[Blindmath] The ALEKS program for mathematics

[Jon Yaggie]

Well i personally have not used ALEKS but my university does use the system for placement testing.  I am quite curious to hear more about your testing and people's experiences.  

Jon Yaggie
EYH Volunteer Coordinator
UIC Mathematics

> On Jun 30, 2014, at 16:15, Amanda Lacy via Blindmath <blindmath at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> 
> Hi,
> 
> This Fall Austin Community College will begin using ALEKS for
> developmental math. My job this summer is to test it for accessibility
> - figure out what works and what doesn't, so that blind students
> enrolled in this course will have a smooth start this semester. First,
> have any of you used the online ALEKS system for math? If so, how well
> did it work for you, and what assistive technology do you use? Second,
> apparently ALEKS has an accessibility mode intended for people using
> screen readers. I've been testing it for the past month and have
> noticed something peculiar. An example formula reads like this:
> 
> The area
> ey
> of a circle with radius
> r
> is given by the following formula.
> ey equals Pie r begin exponent 2 end exponent
> Notice that what is intended to be understood as the letter 'a' is
> written as the letter 'e' followed by the letter 'y'. Also, Pi is
> misspelled! All symbols are spelled out as words. Does anyone here
> know where this content came from?
> 
> Thanks,
> Amanda Lacy
> 
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