar 26 09:04:10 2020 From: solowoniukr at macewan.ca (Russell Solowoniuk) Date: Thu Mar 26 09:04:31 2020 Subject: [Athen] Short videos on creating accessible documents? Message-ID: Hi everyone, We are looking for some short videos for faculty explaining how to create accessible Word documents, i.e. using heading styles, adding alt text for images, etc. A video on saving these Word documents as a PDF with the accessibility features carrying over would be helpful as well. 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Maureen Bourbeau Assistive Technology Specialist Student Accessibility Services (SAS) 201 Smith Hall, 3 Garrison Avenue Durham, NH 03824 P: 603.862.2400 | F: 603.862.4043 maureen.bourbeau@unh.edu www.unh.edu/sas [cid:image001.png@01D60368.09D8E5E0] -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: image001.png Type: image/png Size: 15467 bytes Desc: image001.png URL: From mjenkins at sbctc.edu Thu Mar 26 09:21:40 2020 From: mjenkins at sbctc.edu (Mark Jenkins) Date: Thu Mar 26 09:21:50 2020 Subject: [Athen] What are access issues with Respondus and ProctorU In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: I'd like to add HonorLock to that request - these tools are becoming very important very quickly in our system. Thanks - [Title: SBCTC logo - Description: Compass] Mark Jenkins Director, Educational Technology & Open Education Accessible Technology Initiatives Washington State Board for Community and Technical Colleges mjenkins@sbctc.edu * o: 360-704-4363 From: athen-list On Behalf Of Bourbeau, Maureen Sent: Thursday, March 26, 2020 9:14 AM To: athen-list@u.washington.edu Subject: [Athen] What are access issues with Respondus and ProctorU Looking for known issues and recommendations between these products for exam proctoring in the online environment we all now find ourselves in. Looking for info to share with our IT folks as they begin looking into these products. Thanks for your help! Maureen Bourbeau Assistive Technology Specialist Student Accessibility Services (SAS) 201 Smith Hall, 3 Garrison Avenue Durham, NH 03824 P: 603.862.2400 | F: 603.862.4043 maureen.bourbeau@unh.edu www.unh.edu/sas [cid:image004.png@01D6034F.F4186EF0] -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: image002.png Type: image/png Size: 18063 bytes Desc: image002.png URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: image004.png Type: image/png Size: 15467 bytes Desc: image004.png URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: image001.png Type: image/png Size: 8117 bytes Desc: image001.png URL: From mdctls at rit.edu Thu Mar 26 09:23:45 2020 From: mdctls at rit.edu (Monica Cormier) Date: Thu Mar 26 09:24:05 2020 Subject: [Athen] Short videos on creating accessible documents? In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <63ac25f631b94912b434f44ffc538165@ex04mail02b.ad.rit.edu> Linked in learning Creating Accessible Documents in Microsoft Office https://www.linkedin.com/learning/creating-accessible-documents-in-microsoft-office From: athen-list On Behalf Of Russell Solowoniuk Sent: Thursday, March 26, 2020 12:04 PM To: Access Technology Higher Education Network Subject: [Athen] Short videos on creating accessible documents? Hi everyone, We are looking for some short videos for faculty explaining how to create accessible Word documents, i.e. using heading styles, adding alt text for images, etc. A video on saving these Word documents as a PDF with the accessibility features carrying over would be helpful as well. We have some resources, but not in video format, and we've been asked if we could recommend these types of videos. Thanks for any suggestions. Hope you are all coping well in these crazy times! 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Students who are sighted are now in the same predicament I am for a refreshing change: they cannot look at their neighbor to see what textbook page was being referred to. Tell students five minutes ahead of time they will be referring to page 238, bottom third of the page, the box in blue. Distribute the PowerPoint to the class ahead of time so they don't need to look at the shared screen if they don't want to. Create pauses for students to update their notes. For example, half the class could be in a discussion in realtime while the other half caught up. Announce expectations at the beginning "we'll be discussing this week's reading and afterwards I'm giving a 30-minute lecture. Then we'll break in to small groups to discuss my lecture and each of you will need to produce a list of questions about things you would like to research over the next week. You'll need page 40 in your textbook and the handout on Canvas titled The basics, but you won't need that handout until after my lecture. I won't need you to turn in your list of questions, just pick one to share with the class so you don't need to write neatly.". Remember people can't look at everything at once. Don't say "click here" if demoing