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From: Catherine Roy
Date: Sep 19, 2019 7:47PM

Thank you very much for all this info, Karen. Very useful and much
appreciated.

Best,

Catherine


On 2019-09-19 1:51 p.m., Karlen Communications wrote:
> I recommend D2L aka Desire 2 Learn as they have a long commitment to
> accessibility. I belong to their monthly accessibility discussion group and
> years ago when they were first moving into accessibility, did a day long
> workshop on accessible UI. What impressed me was (and still does) is that
> once I pointed out accessibility barriers, went for coffee and came back,
> their developers had most of them fixed for the next release. They are
> always open to accessibility suggestions and often have accessibility
> sessions at their annual user conference.
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> Unfortunately my academic institution is moving from D2L to Canvas and I'm a
> bit nervous about it but hear that Canvas does have an accessibility group
> and is interested in improving accessibility.
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> Another LMS that is working on accessibility and has the ALLY add-in to help
> students access inaccessible content, is Blackboard.
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> These are the top three LMS's and I would rank D2L first with Canvas and
> Blackboard tied for second. D2L includes accessibility for those of us
> instructors with disabilities as well as students with disabilities while
> most other LMS are still focused on students with disabilities which leaves
> those of us who are teaching out of the accessibility loop.
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> I'm anxious to see how accessible the teacher/instructor UI is with Canvas.
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> BGTW, Canvas Bridge for Teams which is a by product LMS for business is
> horrible in terms of accessibility for everyone.
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> Cheers, Karen
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> Catherine Roy
> Sent: Thursday, September 19, 2019 10:38 AM
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> Subject: Re: [WebAIM] accessibility of dokeos elearning platform
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> Hi again Pratik,
> One follow-up question to this, if I may. Considering your vast knowledge in
> accessibility, what e-learning platforms would you recommend? Which ones
> support best accessibility? And if anyone else wants to chime in here, the
> more the merrier.
> Thanks!
> Catherine
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> --Catherine Roywww.catherine-roy.net
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> On Thu, Sep 19, 2019 at 10:21 AM -0400, "Pratik Patel" < <EMAIL REMOVED> >
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> Hello Catherine,
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> We evaluated this platform for a client a few months ago. We found
> significant concerns regarding the platform and its ability to generate
> accessible content including videos with captioning. While I can't share the
> entire set of results, I can tell you that the summary was conclusive enough
> for us to recommend that our client not use this platform for employee
> training.
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> Regards,
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> Pratik
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> -----Original Message-----
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> Catherine Roy
> Sent: Wednesday, September 18, 2019 11:14 PM
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> Subject: [WebAIM] accessibility of dokeos elearning platform
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> Hi,
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> Does anyone have any knowledge or experience with the elearning platform
> dokeos? Does it offer any accessibility?
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> https://www.dokeos.com
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> Thanks,
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> Catherine
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