The Accessibility of Course Management Systems: Can You Read This If You're Blind?

Tuesday, March 13, 2007 | 10:30AM–11:15AM | Camelot/Third Floor
Session Type: Professional Development
The panel will highlight accessibility problems and strengths of WebCT, Blackboard, Desire2Learn, and Sakai and present recommendations for improvement. Using the most common tools (e-mail, quizzes, discussions, content delivery) from the students' point of view will be emphasized. The panel consists of experts in these course management systems and accessibility.

Presenters

  • Mike Elledge

    Assistant Director, Usability & Accessibility Center, Michigan State University

  • Alan Foley

  • Ken Petri

    Web Accessibility Center Director, Ohio State University

  • Joe Wheaton

    Assoc. Professor, Ohio State University

  • Kostas Yfantis

    Assistant Director, Teaching & Learning, LAS, Illinois, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Resources & Downloads

Accessibility of Case Management Systems
2 MB, PPS
Uploaded on 12/12/2009