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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-CA style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Cambria",serif;color:#1F3864'>I agree with Robert!<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-CA style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Cambria",serif;color:#1F3864'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-CA style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Cambria",serif;color:#1F3864'>I don’t advise using either the legacy ActiveX form controls or the new Content Controls to create Word forms. There are too many accessibility issues with using either.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-CA style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Cambria",serif;color:#1F3864'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-CA style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Cambria",serif;color:#1F3864'>Cheers, Karen<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-CA style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Cambria",serif;color:#1F3864'><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 style='margin-left:.5in'><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 <athen-list-bounces@mailman12.u.washington.edu> <b>On Behalf Of </b>Robert Beach<br><b>Sent:</b> Monday, January 7, 2019 2:57 PM<br><b>To:</b> Access Technology Higher Education Network <athen-list@u.washington.edu><br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [Athen] Accessible "fill in the blank"<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'>I would not recommend this approach as form fields are more difficult to deal with than simply writing in the answer where the hyphens and/or underscores are. Also, with form fields, if you decide to print the test for sighted users, the fields do not show unless they have information in them. Also, if you need to go to braille, it is easier with hyphens than with form fields. Plus, it is much easier to create the test with the hyphens than creating with forms.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'>Robert Lee Beach<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'>Assistive Technology Specialist<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'>Kansas City Kansas Community College<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'>7250 State Avenue<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'>Kansas City, KS 66112<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'>Phone: 913-288-7671<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'>Email: <a href="mailto:rbeach@kckcc.edu"><span style='color:#0563C1'>rbeach@kckcc.edu</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><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 <<a href="mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman12.u.washington.edu">athen-list-bounces@mailman12.u.washington.edu</a>> <b>On Behalf Of </b>Samantha Johns<br><b>Sent:</b> Monday, January 7, 2019 1:42 PM<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> Re: [Athen] Accessible "fill in the blank"<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><o:p> </o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'>Hello,<o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'>You can include a labeled form field and do this using MS Word, here is a <a href="https://wiki.smartsimple.com/wiki/Adding_Form_Fields_to_a_MS_Word_Document">tutorial on adding these tools to MS Word</a>. <o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><br clear=all><o:p></o:p></p><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:.5in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:15.75pt;vertical-align:baseline'><span style='font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:black'>Warm Regards, </span><span style='font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:.5in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:15.75pt;vertical-align:baseline;outline:0px'><span style='font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:.5in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:15.75pt;vertical-align:baseline;outline:0px'><span style='font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:.5in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:15.75pt;vertical-align:baseline;outline:0px'><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:black'>Samantha Johns, M.S.</span></b><span style='font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:.5in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:15.75pt;vertical-align:baseline;outline:0px'><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'>(Pronouns: she, her, hers)</span><span style='font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:.5in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:15.75pt;vertical-align:baseline;outline:0px'><i><span style='font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:black'>Accessible Media Coordinator</span></i><span style='font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:.5in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:15.75pt;vertical-align:baseline;outline:0px'><i><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:black'>Office of Academic Innovation</span></i><span style='font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:.5in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:15.75pt;vertical-align:baseline;outline:0px'><span style='font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:.5in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:15.75pt;vertical-align:baseline;outline:0px'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'>Portland State University</span><span style='font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:black'>1825 SW Broadway</span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:black'>Smith Memorial Student Union, Mezzanine 209<br>Portland OR 97201<br>(503) 725-2754</span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><span style='border:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in'><img border=0 width=96 height=96 style='width:1.0in;height:1.0in' id="_x0000_i1025" src="cid:image001.jpg@01D4A69D.DE22DCD0" alt="Image removed by sender."