something on your shared screen. Not only can I not see it but sighted students might be writing notes, looking at the textbook or dealing with a notification that popped up that they haven't figured out how to turn off. We know flaky students text in class, but dedicated students also get interrupted in class if the computer decides to do an update. Instead say what you are clicking on. Few instructors seem to stay this organized when they are also trying to get the online stuff working, but the less organized they are, the more students suffer. --Debee -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Take care, Sean On Thu, Mar 26, 2020 at 9:08 AM Russell Solowoniuk wrote: > Hi everyone, > > > > We are looking for some short videos for faculty explaining how to create > accessible Word documents, i.e. using heading styles, adding alt text for > images, etc. > > A video on saving these Word documents as a PDF with the accessibility > features carrying over would be helpful as well. > > > > We have some resources, but not in video format, and we?ve been asked if > we could recommend these types of videos. > > > > Thanks for any suggestions. > > > > Hope you are all coping well in these crazy times! > > > > Russell > > > _______________________________________________ > athen-list mailing list > athen-list@mailman12.u.washington.edu > http://mailman12.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/athen-list > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Universal Design ? best practices for web & media development ? accessible curriculum ? alternate format ? teaching about accessibility and UD in university curriculum (and elsewhere) ? evidence-based research ? other topics related to accessibility in higher education and other environments Use the online speaker proposal form to submit your proposal. Additional speaker information can be found on the AHG website . View last year?s sessions to get a sense of the typical agenda and range of topics. If you have any questions about proposal submission, contact Howard Kramer at 303-492-8672 or at the email below. e-mail: ahg@ahead.org Conference URL: http://accessinghigherground.org/ -- Regards, Howard Howard Kramer Conference Coordinator Accessing Higher Ground 303-492-8672 cell: 720-351-8668 Join us for the *Accessing Higher Ground Conference * in Sheraton Denver Downtown Hotel, Colorado, Nov 16-20, 2020. Request for proposals will open up in early March. Sign up to our mailing list to receive announcements . Complete program information and registration is open for our full line-up of Spring 2020 webinars . 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. * -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From Bryon-Kluesner at utc.edu Thu Mar 26 13:50:27 2020 From: Bryon-Kluesner at utc.edu (Kluesner, Bryon) Date: Thu Mar 26 13:50:45 2020 Subject: [Athen] Short videos on creating accessible documents? In-Reply-To: References: , Message-ID: Sean, May I share this with our teaching resource center? Thanks, Bryon Bryon Kluesner, RhD Adaptive Technology Coordinator Disability Resource Center University of Tennessee at Chattanooga 103 Frist Hall Chattanooga, TN 37403 423-425-5251 ________________________________ From: athen-list on behalf of Sean Keegan Sent: Thursday, March 26, 2020 1:29 PM To: Access Technology Higher Education Network Subject: Re: [Athen] Short videos on creating accessible documents? Hi Russell, We have a free, self-paced Canvas course on MS Word Accessibility we created for faculty and staff in our system. It covers basic topics around MS Word accessibility and includes a number of short videos and examples, including several from Microsoft. The course is also available via Canvas Commons if there is a desire to download and customize in your own local instance of Canvas based on need. Take care, Sean On Thu, Mar 26, 2020 at 9:08 AM Russell Solowoniuk > wrote: Hi everyone, We are looking for some short videos for faculty explaining how to create accessible Word documents, i.e. using heading styles, adding alt text for images, etc. A video on saving these Word documents as a PDF with the accessibility features carrying over would be helpful as well. We have some resources, but not in video format, and we?ve been asked if we could recommend these types of videos. Thanks for any suggestions. Hope you are all coping well in these crazy times! Russell _______________________________________________ athen-list mailing list athen-list@mailman12.u.washington.edu http://mailman12.