Hi. Are these chat features analogous to the Bulletin Board facility that is found in BlackBoard? I know that a lot of visually-impaired people had problems with this and for me, it was a show-stopper.
Mike On 2,Apr,2014, at 4:03 AM, Deb Lewis <deblewi...@gmail.com> wrote: > I had to use the chat features for example. I could definitely read > assignments. But this was a chatting class where you had to chat daily. > Some of the screens didn't even show up unless you did a refresh for each > screen. I hope that has improved, but I was not impressed and neither were > some formal reviewers from WebAIM. > > > On Apr 1, 2014, at 8:25 AM, Devin Prater <d.pra...@me.com> wrote: > >> That's interesting. I, and many blind students at my school, well the ones >> that use technology in the first place, use it fairly well, at least with >> simply turning in assignments and reading the assignments. I do wish, >> however, that canvas allowed one to read the assignment while answering it. >> >> Sent from my iPod >> >>> On Apr 1, 2014, at 10:09, Deb Lewis <deblewi...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> >>> It was one of the most miserable experiences I ever had. >>> Supposedly Canvas has been declared accessible by the NFB. They must have >>> gotten big bucks for that one because frankly it didn't work well with any >>> browser on any platform. There is a major accessibility commentary on it >>> that I might be able to find a link too, pretty scathing overall. If I were >>> a student, I'd be filing a complaint with my university on this one for >>> sure. I was taking an extension course and ultimately dropped it after >>> trying lots of workarounds people suggested. Safari was about my worst >>> experience. >>> >>> >>>> On Apr 1, 2014, at 5:24 AM, Mike Busboom <mbusb...@gmail.com> wrote: >>>> >>>> Hi. >>>> >>>> Has anyone ever used a Learning Management platform called Canvas? If so, >>>> can you tell me how usable it is from an accessibility standpoint? Will >>>> it work well with Safari on the Mac? Instructure, the company that >>>> produces canvas has also created apps for the iPad. How usable are they? >>>> >>>> My gratitude as always, >>>> >>>> Mike >>>> >>>> -- >>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>>> "MacVisionaries" group. >>>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >>>> email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >>>> To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. >>>> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. >>>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >>> >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>> "MacVisionaries" group. >>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >>> email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >>> To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. >>> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. >>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "MacVisionaries" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >> To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. >> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
