[Athen] [EXTERNAL] - Re: Experiences with ALEKS PPL?

[Heidi Scher]

Even one little change would qualify it as "more accessible". LOL! Just my
personal 2 cents on this Friday afternoon.  It still is horribly
inaccessible.

Have a great weekend, all!

Heidi

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On Wed, Apr 20, 2022 at 3:46 PM Hayman, Douglass <dhayman at olympic.edu>
wrote:


> I tried a few months ago, maybe in October of 2021 and it was a mess for

> no-vision access or low vision.

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> When trying to magnify as a test run to work with a student after trying

> to come up with a “If you do this then you can use Aleks.” I found that the

> problem was this:

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> The question was on a web page and the answer was in a separate iframe.

> If I zoomed I could see the question part get larger but not the iframe.

> On trying to open the iframe in a new tab, it wouldn’t let me then use that

> to answer, maybe as a feature to stop cheaters.

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> The student dropped the class before I could work out another option to

> meet her low vision needs.

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> Perhaps they could demo it for you with keyboard only navigation, using a

> screen reader and then magnifying to 400-percent.

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> Doug Hayman

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> IT Accessibility Coordinator

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> Information Technology

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> Olympic College

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

> Behalf Of *Willard,Amy L

> *Sent:* Wednesday, April 20, 2022 1:20 PM

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> *Subject:* [EXTERNAL] - Re: [Athen] Experiences with ALEKS PPL?

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> Just following up on this.  Has anyone found ALEKS to be more accessible

> now for blind students?  The McGraw Hill website touts that recent changes

> have made it more accessible to screen readers, but I wanted to know if

> anyone has experienced this firsthand.

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> Thanks,

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> Amy Willard

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> Accessible Technology Coordinator|ADA Compliance

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> Metropolitan Community College

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> ALEKS has long been inaccessible to blind students, unless they have

> seriously done some massive remediation work.  Let us know what you find

> when you test it!

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

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> *Subject:* [Athen] Experiences with ALEKS PPL?

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> Hello,

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> It was just brought to my attention that our math department is about to

> start piloting ALEKS PPL for placement exams. I am being given access to

> test it, but wanted to know if anyone had any experiences/feedback/etc.

> relating to the accessibility of the system?

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> Thanks in advance,

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