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Re: E-learning Authoring Software that Produces Accessible Content

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From: Ryan E. Benson
Date: Apr 15, 2013 7:11AM

Hi Joe/Brian,

At work, I encourage people to use Adobe Captivate or Lectora. Lectora can
create pretty cool courses, but has a bit of a learning curve I hear. I
have not had any experience with SoftChalk, Raptivity or Presenter. I would
advise staying away from Articulate products. I was reviewing a course made
by an Articulate, and had major issues. Upon talking to the course
developer, I learned that she had one version back, and that had known
accessibility issues. She coordinated getting upgraded, and followed the
guidance given by the company, and not much had changed. I ended up
speaking to a VP, who essentially said she was doing it incorrectly. All of
their demo courses (at the time of the eval, about a year ago), had issues.
I understand not all companies value accessibility first, so I figured that
they made courses that looked good - over accessible, and requested a fully
accessible course - I didn't get a reply.

--
Ryan E. Benson


On Mon, Apr 15, 2013 at 8:51 AM, Humbert, Joseph A < <EMAIL REMOVED> >wrote:

> Hi WebAIM discussion list,
>
> Indiana University has been ramping up the number of online courses
> available to students as part of the university's IU Online initiative (
> http://newsinfo.iu.edu/news/page/normal/23061.html). Due to this fact,
> our group has been receiving more and more requests for techniques,
> guidelines, resources, etc. for creating accessible online course content.
> Therefore, we have begun collaborating with multiple groups to assess the
> current accessibility of IU's online course offerings as well as providing
> guidance to instructors, departments, trainers, and content creators.
>
> One of the questions that has come up was, "are there e-learning
> authoring software platforms out there that produce accessible content?"
> Some of the many software packages currently being used or researched are
> SoftChalk<http://softchalk.com/>;, Raptivity<http://www.raptivity.com/>;,
> Articulate Storyline<
> http://www.articulate.com/products/storyline-overview.php>;, Adobe
> Presenter 8<http://www.adobe.com/products/presenter.html>;, etc.
>
> We have been specifically asked for recommendations for software packages
> because many of the content creators will be professors who have limited
> programming experience.
>
> Does anyone have direct experience with these software packages or other
> software that produces accessible e-learning content?
>
> Thank you for any information you can provide.
>
> Sincerely,
>
> Brian Richwine Joe Humbert
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