Angel and JAWS: Accessible? Usable?

Proposal No: 246

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Speaker(s)

• Howard Kramer, Assistive Technology Specialist, AHEAD

Disability Area: Cognitive|Learning   Mobility   Vision   Deaf|HOH   Other Disability  

Topic Area: Legal   Best Practices   Web|Media Access   Alternate Format   Campus Policy   Curriculum Access   Assistive Technology   Information Resources  

Summary of Session

This session will demonstrate one person's experiences in accessing the Angel course management system with JAWS.

Abstract

The session will show how Angel can be used with JAWS from both a student and instructor's points of view. Robert will create some course elements as the instructor and show how students can access them using JAWS.

Kepoints

1. Evaluation of online courses must look at both CMS and content
2. Most of the commonly used components of Angel are accessible
3. Angel isn't perfect, but it is good

Speaker Bio(s)

Howard Kramer

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