We've had screen-reader users successfully make it through walkthrough test scripts for the Chat tool in Sakai. It's a pretty simple tool. The walkthrough script tests if the user could see who else was in the chat room, the current chat room title, the list of other chat rooms, change rooms, find the last message, find the textbox to enter a message, and enter and send a message.<br>
<br>-Brian<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Sep 25, 2012 at 12:17 PM, Adam Lipkin <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:alipkin@brandeis.edu" target="_blank">alipkin@brandeis.edu</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
Hi, Ron --<div><br></div><div>What alternative chat systems have worked best for you (and are you talking about an external module plugged into Moodle, or a standalone chat client like iChat)? I'd rather, like you, talk about why it's a bad idea, period, but knowing good alternatives would be nice, too.</div>
<div><br></div><div>Best,</div><div><br></div><div>Adam<br><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div><div class="h5">On Tue, Sep 25, 2012 at 9:50 AM, Ron Stewart <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:ron@ahead.org" target="_blank">ron@ahead.org</a>></span> wrote:<br>
</div></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div><div class="h5"><div link="blue" vlink="purple" lang="EN-US"><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1f497d">I am not aware of any accessible chats in the LMS systems. My recommendation has always been to use an alternative chat system that is accessible, and also discuss why chat is a bad idea for a number of types of disabilities. Same things with most of the other collaborative tools, such as the infamous white board.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1f497d"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1f497d">Ron Stewart<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1f497d"><u></u> <u></u></span></p>
<div><div style="border:none;border-top:solid #b5c4df 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in"><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""> <a href="mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman1.u.washington.edu" target="_blank">athen-list-bounces@mailman1.u.washington.edu</a> [mailto:<a href="mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman1.u.washington.edu" target="_blank">athen-list-bounces@mailman1.u.washington.edu</a>] <b>On Behalf Of </b>James Bailey<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Monday, September 24, 2012 6:14 PM<br><b>To:</b> <a href="mailto:athen-list@u.washington.edu" target="_blank">athen-list@u.washington.edu</a><br><b>Subject:</b> [Athen] U of Montana Complaint and a Question<u></u><u></u></span></p>
</div></div><div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal">I assume most members have heard of the complaint against the U of Montana see: <a href="http://tinyurl.com/9kwswpj" target="_blank">http://tinyurl.com/9kwswpj</a><u></u><u></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal">My question: one item is that the chat features of Moodle are not accessible. Are the chat features of any LMS accessible? And if they are not, how do we avoid this sort of complaint?<u></u><u></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal">Thanks.<u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal">-- <u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"> Best regards,<u></u><u></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal">James<u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal">--<u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal">
James Bailey M.S.<u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal">Adaptive Tech Coordinator<u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal">University of Oregon<u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p>
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