></span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><span style='font-size:7.5pt'>Caption Badge: Universal Design for learning 2016</span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><span style='font-size:11.5pt;color:#333333'>“The one argument for accessibility that doesn’t get made nearly often enough is how extraordinarily better it makes some people’s lives. How many opportunities do we have to dramatically improve people’s lives just by doing our job a little better?” ― Steve Krug</span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:12.0pt;margin-left:.5in'><span style='font-size:9.5pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><o:p> </o:p></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><o:p> </o:p></p><div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'>On Mon, Jan 7, 2019 at 11:25 AM Laura Hamrick <<a href="mailto:Laura.R.Hamrick@colorado.edu">Laura.R.Hamrick@colorado.edu</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></p></div><blockquote style='border:none;border-left:solid #CCCCCC 1.0pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 6.0pt;margin-left:4.8pt;margin-top:5.0pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:5.0pt'><div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;margin-left:.5in'>Thanks all - I’m glad this is getting discussed! I ran into this question recently and wasn’t sure what the best practice was.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;margin-left:.5in'> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;margin-left:.5in'>I do have one question though. My understanding was that different screen readers have different default settings for whether they read out punctuation or not, including underscores and hyphens. My concern about relying on punctuation alone to indicate blanks was that if you don’t hear the underscores read out, then it might be very hard to find where the blank is in the sentence or you may not even realize there should be a blank.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;margin-left:.5in'> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;margin-left:.5in'>Is it reasonable to assume that students who use screen readers will either have their settings configured so that underscores are read out or that they’ll be able to quickly make that adjustment once they realize it is a fill in the blank question and they don’t hear a blank? <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;margin-left:.5in'> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;margin-left:.5in'>Thank you!<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;margin-left:.5in'>Laura<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;margin-left:.5in'> <o:p></o:p></p><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;margin-left:.5in'><b><span style='color:black'>From: </span></b><span style='color:black'>athen-list <<a href="mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman12.u.washington.edu" target="_blank">athen-list-bounces@mailman12.u.washington.edu</a>> on behalf of Susan Kelmer <<a href="mailto:Susan.Kelmer@colorado.edu" target="_blank">Susan.Kelmer@colorado.edu</a>><br><b>Reply-To: </b>Access Technology Higher Education Network <<a href="mailto:athen-list@u.washington.edu" target="_blank">athen-list@u.washington.edu</a>><br><b>Date: </b>Monday, January 7, 2019 at 9:58 AM<br><b>To: </b>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>Re: [Athen] Accessible "fill in the blank"</span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;margin-left:.5in'> <o:p></o:p></p></div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;margin-left:.5in'><span style='color:#1F497D'>I’ve always defaulted to the dashes as that was what I was taught. It’s good to hear I wasn’t wrong. Haha!</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;margin-left:.5in'><span style='color:#1F497D'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;margin-left:.5in'><span style='color:#1F497D'>-Susan</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;margin-left:.5in'><span style='color:#1F497D'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #E1E1E1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;margin-left:.5in'><b>From:</b> athen-list <<a href="mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman12.u.washington.edu" target="_blank">athen-list-bounces@mailman12.u.washington.edu</a>> <b>On Behalf Of </b>Robert Beach<br><b>Sent:</b> Monday, January 7, 2019 9:36 AM<br><b>To:</b> 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> Re: [Athen] Accessible "fill in the blank"<o:p></o:p></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;margin-left:.5in'> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;margin-left:.5in'><span style='color:#1F497D'>I’m not Susan and I don’t play one on TV either, but I am a screen reader user. I would not use the text, just the dashes as the screen reader announces it much better. Having to always hear (fill in the blank) for every question gets very annoying and can create cognative overload for some students. Plus, it doesn’t convert as well for students who do not use assistive technology.