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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">Hi Ken,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">Nancy Swenson and her team from CFU have been evaluating it and I think they are close to finalize their findings.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">I believe they are using similar LMS Accessibility/Usability criteria that we developed and examined BB, D2L, Moodle and SAKAI so I expect we will be able to
integrate their results into the LmS comparison chart.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">Thanks,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">Hadi<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""> athen-list-bounces@mailman1.u.washington.edu [mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman1.u.washington.edu]
<b>On Behalf Of </b>Ken Petri<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Thursday, November 14, 2013 2:19 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> Access Technology Higher Education Network<br>
<b>Subject:</b> [Athen] experience with Canvas LMS accessibility?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt">Has anyone done an independent review of Canvas accessibility or have any general impressions? OSU looked at it last year and we had some misgivings, but I've heard it's improved.
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I have a colleague at Northwestern who is considering it.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Thanks,<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">ken<br clear="all">
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<p style="line-height:13.5pt;background:white"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:#333333"><img id="_x0000_i1025" src="http://osu.edu/assets/site/images/logos/osu-emailsig.png" alt="The Ohio State University"><br>
</span><b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:#BB0000;background:white">Ken Petri</span></b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:#333333">, Program Director<br>
</span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:#BB0000;background:white">Web Accessibility Center</span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:#333333">, ADA Coordinator's Office and Office for
Disability Services<br>
102D Pomerene Hall | 1760 Neil Ave. Columbus, OH 43210<br>
614-292-1760 Office | 614-218-1499 Mobile | 614-292-4190 Fax<br>
<a href="mailto:petri.1@osu.edu" target="_blank"><b><span style="background:white">petri.1@osu.edu</span></b></a>
<a href="http://wac.osu.edu" target="_blank"><b><span style="background:white">wac.osu.edu</span></b></a>
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