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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>For those of you who are interested, you can sign up for a free Canvas account and test at <a href="https://canvas.test.instructure.com/login">https://canvas.test.instructure.com/login</a>. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><a name="_MailEndCompose"><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></a></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #E1E1E1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b>From:</b> athen-list [mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman13.u.washington.edu] <b>On Behalf Of </b>John Paul Harris<br><b>Sent:</b> Thursday, June 5, 2014 11:37 AM<br><b>To:</b> 'Access Technology Higher Education Network'<br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [Athen] JAWS and Canvas<o:p></o:p></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>Hi Robert,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>I have tested Canvas primarily with NVDA. It falls in the category of accessible, but not fully ‘simple and intuitive’ for a screenreader user. In Canvas most everything is structured as a <b>list</b>. I can navigate with the “l” key to move from list to list. On the Canvas landing page, this is the best way to get to the link for <b>Discussions</b>. The actual discussion page includes a large list to contain the discussion items. The discussion items are links within a list. The list is usually very large, because every discussion item has 3 associated links. At this point I use the <b>Tab</b> key to move to discussion items.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>Our Canvas setup includes a nice “skip to content” link on every page that will take you directly to the main list for the page. Using the “skip to content” link navigating to the discussion list is one-click. I thought the “skip to content” link was a feature in all Canvas installations. We did work with IT to modify our Canvas installation. So, the student’s experience might be different. However, hopefully the suggestions work.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>JP<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #E1E1E1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b>From:</b> athen-list [<a href="mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman13.u.washington.edu">mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman13.u.washington.edu</a>] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Robert Beach<br><b>Sent:</b> Thursday, June 5, 2014 11:07 AM<br><b>To:</b> Access Technology Higher Education Network (<a href="mailto:athen-list@u.washington.edu">athen-list@u.washington.edu</a>)<br><b>Subject:</b> [Athen] JAWS and Canvas<o:p></o:p></p></div></div><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=MsoNormal>I don’t have access to Canvas to test, but I received a question from another list. A student is having difficulties with the discussion boards. Any tips?<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Robert Lee Beach<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Assistive Technology Specialist<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Kansas City Kansas Community College<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>7250 State Avenue<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Kansas City, KS 66112<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>913-288-7671<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><a href="mailto:rbeach@kckcc.edu">rbeach@kckcc.edu</a><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>