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From: Brandon Keith Biggs
Date: Jun 13, 2016 10:58PM

Hello,
Blackboard is really difficult to use, although it is usable. Etudes is my
favorite by far.
Thanks,


Brandon Keith Biggs <http://brandonkeithbiggs.com/>;

On Mon, Jun 13, 2016 at 2:08 AM, David Sloan < <EMAIL REMOVED> >
wrote:

> Hi Sophie,
>
> I think that question is actually at least two questions:
> * how accessible is the platform to learners and instructors with
> disabilities? (which might be measured by WCAG conformance)
> * how well does the platform support instructors in creating accessible
> learning experiences? (which might be measured by ATAG conformance)
>
> This LMS accessibility comparison study is a few years old now, so there
> will likely have been improvements made since then to the systems that were
> reviewed. But I think it's very useful as an independent comparison of 4
> LMSs: Blackboard, Desire2Learn, SAKAI and Moodle:
>
> http://blog.bargirangin.com/2013/03/a-comparison-of-learning-management.html
>
> LMS vendors will provide lots of accessibility information about their own
> products, too, which allows you to make independent comparison. But I'd
> also be interested to learn whether there is an LMS system that WebAIM list
> members find in practice performs particularly well from an accessibility
> perspective.
>
> For interest, I'm involved in a W3C Community Group on Accessible Online
> Learning, which is working in this area:
> https://www.w3.org/community/accesslearn/
>
> Dave
>
> > On 13 Jun 2016, at 09:49, Sophie Schuermans < <EMAIL REMOVED> > wrote:
> >
> > Hello,
> >
> > Can anyone recommend an e-learning platform that makes it possible to
> > produce accessible e-learning courses?
> > Best regards,
> >
> > Sophie
>
> David Sloan
>
> UX Research Lead
> The Paciello Group
> <EMAIL REMOVED>
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