Category: Accessibility

Updated Math Equation Editor for LearningStudio

We are excited to announce an upgrade to the LearningStudio (eCollege) Math Equation Editor (MEE)*. The upgrades include: improved screen layout, addition of Accessibility for users with disabilities and an increased selection of equations. What can users do now, that they couldn’t before?  Students and instructors (particularly supporting STEM standards) will continue to have the same …

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Web accessibility: Hot or not?

Petra assisting Julia with eCollege

Web accessibility is definitely a very HOT topic right now, not only on the A&M-Commerce campus, but for educational institutions nationwide. For faculty members, instructional designers and other support staff who are not aware of the federal requirements for web accessibility, the Texas Government Code 2054, Subchapter M, 2005, requires that all state agencies, including …

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Webinars at the Faculty Center

Two great sessions hosted over the next few weeks by the Faculty Center focusing on accessibility.  Stop by and check them out.   Improving Online Course Accessibility for Students with Disabilities (Session 1 of 2) Location:  FCTT Conf. Rm. Date:  10/30/2013 Time:  12:00:PM – 1:30:PM Presenter: ai Academic Impressions Description:  Understanding accessibility regulations and guidelines. In …

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Android officially pulls Flash from Google Play Store in favor of HTML5

The bell tolled on August 15 for Android-based device owners using Adobe’s Flash Player multimedia plugin. As foretold in November 2011, Adobe will be offering no certified implementations of Adobe’s Flash Player beyond Android OS 4.1, and as of August 15, Flash has been removed from Google’s app store, Play, according to a PCWorld article, …

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Online Accessibility for Students with Disabilities

Synopsis of “How to Session” for Accessibility. Hardware, software, and techniques to use in creating an online course were discussed. The technologies presented were: Screen Readers: Kurzweil 3000 JAWS-PC Voice Over-Mac Speech to Text Dragon Naturally Speaking-PC Dragon Dictate-Mac Screen Magnification and Color Contrast Zoom Text-PC Mac Screen Magnification Braille Reader/Writer Accessibility Techniques: 1. Alt …

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