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<p class=MsoListParagraph>1-<span style='font-size:7.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>    
</span>Has anyone had the any experience in their school with Pearson?<o:p></o:p></p>

<p class=MsoListParagraph><span style='color:#1F497D'>Our students have run
into problems with MyMathLab and text-to-speech software.  The sample problems
are displayed as graphics (the entire problem, not just the equations) so the
vast majority of text-to-speech software will not work.  It has been over a
year since this happened but I am guessing that the accessibility has not
improved.<o:p></o:p></span></p>

<p class=MsoListParagraph><o:p> </o:p></p>

<p class=MsoListParagraph>2-<span style='font-size:7.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>    
</span>What is your policy in your school working with publisher’s
inaccessible course contents?<o:p></o:p></p>

<p class=MsoListParagraph><span style='color:#244061'>We don’t have a policy. 
I contacted Pearson several times and they assured me that the next version
would be more accessible. However, the way it appears that they made it more
accessible was to give the instructor the option to provide their own examples
using MathML.  That defies the whole purpose of MyMathLab which is to provide
extensive practice and instruction for students without creating any more work
for the instructor.<o:p></o:p></span></p>

<p class=MsoListParagraph><o:p> </o:p></p>

<p class=MsoListParagraph>3-<span style='font-size:7.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>    
</span>What is your policy if course syllabus stating to use my Spanish lab and
faculty makes an exception so a student is blind and don’t use the
interactive Spanish lab?<o:p></o:p></p>

<p class=MsoListParagraph>But follow the course from book (all fun staff and
practices, quizzes are at my Spanish lab)<o:p></o:p></p>

<p class=MsoListParagraph><span style='color:#244061'>In part because of the accessibility
problems and partly because the students don’t like MyMathLab, our
instructors now use it as an optional tool for students to practice concepts
that they are teaching in class.  Our math department made a decision not to
use it for testing or quizzes any longer.<o:p></o:p></span></p>

<p class=MsoListParagraph><o:p> </o:p></p>

<p class=MsoListParagraph>4-<span style='font-size:7.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>    
</span>Are there any Colleges/universities out there Pearson is not allowed to
sell their products or had to modify its services etc..<o:p></o:p></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>

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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";
color:#1F497D'>Sharon Trerise<o:p></o:p></span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";
color:#1F497D'>Coordinator of Disability Services<o:p></o:p></span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";
color:#1F497D'>Cayuga Community College<o:p></o:p></span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";
color:#1F497D'>197 Franklin St.<o:p></o:p></span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";
color:#1F497D'>Auburn, NY 13021<o:p></o:p></span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";
color:#1F497D'>315-294-8606<o:p></o:p></span></p>

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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>

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<p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>
athen-bounces@athenpro.org [mailto:athen-bounces@athenpro.org] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Ozi,
Selim<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, September 29, 2010 4:44 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> athen@athenpro.org<br>
<b>Subject:</b> [Athen] Pearson online Lab's<o:p></o:p></span></p>

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<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>

<p class=MsoNormal>Hi All,<o:p></o:p></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>

<p class=MsoListParagraph style='text-indent:-.25in'>1-<span style='font-size:
7.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>     </span>I
would like to get some insight and need your help documenting accessibility
issues with Pearson.<o:p></o:p></p>

<p class=MsoNormal>             
My School uses heavily Pearson products such as my language labs, my math labs,
Course Compass etc..<o:p></o:p></p>

<p class=MsoNormal>             
Typically student buys the book and gets the CD and faculty provides username
and passwords for the students to login to Pearson online  labs.<o:p></o:p></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>

<p class=MsoNormal>We Convert the book into accessible format (structured
word-daisy) and give it to the students who are using screen reader (jaws 11)<o:p></o:p></p>

<p class=MsoNormal>I consider myself a quite advance sighted Jaws user and test
these online labs with various students who are blind and using screen readers.<o:p></o:p></p>

<p class=MsoNormal>There are too much to list here that we find not accessible
and end up accommodating student with reader to do work on the lab.<o:p></o:p></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>

<p class=MsoListParagraph style='text-indent:-.25in'>1-<span style='font-size:
7.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>     </span>Has
anyone had the any experience in their school with Pearson?<o:p></o:p></p>

<p class=MsoListParagraph style='text-indent:-.25in'>2-<span style='font-size:
7.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>     </span>What
is your policy in your school working with publisher’s inaccessible
course contents?<o:p></o:p></p>

<p class=MsoListParagraph style='text-indent:-.25in'>3-<span style='font-size:
7.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>     </span>What
is your policy if course syllabus stating to use my Spanish lab and faculty
makes an exception so a student is blind and don’t use the interactive
Spanish lab?<o:p></o:p></p>

<p class=MsoListParagraph>But follow the course from book (all fun staff and
practices, quizzes are at my Spanish lab)<o:p></o:p></p>

<p class=MsoListParagraph style='text-indent:-.25in'>4-<span style='font-size:
7.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>     </span>Are
there any Colleges/universities out there Pearson is not allowed to sell their
products or had to modify its services etc..<o:p></o:p></p>

<p class=MsoListParagraph><o:p> </o:p></p>

<p class=MsoListParagraph>Your help greatly appreciated.<o:p></o:p></p>

<p class=MsoListParagraph>Thanks.<o:p></o:p></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Microsoft Sans Serif","sans-serif";
color:#404040'>Selim Özi.<o:p></o:p></span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Microsoft Sans Serif","sans-serif";
color:#404040'>Access Center , <o:p></o:p></span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Microsoft Sans Serif","sans-serif";
color:#404040'>Disability Accommodations And Adaptive Technology for<o:p></o:p></span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Microsoft Sans Serif","sans-serif";
color:#404040'>Metropolitan State College of Denver.<o:p></o:p></span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Microsoft Sans Serif","sans-serif";
color:#404040'>303-556-8387.<o:p></o:p></span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Lucida Sans Unicode","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>This
e-mail message, including any attachments, is for the sole use <o:p></o:p></span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>of
the intended recipient(s) and may contain confidential information.  <o:p></o:p></span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>Any
unauthorized review, use, disclosure or distribution is <o:p></o:p></span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>prohibited. 
If you are not the intended recipient, please contact the sender <o:p></o:p></span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>immediately
by reply e-mail and destroy all copies of the original message.<o:p></o:p></span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>

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