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/athen-list -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From solowoniukr at macewan.ca Thu Mar 26 15:39:24 2020 From: solowoniukr at macewan.ca (Russell Solowoniuk) Date: Thu Mar 26 15:39:36 2020 Subject: [Athen] Short videos on creating accessible documents? In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Thank you Sean, and everyone else who responded. Lots of material to choose from! Take care all, Russell From: athen-list On Behalf Of Sean Keegan Sent: Thursday, March 26, 2020 11:30 AM To: Access Technology Higher Education Network Subject: Re: [Athen] Short videos on creating accessible documents? Hi Russell, We have a free, self-paced Canvas course on MS Word Accessibility we created for faculty and staff in our system. It covers basic topics around MS Word accessibility and includes a number of short videos and examples, including several from Microsoft. The course is also available via Canvas Commons if there is a desire to download and customize in your own local instance of Canvas based on need. Take care, Sean On Thu, Mar 26, 2020 at 9:08 AM Russell Solowoniuk > wrote: Hi everyone, We are looking for some short videos for faculty explaining how to create accessible Word documents, i.e. using heading styles, adding alt text for images, etc. A video on saving these Word documents as a PDF with the accessibility features carrying over would be helpful as well. We have some resources, but not in video format, and we?ve been asked if we could recommend these types of videos. Thanks for any suggestions. Hope you are all coping well in these crazy times! Russell _______________________________________________ athen-list mailing list athen-list@mailman12.u.washington.edu http://mailman12.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/athen-list -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From arovner at shoreline.edu Thu Mar 26 19:33:15 2020 From: arovner at shoreline.edu (Rovner, Amy) Date: Thu Mar 26 19:33:44 2020 Subject: [Athen] tips to avoid cognitive overload In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Thank you for this great perspective! I will share with our faculty as we train them. Stay well! Amy Amy Rovner, MPH RD Instructional Designer Nutrition Associate Faculty Shoreline Community College (206) 546-6966 eLearning Service Help Center Canvas 24/7 Help via Chat Canvas 24/7 Phone Help: 1-888-672-2040 ________________________________ From: athen-list on behalf of Deborah Armstrong Sent: Thursday, March 26, 2020 9:31:07 AM To: Access Technology Higher Education Network Subject: [Athen] tips to avoid cognitive overload I was asked by several instructors to join their zoom online classes to insure accessibility. One thing I?m seeing over and over again, especially with folks new to online learning is that instructors put all the tools out there. They have students opening a page in their textbook, pulling up a handout on Canvas, working on the whiteboard and the instructor?s PowerPoint is being displayed on a shared screen. Most of the nondisabled folks not to mention the new instructor were suffering from cognitive overload. I, as a blind student who thankfully didn?t need a good grade also struggled to keep up with it all. I think we need to remind instructors that one thing at a time is best. Students who are sighted are now in the same predicament I am for a refreshing change: they cannot look at their neighbor to see what textbook page was being referred to. Tell students five minutes ahead of time they will be referring to page 238, bottom third of the page, the box in blue. Distribute the PowerPoint to the class ahead of time so they don?t need to look at the shared screen if they don?t want to. Create pauses for students to update their notes. For example, half the class could be in a discussion in realtime while the other half caught up. Announce expectations at the beginning ?we?ll be discussing this week?s reading and afterwards I?m giving a 30-minute lecture. Then we?ll break in to small groups to discuss my lecture and each of you will need to produce a list of questions about things you would like to research over the next week. You?ll need page 40 in your textbook and the handout on Canvas titled The basics, but you won?t need that handout until after my lecture. I won?t need you to turn in your list of questions, just pick one to share with the class so you don?t need to write neatly.?. Remember people can?t look at everything at once. Don?t say ?click here? if demoing something on your shared screen. Not only can I not see it but sighted students might be writing notes, looking at the textbook or dealing with a notification that popped up that they haven?t figured out how to turn off. We know flaky students text in class, but dedicated students also get interrupted in class if the computer decides to do an update. Instead say what you are clicking on. Few instructors seem to stay this organized when they are also trying to get the online stuff working, but the less organized they are, the more students suffer. --Debee -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From sloraas at austincc.edu Sun Mar 29 15:50:50 2020 From: sloraas at austincc.edu (Sean Loraas) Date: Sun Mar 29 15:51:18 2020 Subject: [Athen] Is anyone sending hard copy materials directly to