</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;margin-left:.5in'><span style='color:#1F497D'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;margin-left:.5in'><span style='color:#1F497D'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;margin-left:.5in'><span style='color:#1F497D'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;margin-left:.5in'><span style='color:#1F497D'>Robert Lee Beach</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;margin-left:.5in'><span style='color:#1F497D'>Assistive Technology Specialist</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;margin-left:.5in'><span style='color:#1F497D'>Kansas City Kansas Community College</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;margin-left:.5in'><span style='color:#1F497D'>7250 State Avenue</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;margin-left:.5in'><span style='color:#1F497D'>Kansas City, KS 66112</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;margin-left:.5in'><span style='color:#1F497D'>Phone: 913-288-7671</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;margin-left:.5in'><span style='color:#1F497D'>Email: <a href="mailto:rbeach@kckcc.edu" target="_blank">rbeach@kckcc.edu</a></span><o:p></o:p></p></div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;margin-left:.5in'><span style='color:#1F497D'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #E1E1E1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;margin-left:.5in'><b>From:</b> athen-list <<a href="mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman12.u.washington.edu" target="_blank">athen-list-bounces@mailman12.u.washington.edu</a>> <b>On Behalf Of </b>Christine Robinson<br><b>Sent:</b> Monday, January 7, 2019 10:26 AM<br><b>To:</b> 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> Re: [Athen] Accessible "fill in the blank"<o:p></o:p></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;margin-left:.5in'> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;margin-left:.5in'><span style='font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;color:#323E4F'>Hi Susan –</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;margin-left:.5in'><span style='font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;color:#323E4F'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;margin-left:.5in'><span style='font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;color:#323E4F'>This morning a Spanish faculty member sent me a document with what appears to be a fill-in-the-blanks assignment, not a test or quiz:</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;margin-left:.5in'><span style='font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;color:#323E4F'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=gmail-m6494325090948220606msonospacing style='margin-left:1.0in'>Answer the following questions in Spanish orally and in writing:<o:p></o:p></p><p class=gmail-m6494325090948220606msonospacing style='margin-left:1.0in'>1.Cúal es tu clase favorita ( what is your favorite class)?<o:p></o:p></p><p class=gmail-m6494325090948220606msonospacing style='margin-left:1.0in'>Mi clase favorita es ____ __________________.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=gmail-m6494325090948220606msonospacing style='margin-left:1.0in'> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=gmail-m6494325090948220606msonospacing style='margin-left:1.0in'>2.Quién es tu profesor favorito? (Who is your favrite profesor?)<o:p></o:p></p><p class=gmail-m6494325090948220606msonospacing style='margin-left:1.0in'>Mi profesor favorito es el profesor____________/la profesora ____________.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=gmail-m6494325090948220606msonospacing style='margin-left:1.0in'> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=gmail-m6494325090948220606msonospacing style='margin-left:1.0in'>3.Cúal es tu especialización (what is your major)? <o:p></o:p></p><p class=gmail-m6494325090948220606msonospacing style='margin-left:1.0in'>Mi especialización es ______________.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=gmail-m6494325090948220606msonospacing style='margin-left:1.0in'> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=gmail-m6494325090948220606msonospacing style='margin-left:1.0in'>4.Qúe clases tomas para (what clases you take for) tu especialización? <o:p></o:p></p><p class=gmail-m6494325090948220606msonospacing style='margin-left:1.0in'>Tomo (I take) ______________, ____________________ y _______________________.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=gmail-m6494325090948220606msonospacing style='margin-left:1.0in'> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=gmail-m6494325090948220606msonospacing style='margin-left:1.0in'>5.Qué hay (What there is / there are) en tu clase? <o:p></o:p></p><p class=gmail-m6494325090948220606msonospacing style='margin-left:1.0in'>En mi clase hay una (a) ____________, un (a) ___________, unos (some) ___________, y unas (some)__________________. <o:p></o:p></p><p class=gmail-m6494325090948220606msonospacing style='margin-left:1.0in'> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=gmail-m6494325090948220606msonospacing style='margin-left:1.0in'>6.Qué edificios (what buildings) hay en el campus de GGC? <o:p></o:p></p><p class=gmail-m6494325090948220606msonospacing style='margin-left:1.0in'>En GGC hay una ____________, un ___________...<o:p></o:p></p><p class=gmail-m6494325090948220606msonospacing style='margin-left:1.0in'> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=gmail-m6494325090948220606msonospacing style='margin-left:1.0in'>7.Qúe estudias (what you study) este semestre (this semester)?<o:p></o:p></p><p class=gmail-m6494325090948220606msonospacing style='margin-left:1.0in'>Este semestre estudio (I study) ______________, ____________________ y _______________________.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=gmail-m6494325090948220606msonospacing style='margin-left:1.0in'> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=gmail-m6494325090948220606msonospacing style='margin-left:1.0in'>8.Qúe clases tomas (what you take)? <o:p></o:p></p><p class=gmail-m6494325090948220606msonospacing style='margin-left:1.0in'>Tomo (I take) ______________, ____________________ y _______________________.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=gmail-m6494325090948220606msonospacing style='margin-left:1.0in'> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=gmail-m6494325090948220606msonospacing style='margin-left:1.0in'>9. Como es tu horario semanal? (how is your weekly schedule?)