<div dir="ltr">Thank you.<div><br></div><div>-Howard</div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Dec 8, 2016 at 12:42 PM, Preast, Vanessa <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:vanessa.preast@dmu.edu" target="_blank">vanessa.preast@dmu.edu</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">





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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">D2L has a document they created called
<a href="https://community.brightspace.com/resources/documentation/learning_environment/accessibility_in_brightspace_learning_environment_learner_guide" target="_blank">
Accessibility in Brightspace Learning Environment - Learner Guide</a>. Perhaps this is useful?<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">We also use D2L, and I’d be very interested what other folks have to say about making this system as accessible as possible.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">On a personal note, I’ve found that NVDA and Firefox work better for some parts of D2L than NVDA with Chrome. I haven’t tested JAWS in D2L. Please note that I’m an intermediate
 novice screen-reader user, so it could be user error.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<b>On Behalf Of </b>Howard Kramer<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Thursday, December 08, 2016 1:27 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> Hadi Rangin <<a href="mailto:hadir@uw.edu" target="_blank">hadir@uw.edu</a>>; Access Technology Higher Education Network <<a href="mailto:athen-list@u.washington.edu" target="_blank">athen-list@u.washington.edu</a>><br>
<b>Subject:</b> [Athen] Training resource for D2L<u></u><u></u></span></p><div><div class="h5">
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<p class="MsoNormal">I had a screenreader user contact me about training for D2L, both from a student and teacher perspective. Do you (or anyone else) have any resources you could suggest?<u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Thanks,<u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">cell: <a href="tel:(720)%20351-8668" value="+17203518668" target="_blank">720-351-8668</a><u></u><u></u></p>
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<br></blockquote></div><br><br clear="all"><div><br></div>-- <br><div class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div>Howard Kramer</div><div>Conference Coordinator</div><div>Accessing Higher Ground</div><div>303-492-8672</div><div>cell: 720-351-8668</div><div><br></div><div><p style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="color:rgb(0,32,96)">Join us for the <b><a href="http://accessinghigherground.org/" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)" target="_blank"><span style="color:rgb(5,99,193)">Accessing Higher Ground</span><span style="color:rgb(5,99,193);font-weight:normal"> </span><span style="color:rgb(5,99,193)">Conference</span></a></b> in Denver, Colorado,  <span><span>Nov 14-18, 2016</span></span>.  Request for proposals will be announced at the beginning of March.<u></u></span></p><p style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="color:rgb(0,32,96)"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="color:rgb(0,32,96)">Complete program information and registration is open for our full line-up of webinars, <b><i><a href="http://ahead.org/learn/virtual-learning/webinars" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)" target="_blank"><span style="color:rgb(5,99,193)">AHEADtoYOU!</span></a></i></b><i> </i>And the <b><a href="http://ahead.org/learn/virtual-learning/at_webinars_15_16" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)" target="_blank"><span style="color:rgb(5,99,193)">Technology Access Series</span></a></b>.  Site capacities for all webinar events is limited; please register at your earliest convenience for the largest selection.<u></u><u></u></span></p><p style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="color:rgb(0,32,96)"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="color:rgb(0,32,96)">Not yet a member of AHEAD?  <b><a href="http://ahead.org/join/become-a-member" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)" target="_blank"><span style="color:rgb(5,99,193)">We welcome you to join AHEAD now.</span></a></b></span></p></div><div><br></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>
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