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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Thank you for your response and feedback, Leyna, it is very much appreciated. I took some time to discuss with Marlene and Aaron and wanted to quickly speak to your points below.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">The MOOC has been designed to be accessible to as wide of an array of users as possible. With this in mind, the course and its content was designed with the use of ARIA, captions, audio descriptions and other
enhancements. We have however validated the contrast and heading issues you noted on the landing page that hadn’t been addressed and expect to have those resolved very soon.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">We have also validated the keyboard access issue on the account creation page on the underlying Moodle platform (used for this MOOC). We’ve reported the issue for the standard create account page to Moodle
HQ to find a resolution (for which you can find the ticket here in case anyone else has experienced the same -
<a href="https://tracker.moodle.org/browse/MDL-60256)">https://tracker.moodle.org/browse/MDL-60256)</a>. During testing it was noted that the issue may not be present in Firefox, so pending further validation we may be able to provide additional instruction
to get around this until a fix is identified.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Please feel free to reach out to Marlene and Aaron off-list should you have any other issues or any specific questions we can help with.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black">Thanks again!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black">Chris<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black">Christopher Aldin<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black">Product Marketing Manager - Accessibility</span></b><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black">, Blackboard Inc. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black">O: 317-217-6452 | www.blackboard.com<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color:black">From: </span></b><span style="color:black">athen-list <athen-list-bounces@mailman13.u.washington.edu> on behalf of Leyna Bencomo <lbencomo@uccs.edu><br>
<b>Reply-To: </b>Access Technology Higher Education Network <athen-list@u.washington.edu><br>
<b>Date: </b>Wednesday, September 27, 2017 at 12:29 PM<br>
<b>To: </b>Access Technology Higher Education Network <athen-list@u.washington.edu>, "marlene.zentz@gmail.com" <marlene.zentz@gmail.com>, "ampage87@gmail.com" <ampage87@gmail.com><br>
<b>Subject: </b>Re: [Athen] Announcement - Free Online Course Accessibility MOOC<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#1F497D">I tried creating a new account using the Blackboard page. Couldn’t do it without a mouse. The opening page “The Accessibility MOOC” has incorrect heading hierarchy and contrast errors. Is
this MOOC supposed to be accessible? </span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">Leyna Bencomo</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">Assistive Technology Specialist</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">Office of Information Technology</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">University of Colorado Colorado Springs</span></b><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">1420 Austin Bluffs Parkway, EPC 215</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">Colorado Springs, CO 80918</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">(719) 255-4202 /
</span><a href="mailto:lbencomo@uccs.edu"><span style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif">lbencomo@uccs.edu</span></a><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://na01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http:%2F%2Fwww.uccs.edu%2F~it%2F&data=02%7C01%7Cchristopher.aldin%40blackboard.com%7Cd790355ebfd34d2abf4608d505c4e5fe%7Cbf0b29a25e5c4aaaba4dac988df15ea6%7C0%7C0%7C636421265584793248&sdata=HAuuIg8%2BXIhchagqftE2htI8%2F86dlzRUdF9ko6udcjY%3D&reserved=0"><span style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif">http://www.uccs.edu/~it/</span></a><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#1F497D">(Please excuse typos, I am using dictation software temporarily)</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt"> athen-list [mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman13.u.washington.edu]
<b>On Behalf Of </b>Christopher Aldin<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, September 26, 2017 3:39 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> athen-list@u.washington.edu<br>
<b>Subject:</b> [Athen] Announcement - Free Online Course Accessibility MOOC</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">All, </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">A new MOOC was recently developed with Marlene Zentz and Aaron Page and hosted by Blackboard which may be of interest to many of you. The Accessibility MOOC: Inclusive Online Course Design was started to
help any instructor across the world learn how to deliver more accessible online courses and content to their students. </span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">The first session of this four-week moderated MOOC will start October 16 and will run until November 10, 2017. </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">October registration is now open at - </span><a href="https://na01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Faccessibility.mrooms.net%2F&data=02%7C01%7Cchristopher.aldin%40blackboard.com%7Cac750832d28e407f964708d4fa0fa9c6%7Cbf0b29a25e5c4aaaba4dac988df15ea6%7C0%7C0%7C636408392558310666&sdata=NXa5N9ohAT1IqxQ0krrxEtHzu2lkJYzYebDdU7KTDBw%3D&reserved=0"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">http://accessibility.mrooms.net/</span></a><span style="font-size:11.0pt">.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">For any questions, you can also contact Marlene or Aaron at the emails below:</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Marlene Zentz - </span><a href="mailto:marlene.zentz@gmail.com"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">marlene.zentz@gmail.com</span></a><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Aaron Page - </span><a href="mailto:ampage87@gmail.com"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">ampage87@gmail.com</span></a><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black">Thanks, </span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black">Christopher Aldin</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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