<o:p></o:p></p><p class=gmail-m6494325090948220606msonospacing style='margin-left:1.0in'>El lunes (on Monday) yo tengo (I have) arte a las once de la mañana (at 11 am)<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;margin-left:.5in'><span style='font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;color:#323E4F'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;margin-left:.5in'><span style='font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;color:#323E4F'>So… she could replace each line with either - - - -, or [fill in the blank]?</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;margin-left:.5in'><span style='font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;color:#323E4F'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;margin-left:.5in'><b><span style='font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;color:#007048'>Christine Robinson</span></b><span style='font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;color:#007048'> </span><span style='font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;color:black'>| Technical Trainer/Writer | Center for Teaching Excellence</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;margin-left:.5in'><span style='font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;color:black'>Georgia Gwinnett College | 678-407-</span><b><u><span style='font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;color:#00704A'>5193</span></u></b><o:p></o:p></p></div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;margin-left:.5in'><span style='font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;color:#323E4F'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #E1E1E1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;margin-left:.5in'><b>From:</b> athen-list [<a href="mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman12.u.washington.edu" target="_blank">mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman12.u.washington.edu</a>] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Susan Kelmer<br><b>Sent:</b> Monday, January 7, 2019 11:13 AM<br><b>To:</b> 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> Re: [Athen] Accessible "fill in the blank"<o:p></o:p></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;margin-left:.5in'> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;margin-left:.5in'><span style='color:#1F497D'>Christine, unless I have information from a student to say otherwise, I put in four dashes where there is a blank. A screen reader user who also reads Braille recognizes this as a fill in the blank. But you could make it more explicit and use brackets and “fill in the blank” to indicate that there is something to fill in, aka [fill in the blank]. A screen reader would likely want to turn on the punctuation so they would hear the brackets to give them warning that there is something outside of the normal text.</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;margin-left:.5in'><span style='color:#1F497D'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;margin-left:.5in'><span style='color:#1F497D'>Generally, though, I only see these fill in the blank things on tests, and this is why blind students get extended time – because it takes longer to navigate through these things and be able to “see” the answers and fill in the space. </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;margin-left:.5in'><span style='color:#1F497D'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;margin-left:.5in'><span style='color:#1F497D'>Are faculty asking you for testing purposes, or for something else?</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;margin-left:.5in'><span style='color:#1F497D'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;margin-left:.5in'><i><span style='color:#1F497D'>Susan Kelmer</span></i><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;margin-left:.5in'><i><span style='color:#1F497D'>Alternate Format Production Program Manager</span></i><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;margin-left:.5in'><i><span style='color:#1F497D'>Disability Services</span></i><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;margin-left:.5in'><i><span style='color:#1F497D'>University of Colorado Boulder</span></i><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;margin-left:.5in'><i><span style='color:#1F497D'>303-735-4836</span></i><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;margin-left:.5in'><span style='color:#1F497D'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;margin-left:.5in'><span style='color:#1F497D'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;margin-left:.5in'><span style='color:#1F497D'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #E1E1E1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;margin-left:.5in'><b>From:</b> athen-list <<a href="mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman12.u.washington.edu" target="_blank">athen-list-bounces@mailman12.u.washington.edu</a>> <b>On Behalf Of </b>Christine Robinson<br><b>Sent:</b> Monday, January 7, 2019 8:40 AM<br><b>To:</b> 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] Accessible "fill in the blank"<o:p></o:p></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;margin-left:.5in'> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;margin-left:.5in'><span style='font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;color:#222A35'>Hi all –</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;margin-left:.5in'><span style='font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;color:#222A35'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;margin-left:.5in'><span style='font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;color:#222A35'>What’s the best way of providing “fill in the blank” space in a Word document? Faculty members are asking me how to do this in an accessible manner, for students using screen readers – and I’m “drawing a blank,” so to speak.