Blackboard Accessibility Interest Group

Campus Information Technologies and Educational Services (CITES) and Disability Resources and Educational Services (DRES)

University of Illinois at Urbana/Champaign

Teleconference/Meeting Information

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Next teleconference/meeting info

Agenda

  1. Update on sub-groups activities
  2. Update on accessibility related activities at Blackboard by Stephanie Cupp
  3. Time-line for the upcoming beta testing
  4. Follow-up with Accessibility related documentations (questions from Jon):
    • Is there any special phone number, e-mail, web service or other resources for people with assistive technology related questions or problems with using Blackboard products to contact Blackboard for solutions or reporting problems?
    • How is keyboard support documented in support resources for keyboard only users to reference?
    • How are accessibility features of Blackboard applications documented (i.e. like use of headers) so that people using assistive technologies know what to expect, rather than them trying to figure out what is available for accessibility.
    • Is there a disability support section for instructors related to extending time testing or other issues related to using Blackboard for disability related accommodations.
  5. Potential collaborative projects?
    • Improving accessibility of BB website
    • Making searching for relevant accessibility info easier at BB website
    • providing the UDP course and future Assisstive technology users tutorials project online on BB site.
    • Web-based documentation on utilizing BB built-in tools to create more accessible contents
    • Integrating accessibility in BB training workshops
  6. Slate and Accessing Higher Grounds 2008 conferences

Open Action Items

To view the completed/closed action items, go to Closed Action Items page.

Collecting and producing educational documentations that can help technical support team to understand better how assistive technology hardware and software work and how people with disabilities access the Web
Person responsible: Documentation sub-group
Status: In progress
Collecting and producing documentations that can help users with disability to ease and maximize their experience with BB products
Person responsible: Documentation sub-group
Status: In progress
Collecting and producing brief inline instructions for various modules explaining the basic functions of the modules and elated tasks
Person responsible: Documentation sub-group
Status: In progress
Send Hadi and the list any helpful documents related to accessibility and accessibility support for BB products.
Person responsible: All
Status: In Progress

Upcoming Teleconferences

Teleconference on 2008-09-08 at 2:30 PM EDT; 1:30 PM CDT; 12:30 PM MDT; 11:30 AM PDT
Group/Location: General/217 265-8030
Teleconference on 2008-10-06 at 2:30 PM EDT; 1:30 PM CDT; 12:30 PM MDT; 11:30 AM PDT
Group/Location: General/217 265-8030
Teleconference on 2008-11-03 at 2:30 PM EST; 1:30 PM CST; 12:30 PM MST; 11:30 AM PST
Group/Location: General/217 265-8030
Teleconference on 2008-12-01 at 2:30 PM EST; 1:30 PM CST; 12:30 PM MST; 11:30 AM PST
Group/Location: General/217 265-8030