students? Message-ID: Hope this finds you all safe and social distancing. Since our transition to working from home and all of our classes going online, I have the equipment to produce raised line graphics at home and send them via US mail, directly to students. But I want to verify that there is no risk to students. Is anyone else doing this? CDC and WHO Organizations report mailed packages carry very low risk of infection from COVID-19, but I want to see if anyone is doing this. Specifically with hardcopy Braille or tactile graphics. Thanks for your help. Sean Loraas Accessibility Technician/Tutor Alt. Text & Media Austin Community College Riverside Campus Building G 9154 512.223.6034 Voice/message (Sent from my phone, please forgive any typos I failed to catch.) -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From dkrahmer at colgate.edu Sun Mar 29 17:35:43 2020 From: dkrahmer at colgate.edu (Debbie Krahmer) Date: Sun Mar 29 17:36:04 2020 Subject: [Athen] Is anyone sending hard copy materials directly to students? In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: I know some people are quarantining mail for a few days to be safe. Just don?t lick the envelope. Use glue and/or tape to be extra safe. Thanks, D. On Sun, Mar 29, 2020 at 6:52 PM Sean Loraas wrote: > Hope this finds you all safe and social distancing. Since our transition > to working from home and all of our classes going online, I have the > equipment to produce raised line graphics at home and send them via US > mail, directly to students. But I want to verify that there is no risk to > students. Is anyone else doing this? > > CDC and WHO Organizations report mailed packages carry very low risk of > infection from COVID-19, but I want to see if anyone is doing this. > Specifically with hardcopy Braille or tactile graphics. > > Thanks for your help. > > Sean Loraas > > Accessibility Technician/Tutor > Alt. Text & Media > Austin Community College > Riverside Campus > Building G 9154 > 512.223.6034 Voice/message > > (Sent from my phone, please forgive any typos I failed to catch.) > _______________________________________________ > athen-list mailing list > athen-list@mailman12.u.washington.edu > http://mailman12.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/athen-list > -- ______________ Debbie Krahmer Preferred Pronouns: D/no pronouns Associate Professor in the Libraries Accessible Technology & Government Documents Librarian 304 Case-Geyer Colgate University 315-228-6592 dkrahmer@colgate.edu -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From Susan.Kelmer at colorado.edu Mon Mar 30 08:12:05 2020 From: Susan.Kelmer at colorado.edu (Susan Kelmer) Date: Mon Mar 30 08:12:29 2020 Subject: [Athen] Is anyone sending hard copy materials directly to students? In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: My understanding is that the virus does not live long on paper and fabric. So by the time the student got it, it should be fine. *Please note: I am currently working remotely, so can be reached by email, Teams, or by cell at 303-475-7447.* Susan Kelmer Alternate Format Production Program Manager Disability Services Division of Student Affairs T 303 735 4836 www.colorado.edu/disabilityservices [cid:image001.png@01D598AC.79FC1C60] Due to the nature of electronic communication, the security of this message cannot be guaranteed. If you?ve received this email in error please notify the sender immediately and delete this message. From: athen-list On Behalf Of Sean Loraas Sent: Sunday, March 29, 2020 4:51 PM To: athen-list@u.washington.edu Subject: [Athen] Is anyone sending hard copy materials directly to students? Hope this finds you all safe and social distancing. Since our transition to working from home and all of our classes going online, I have the equipment to produce raised line graphics at home and send them via US mail, directly to students. But I want to verify that there is no risk to students. Is anyone else doing this? CDC and WHO Organizations report mailed packages carry very low risk of infection from COVID-19, but I want to see if anyone is doing this. Specifically with hardcopy Braille or tactile graphics. Thanks for your help. Sean Loraas Accessibility Technician/Tutor Alt. Text & Media Austin Community College Riverside Campus Building G 9154 512.223.6034 Voice/message (Sent from my phone, please forgive any typos I failed to catch.) -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: image001.png Type: image/png Size: 8916 bytes Desc: image001.png URL: From dkrahmer at colgate.edu Mon Mar 30 08:21:43 2020 From: dkrahmer at colgate.edu (Debbie Krahmer) Date: Mon Mar 30 08:22:18 2020 Subject: [Athen] Is anyone sending hard copy materials directly to students? In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Hi everyone, American Libraries just posted an article about whether or not to disinfect books or other library materials, as well as other issues around it. I don't know if it would be applicable to individual materials through the mail, but it has more information Thanks, D. ______________ Debbie Krahmer Preferred Pronouns: D/no pronouns Associate Professor in the Libraries Accessible Technology & Government Documents Librarian 304 Case-Geyer Colgate University 315-228-6592 dkrahmer@colgate.edu On Mon, Mar 30, 2020 at 11:13 AM Susan Kelmer wrote: > My understanding is that the virus does not live long on paper and > fabric. So by the time the student got it, it should be fine. > > > > **Please note: I am currently working remotely, so can be reached by > email, Teams, or by cell at 303-475-7447.