</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;margin-left:.5in'><span style='font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;color:#222A35'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;margin-left:.5in'><span style='font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;color:#222A35'>The traditional approaches have been </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;margin-left:1.0in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l3 level1 lfo3'><![if !supportLists]><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>1.<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span><![endif]><span style='font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;color:#222A35'>typing a line</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=gmail-m6494325090948220606msolistparagraph style='margin-left:1.5in'><span style='font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;color:#222A35'>For example:</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=gmail-m6494325090948220606msolistparagraph style='margin-left:1.5in'><span style='font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;color:#222A35'>Water molecules contain the elements ________ and _________.</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=gmail-m6494325090948220606msolistparagraph style='margin-left:.5in'><span style='font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;color:#222A35'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;margin-left:1.0in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo6'><![if !supportLists]><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>2.<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span><![endif]><span style='font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;color:#222A35'>leaving blank space </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=gmail-m6494325090948220606msolistparagraph style='margin-left:1.5in'><span style='font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;color:#222A35'>For example:</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=gmail-m6494325090948220606msolistparagraph style='mso-margin-top-alt:5.0pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:30.0pt;margin-left:1.5in'><span style='font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;color:#222A35'>List the elements in a molecule of carbon:</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=gmail-m6494325090948220606msolistparagraph style='margin-left:.5in'><span style='font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;color:#222A35'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;margin-left:.5in'><span style='font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;color:#222A35'>With either traditional approach, if the document is filled out electronically, then the line or space is intended to be replaced with typewritten text. If the document is printed, then the line or space is written on by hand.</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;margin-left:.5in'><span style='font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;color:#222A35'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;margin-left:.5in'><span style='font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;color:#222A35'>If the document were to be printed, then I would use paragraph spacing for my example in #2, so that there aren’t repeated blanks, but that wouldn’t be a good idea if students were going to answer the questions on their computers.</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;margin-left:.5in'><span style='font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;color:#222A35'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;margin-left:.5in'><span style='font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;color:#222A35'>There are so many details to making electronic documents accessible! And I know it would be easier if faculty members put their content on web pages instead of in electronic documents, but that isn’t a change we can make in the near future.</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;margin-left:.5in'><span style='font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;color:#222A35'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;margin-left:.5in'><span style='font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;color:#222A35'>Thanks for any help you can offer –</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;margin-left:.5in'><span style='font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;color:#222A35'>Chris</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;margin-left:.5in'><span style='font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;color:#222A35'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;margin-left:.5in'><span style='font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;color:#222A35'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;margin-left:.5in'><b><span style='color:#007048'>Christine Robinson</span></b><span style='color:#007048'> </span><span style='color:#222A35'>| Technical Trainer/Writer | Center for Teaching Excellence</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;margin-left:.5in'><b><span style='color:#007048'>Georgia Gwinnett College</span></b><span style='color:#222A35'> | 1000 University Center Lane| Lawrenceville, GA 30043</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;margin-left:.5in'> <o:p></o:p></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'>_______________________________________________<br>athen-list mailing list<br><a href="mailto:athen-list@mailman12.u.washington.edu" target="_blank">athen-list@mailman12.u.washington.edu</a><br><a href="http://mailman12.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/athen-list" target="_blank">http://mailman12.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/athen-list</a><o:p></o:p></p></blockquote></div></div></body></html>