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<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 10pt" class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="LINE-HEIGHT: 115%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">Our campus has a Soft Chalk 6 site license. As Accessibility specialist/trainer, I'm questioning the accessibility of the "accessible" options available within the product and any of the third party widgets that I've explored as optional resources for instructors to implement. I'm just not seeing it as being as accessible across the board as it's made out to be. I'm interested in the input of others who have used, are using, or who have evaluated the product as a tool for the creation of accessible course content. I'd actually love to find that my skepticism is off track, because it is a tool that is easy for our instructors to use. Thank you and I look forward to meeting as many of you as I can at the upcoming Higher Ground conference in Colorado.</SPAN></P><SPAN style="LINE-HEIGHT: 115%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"><?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" /><o:p>
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<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN style="LINE-HEIGHT: 115%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; COLOR: #0f243e; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma; mso-themecolor: text2; mso-themeshade: 128">Blackboard Student Support<BR>Access-Ability Advocate/Trainer<BR>Distance Education Academic Support Services<BR>Wake Technical Community College</SPAN></B><SPAN style="LINE-HEIGHT: 115%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; COLOR: #0f243e; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma; mso-themecolor: text2; mso-themeshade: 128"><BR></SPAN><SPAN style="LINE-HEIGHT: 115%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma"><BR> <A href="mailto:svmistric@waketech.edu"><FONT color=#0011ff>svmistric@waketech.edu</FONT></A><BR><B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"> (919)866-5631</B><o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="LINE-HEIGHT: 115%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 10pt" class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="LINE-HEIGHT: 115%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; COLOR: #0f243e; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; mso-themecolor: text2; mso-themeshade: 128; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold">“<I style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal">The power of the web is in its universality. Access by everyone regardless of disability is an essential aspect</I>."</SPAN><SPAN style="LINE-HEIGHT: 115%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; COLOR: #0f243e; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; mso-themecolor: text2; mso-themeshade: 128"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN><BR><B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal">Sir Tim Berners-Lee</B><o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 10pt" class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="LINE-HEIGHT: 115%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; COLOR: #0f243e; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; mso-themecolor: text2; mso-themeshade: 128">“<I style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal">Anyone who has lost track of time when using a computer knows the propensity to dream, the urge to make dreams come true and the tendency to miss lunch</I>.” <BR><B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal">Sir Tim Berners-Lee</B><o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 10pt" class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; COLOR: #0f243e; mso-themecolor: text2; mso-themeshade: 128"><EM>" I have it on good authority that if you type GOOGLE into GOOGLE, you can indeed <STRONG>BREAK</STRONG> the Internet!"<BR></EM></SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; COLOR: #0f243e; mso-themecolor: text2; mso-themeshade: 128"><STRONG>Jen - The I.T. Crowd</STRONG></SPAN></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN style="LINE-HEIGHT: 115%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; COLOR: #0f243e; FONT-SIZE: 8pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma; mso-themecolor: text2; mso-themeshade: 128">Statement:</SPAN></B><SPAN style="LINE-HEIGHT: 115%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; COLOR: #0f243e; FONT-SIZE: 8pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma; mso-themecolor: text2; mso-themeshade: 128"> <BR>Email correspondence to and from this address may be subject to the North Carolina Public Records law and may be disclosed to third parties by an authorized state official (NCGS. ch. 132). Student educational records are subject to FERPA.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P></FONT></FONT></DIV></o:p></SPAN></BODY></HTML>