[Trainer-Talk] Canvas LMS?

[Brad Snyder]

This past Spring semester, I was enrolled in a certificate program through California State University Northridge.  The course was completely remote, and used Canvas to interact with all students enrolled in the course.  I use a Mac with VoiceOver, and found Canvas to be very accessible once I became familiar with the platform.

- Brad -


On Aug 11, 2020, at 16:35, Humberto Avila via Trainer-Talk <trainer-talk at nfbnet.org> wrote:

Dear Amy,

I can personally attest to both of your statements near the closing of your message. I am an experienced firsthand user of Canvas site for windows and both JAWS and NVDA. And yes, Canvas is fully accessible. You can tell by their blog posts that they are really passionate and commited to putting their words into action. Which means in this case Canvas definitely makes a Blind scholar's life very easy from a practical standpoint. I have used it for both community college and university for undergrad studying so if your colleague has more questions, do feel free to pass them on to me.

Have a great day, and take care.

Sincerely,

Humberto

“Positive thinking leads to a positive attitude which leads to positive actions which lead to positive outcomes.”
— ME

On Aug 11, 2020, at 9:06 AM, Snow, Amy L. (IT) via Trainer-Talk <trainer-talk at nfbnet.org> wrote:

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-Canvas/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





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