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--></style></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Morning, wondering if you would also consider testing with NVDA?<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Ron Stewart<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><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-list-bounces@mailman2.u.washington.edu [mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman2.u.washington.edu] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Karen Sorensen<br><b>Sent:</b> Monday, January 13, 2014 2:20 PM<br><b>To:</b> Access Technology Higher Education Network<br><b>Subject:</b> [Athen] ALEKS testing with screen reader user<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Hi Everyone,<br>As promised, I am following up after our initial testing of ALEKS.<br>We (Phyllis Petteys, Angel Chisemet and I ) did a screen reader user test on ALEKs last friday and it was very promising! There is still an issue with graphical problems, which currently are labeled by "Requires human guide" so the student will know it isn't accessible (We thought that sounded like an odd label, and suggested, "Requires assistance"). We know leaving graphical problems out isn't acceptable especially in online courses, so we suggested that McGraw Hill (who now owns ALEKs) consider making the graphical images available to download so we can print them on a tactile printer. They seemed open to this idea, but we were talking with a regional manager and a sales rep. so we will have to wait and see if the company is open to the idea. <br>But the fact that the screen reader could read the mathematical problems without any special plug-ins was fantastic and a huge step forward! I think all of the problems had alternative text instead of depending on MathML. (We just tested on IE 10 and Firefox with JAWS 13. We plan to still test on Safari. )<br>In addition to the graphical problem issue, there are some other issues to be worked out - one in particular that doesn't allow a blind student to get past the assessment step without sighted assistance. <br>I'll keep you informed as we do more testing. We only tested the student side. We haven't tested the instructor side. Here are our findings so far:<br><span style='font-size:7.0pt'> </span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>Usability issues: </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;margin-bottom:6.0pt;margin-left:1.25in'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>o</span><span style='font-size:7.0pt'> </span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>I don’t know button didn’t show in a link list; Next button didn’t show in link list; Explain link not showing in link list</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;margin-bottom:6.0pt;margin-left:1.25in'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>o</span><span style='font-size:7.0pt'> </span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>Why are numbers and equations links? </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;margin-bottom:6.0pt;margin-left:.75in'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>-</span><span style='font-size:7.0pt'> </span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>Accessibility issues:</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;margin-bottom:6.0pt;margin-left:1.25in'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>o</span><span style='font-size:7.0pt'> </span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>Pie (navigation after assessment) isn’t keyboard accessible and Pie links not reading with screen reader.</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;margin-bottom:6.0pt;margin-left:1.25in'><span style='font-family:"Courier New"'>o</span><span style='font-size:7.0pt'> </span>Image/graphical problems not accessible. –Suggest providing images so we could print them out as a tactile graphic.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;margin-bottom:6.0pt;margin-left:1.25in'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>o</span><span style='font-size:7.0pt'> </span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>Continue button after assessment is not labeled. </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><br>Hope this helps others who are looking into the issue. <br>Karen<o:p></o:p></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><br clear=all><o:p></o:p></p><div><div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><span style='font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"'>Karen M. Sorensen<br>Accessibility Advocate for Online Courses</span><br><a href="http://www.pcc.edu/access" target="_blank">www.pcc.edu/access</a><span style='font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"'><br>Portland Community College<br>971-722-4720</span><br><i><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'>"The power of the Web is in its universality. Access by everyone regardless of disability is an essential aspect.”</span></i><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'> Tim Berners-Lee</span><o:p></o:p></p></div></div></div></div></div></div></body></html>