[Trainer-Talk] Canvas LMS?

[Snow, Amy L. (IT)]

Wow, that was a very quick reply!  Thanks so much for the info.  I'll pass it on.

Have a great day,

Amy

-----Original Message-----
From: nikpetersson at blindmast.com [mailto:nikpetersson at blindmast.com] 
Sent: Tuesday, August 11, 2020 11:20 AM
To: 'List for teachers and trainers of adaptive technology' <trainer-talk at nfbnet.org>
Cc: Snow, Amy L. (IT) <amy.snow at wcbvi.k12.wi.us>
Subject: RE: [Trainer-Talk] Canvas LMS?

Good morning Amy and happy Monday.

I have and am still working with two clients who use Canvas as their main interface.  Canvas itself is accessible including course global dashboard, course navigation, modal navigation, and message interface.  Some time ago we encountered issues uploading/submitting files via the shell, but that has worked OK the last year or so.  The issue with accessibility is the content that is uploaded by instructors, such as PDF files, presentations.  Canvas does not control or impose any level of accessibility compliance on the content authors and instead depend on the school/author to produce accessible content.

The two clients I have work with Canvas have use JAWS 2020 and ZoomText 2019 and both Windows 10.

However, as far as Canvas goes it is accessible and I found it to work very well.

Please let me know if you have any questions or if you would like additional information.

Nik Petersson
Seniore Accessibility Consultant
Miles Access Skills Training LLC
1400 SW 5th Ave, Suite 690
Portland OR, 97201
Email: nikpetersson at blindmast.com
Phone: 971-217-0516
Web:  www.blindmast.com

-----Original Message-----
From: Trainer-Talk <trainer-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org> On Behalf Of Snow, Amy L. (IT) via Trainer-Talk
Sent: Tuesday, August 11, 2020 9:01 AM
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Cc: Snow, Amy L. (IT) <amy.snow at wcbvi.k12.wi.us>
Subject: [Trainer-Talk] Canvas LMS?

Good morning,
I was contacted by a colleague asking whether the LMS Canvas could be used with a screen reader?  I did find an accessibility statement in their blog<https://community.canvaslms.com/t5/Accessibility/Accessibility-within-C
anvas/ba-p/261501>, but we all know that practical experience is worth more than a thousand words...or blog posts...

Does anyone have first-hand experience or resources using Canvas with a screen reader for Windows?

Thanks so much,
Amy





Amy Snow
Certified Assistive Technology Instructional Specialist Teacher of the Visually Impaired
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Janesville, WI 53546
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