[Athen] ALEKS for Blind Students

[Natalie Davison via athen-list]

Hi Amy,

I have information obtained in the past year. All of the Blind and Low
Vision students using the ALEKS platform for math courses that I have
supported have required alternative formats and human assistants to access
the content.

Information I have:

In Accessibility mode, Non-accessible content will be labeled with a
"Sighted Assistance Needed" message. It does not provide alternative text
or other access solutions.

The following features will be disabled in accessibility mode:

   -

   eBook
   -

   Videos as Resources in Learning Mode
   -

   Dictionary
   -

   Worksheets
   -

   Calendar
   -

   Class Forum
   -

   Message Center
   -

   ALEKS Calculator
   -

   Spanish Toggle
   -

   LockDown Browser
   -

   My Questions


Screen magnification does not work fully in homework activities on diagrams
and graphs. When you magnify, it distorts/enlarges the top bar and makes it
cover the graph. I have a video of this if you want to see it. Color
contrast modes do not stay implemented in the print preview screen (the
only place you can effectively zoom graphs).

I hope this helps. Sorry it's not better news.

Best wishes,
Natalie

On Fri, Nov 1, 2024 at 10:32 AM Willard,Amy L via athen-list <
athen-list at u.washington.edu> wrote:


> Hello,

>

>    It has been about 3 years since I have had a blind student in a class

> with ALEKS and at that time it was very inaccessible.  Just checking on if

> any improvements have been made on the ALEKS front in regards to

> accessibility for blind students?  Thanks all!

>

>

>

> Amy Willard

>

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