** > > > > *Susan Kelmer * > > Alternate Format Production Program Manager > > Disability Services > > Division of Student Affairs > > *T* 303 735 4836 > > *www.colorado.edu/disabilityservices > * > > > > > > [image: cid:image001.png@01D598AC.79FC1C60] > > > > *Due to the nature of electronic communication, the security of this > message cannot be guaranteed. If you?ve received this email in error please > notify the sender immediately and delete this message. * > > > > > > > > *From:* athen-list *On > Behalf Of *Sean Loraas > *Sent:* Sunday, March 29, 2020 4:51 PM > *To:* athen-list@u.washington.edu > *Subject:* [Athen] Is anyone sending hard copy materials directly to > students? > > > > Hope this finds you all safe and social distancing. Since our transition > to working from home and all of our classes going online, I have the > equipment to produce raised line graphics at home and send them via US > mail, directly to students. But I want to verify that there is no risk to > students. Is anyone else doing this? > > > > CDC and WHO Organizations report mailed packages carry very low risk of > infection from COVID-19, but I want to see if anyone is doing this. > Specifically with hardcopy Braille or tactile graphics. > > > > Thanks for your help. > > Sean Loraas > > Accessibility Technician/Tutor > Alt. Text & Media > Austin Community College > Riverside Campus > Building G 9154 > 512.223.6034 Voice/message > > (Sent from my phone, please forgive any typos I failed to catch.) > _______________________________________________ > athen-list mailing list > athen-list@mailman12.u.washington.edu > http://mailman12.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/athen-list > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: image001.png Type: image/png Size: 8916 bytes Desc: not available URL: From armstrongdeborah at fhda.edu Mon Mar 30 10:23:53 2020 From: armstrongdeborah at fhda.edu (Deborah Armstrong) Date: Mon Mar 30 10:24:07 2020 Subject: [Athen] Zoom question Message-ID: In all these meetings I've been attending lots of great information is posted in the chat. But due to my visual impairment it's hard to simultaneously listen to the meeting and read the chat. Saving the chat is easy; choose "More chat options" when the chat panel is open and drop down to "save chat". However if I wait until the meeting is over, chat is unavailable. What's the best way to save the entire chat, other than waiting until it looks like the meeting is about to end. --Debee -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From danc at uw.edu Mon Mar 30 10:35:33 2020 From: danc at uw.edu (Dan Comden) Date: Mon Mar 30 10:36:05 2020 Subject: [Athen] Zoom question In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: The only way I know to do this is to get it from the host, who should always be saving the chat automatically at end of meeting. There's no user option I can find to do that. This will not save any private/direct chat messages. -*- Dan On Mon, Mar 30, 2020 at 10:24 AM Deborah Armstrong < armstrongdeborah@fhda.edu> wrote: > In all these meetings I?ve been attending lots of great information is > posted in the chat. > > > > But due to my visual impairment it?s hard to simultaneously listen to the > meeting and read the chat. > > > > Saving the chat is easy; choose ?More chat options? when the chat panel is > open and drop down to ?save chat?. > > > > However if I wait until the meeting is over, chat is unavailable. > > > > What?s the best way to save the entire chat, other than waiting until it > looks like the meeting is about to end. > > > > --Debee > > > _______________________________________________ > athen-list mailing list > athen-list@mailman12.u.washington.edu > http://mailman12.