Previous Teleconferences

Teleconference on 2008-08-04 at 2:30 PM EDT; 1:30 PM CDT; 12:30 PM MDT; 11:30 AM PDT
Teleconference on 2008-07-29 at 3:00 pm EDT, 2:00 pm CDT, 1:00 pm MDT, 12:00 pm PDT
Teleconference on 2008-07-29 at 3:00 pm EDT, 2:00 pm CDT, 1:00 pm MDT, 12:00 pm PDT
Teleconference on 2008-07-07 at 2:30 PM EDT; 1:30 PM CDT; 12:30 PM MDT; 11:30 AM PDT
Teleconference on 2008-06-24 at 3:00 pm EDT, 2:00 pm CDT, 1:00 pm MDT, 12:00 pm PDT
Teleconference on 2008-06-03 at 2:00 PM EDT; 1:00 PM CDT; 12:00 PM MDT; 11:00 AM PDT
Teleconference on 2008-05-29 at 2:00 PM EDT; 1:00 PM CDT; 12:00 PM MDT; 11:00 AM PDT
Teleconference on 2008-05-23 at 10:00 AM EDT; 9:00 AM CDT; 8:00 AM MDT; 7:00 AM PDT
Teleconference on 2008-05-22 at 2:00 PM EDT; 1:00 PM CDT; 12:00 PM MDT; 11:00 AM PDT
Teleconference on 2008-05-08 at 2:00 PM EDT; 1:00 PM CDT; 12:00 PM MDT; 11:00 AM PDT
Teleconference on 2008-05-05 at 2:30 PM EDT; 1:30 PM CDT; 12:30 PM MDT; 11:30 AM PDT
Teleconference on 2008-04-16 at 2:00 PM EDT; 1:00 PM CDT; 12:00 PM MDT; 11:00 AM PDT
Teleconference on 2008-04-10 at 2:00 PM EDT; 1:00 PM CDT; 12:00 PM MDT; 11:00 AM PDT
Teleconference on 2008-04-07 at 2:30 PM EDT; 1:30 PM CDT; 12:30 PM MDT; 11:30 AM PDT
Teleconference on 2008-03-25 at 11:00 AM EST; 10:00 AM CST; 9:00 AM MST; 8:00 AM PST
Teleconference on 2008-03-03 at 2:30 PM EST; 1:30 PM CST; 12:30 PM MST; 11:30 AM PST
Teleconference on 2008-02-19 at 2:30 PM EST; 1:30 PM CST; 12:30 PM MST; 11:30 AM PST
Teleconference on 2008-02-04 at 2:30 PM EST; 1:30 PM CST; 12:30 PM MST; 11:30 AM PST
Teleconference on 2008-02-01 at 2:00 PM EDT; 1:00 PM CDT; 12:00 PM MDT; 11:00 PM PDT (Duration: 2 hours)
Teleconference on 2008-01-30 at 3:00 PM EST; 2:00 PM CST; 1:00 PM MST; 12:00 PM PST
Teleconference on 2008-01-23 at 2:00 PM EST; 1:00 PM CST; 12:00 PM MST; 11:00 AM PST
Teleconference on 2008-01-07 at 2:30 PM EST; 1:30 PM CST; 12:30 PM MST; 11:30 AM PST
Teleconference on 2007-12-19 at 3:00 PM EST; 2:00 PM CST; 1:00 PM MST; 12:00 PM PST
Teleconference on 2007-12-03 at 2:30 PM EST; 1:30 PM CST; 12:30 PM MST; 11:30 AM PST  
Teleconference on 2007-11-28 at 2:30 PM EST; 1:30 PM CST; 12:30 PM MST; 11:30 AM PST
Teleconference on 2007-11-28 at 2:00 PM EST; 1:00 PM CST; 12:00 PM MST; 11:00 AM PST
Teleconference on 2007-11-12 at 2:30 PM EST; 1:30 PM CST; 12:30 PM MST; 11:30 AM PST
Teleconference on 2007-11-01 at 2:00 PM EDT; 1:00 PM CDT; 12:00 PM MDT; 11:00 AM PDT
Teleconference on 2007-10-11 at 2:00 PM EDT; 1:00 PM CDT; 12:00 PM MDT; 11:00 AM PDT
Teleconference on 2007-10-11 at 11:00 AM EDT; 10:00 AM CDT; 9:00 AM MDT; 8:00 AM PDT
Teleconference on 2007-10-03 at 3:30 PM CDT; 2:30 PM EDT; 1:30 PM MDT; 11:30 AM PDT
Teleconference on 2007-10-01 at 2:30 PM EDT; 1:30 PM CDT; 12:30 PM MDT; 11:30 AM PDT
Teleconference on 2007-09-05 at 2:30 PM EDT; 1:30 PM CDT; 12:30 PM MDT; 11:30 AM PDT
Teleconference on 2007-08-20 at 2:30 PM EDT; 1:30 PM CDT; 12:30 PM MDT; 11:30 AM PDT
Teleconference on 2007-06-18 at 2:30 PM EDT; 1:30 PM EDT; 12:30 PM MDT; 11:30 AM PDT
Teleconference on 2007-06-04 at 2:30 PM EDT; 1:30 PM CDT; 12:30 MDT; 11:30 PM PDT
Teleconference on 2007-05-21 at 2:30 PM EDT; 1:30 PM CDT; 12:30 PM MDT; 11:30 AM PDT
Teleconference on 2007-05-07 at 2:30 PM EDT; 1:30 PM CDT; 12:30 PM MDT; 11:30 AM PDT  
Teleconference on 2007-04-16 at 2:30 PM EDT; 1:30 PM CDT; 12:30 PM MDT; 11:30 AM PDT  
Teleconference on 2007-04-02 at 2:30 PM EDT; 1:30 PM CDT; 12:30 PM MDT; 11:30 AM PDT
Teleconference on 2007-03-05 at 1:30 PM CST
Teleconference on 2007-02-19 at 1:30 PM CST
Teleconference on 2007-02-05 at 1:30 PM CST
Teleconference on 2007-01-22 at 1:30 PM CST
Teleconference on 2007-01-08 at 1:30 PM CST
Teleconference on 2006-08-15 at 1:30 PM CDT
Teleconference on 2006-08-01 at 1:30 PM CDT
Teleconference on 2006-06-13 at 1:30 PM

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