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/athen-list > -- -*- Dan Comden danc@uw.edu Access Technology Center www.uw.edu/itconnect/accessibility/atl/ University of Washington UW Information Technology -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Here is the link to the Zoom information page: https://support.zoom.us/hc/en-us/articles/115004792763-Saving-In-Meeting-Chat Take care, Sean On Mon, Mar 30, 2020 at 10:28 AM Deborah Armstrong < armstrongdeborah@fhda.edu> wrote: > In all these meetings I?ve been attending lots of great information is > posted in the chat. > > > > But due to my visual impairment it?s hard to simultaneously listen to the > meeting and read the chat. > > > > Saving the chat is easy; choose ?More chat options? when the chat panel is > open and drop down to ?save chat?. > > > > However if I wait until the meeting is over, chat is unavailable. > > > > What?s the best way to save the entire chat, other than waiting until it > looks like the meeting is about to end. > > > > --Debee > > > _______________________________________________ > athen-list mailing list > athen-list@mailman12.u.washington.edu > http://mailman12.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/athen-list > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Even happier when it's Sean :) On Mon, Mar 30, 2020 at 10:42 AM Sean Keegan wrote: > Hi Debee, > > You can enable that feature within the Web interface of your Zoom account. > Here is the link to the Zoom information page: > > https://support.zoom.us/hc/en-us/articles/115004792763-Saving-In-Meeting-Chat > > Take care, > Sean > > > On Mon, Mar 30, 2020 at 10:28 AM Deborah Armstrong < > armstrongdeborah@fhda.edu> wrote: > >> In all these meetings I?ve been attending lots of great information is >> posted in the chat. >> >> >> >> But due to my visual impairment it?s hard to simultaneously listen to the >> meeting and read the chat. >> >> >> >> Saving the chat is easy; choose ?More chat options? when the chat panel >> is open and drop down to ?save chat?. >> >> >> >> However if I wait until the meeting is over, chat is unavailable. >> >> >> >> What?s the best way to save the entire chat, other than waiting until it >> looks like the meeting is about to end. >> >> >> >> --Debee >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> athen-list mailing list >> athen-list@mailman12.u.washington.edu >> http://mailman12.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/athen-list >> > _______________________________________________ > athen-list mailing list > athen-list@mailman12.u.washington.edu > http://mailman12.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/athen-list > -- -*- Dan Comden danc@uw.edu Access Technology Center www.uw.edu/itconnect/accessibility/atl/ University of Washington UW Information Technology -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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If you?ve received this email in error please notify the sender immediately and delete this message. From: athen-list On Behalf Of Heidi Scher Sent: Tuesday, March 31, 2020 12:46 PM To: Access Technology Higher Education Network Subject: [Athen] ReadSpeak, Beeline reader Hello all! Is anyone's institution using ReadSpeak on their websites or within their LMS (specifically Blackaboard when using the Respondus Lockdown Browser)? Also, has anyone looked at the Beeline Reader? Thanks for any info you can provide! Heidi +++++++++++++++ Heidi Scher, M.S., CRC Associate Director - AT she, her, hers Center for Educational Access at the University of Arkansas 1 University of Arkansas, ARKU 209 Fayetteville, AR 72701 479.575.3104 phone 479.575.7445 fax +++++++++++++++ -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... 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I just found it distracting. > > > > **Please note: I am currently working remotely, so can be reached by > email, Teams, or by cell at 303-475-7447.** > > > > *Susan Kelmer * > > Alternate Format Production Program Manager > > Disability Services > > Division of Student Affairs > > *T* 303 735 4836 > > *www.colorado.edu/disabilityservices > * > > > > > > [image: cid:image001.png@01D598AC.79FC1C60] > > > > *Due to the nature of electronic communication, the security of this > message cannot be guaranteed. If you?ve received this email in error please > notify the sender immediately and delete this message. * > > > > > > > > *From:* athen-list *On > Behalf Of *Heidi Scher > *Sent:* Tuesday, March 31, 2020 12:46 PM > *To:* Access Technology Higher Education Network < > athen-list@u.washington.edu> > *Subject:* [Athen] ReadSpeak, Beeline reader > > > > Hello all! > > Is anyone's institution using ReadSpeak on their websites or within their > LMS (specifically Blackaboard when using the Respondus Lockdown Browser)? > > > > Also, has anyone looked at the Beeline Reader? > > > > Thanks for any info you can provide! > > > > Heidi > > +++++++++++++++ > Heidi Scher, M.S., CRC > Associate Director - AT > > *she, her, hers* > > Center for Educational Access at the University of Arkansas > > 1 University of Arkansas, ARKU 209 > Fayetteville, AR 72701 > 479.575.3104 phone > 479.575.7445 fax > +++++++++++++++ > _______________________________________________ > athen-list mailing list > athen-list@mailman12.u.washington.edu > http://mailman12.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/athen-list > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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