Teleconference Information
Date: 2005-03-07
Time: 1:00 PM
Agenda
WebCT Accessibility Teleconference Date: March 7th, 2005 Time: 1:00-2:00pm (CST, CHicago Local Time) Phone: (217) 244-7532 Agenda 1. Review of WebCT feature request tagging from whitepaper http://www.disability.uiuc.edu/cita/projects/compass/index.html Login: webct Password: access 2. Discussion of techniques to improve accessibility 3. Coordination of user testing of WebCT accessibility 4. Recruitment of people to participate Please let me know if you are planning or not planning to attned. Jon
Minutes
Present: Jon Gunderson, UIUC Hadi Bargi Rangin, UIUC Phil Kragnes, UMN Robert Dumas, WebCT Melanie Thornton, UALR Lanny Arvan, UIUC 1. Review of Feature Request List Discussion of consistent and useful Header markup Discussion: This one is already in the planning We are going through different pages and evaluating the page using WebCT. There are two major issues here. Indicating major topics and navigation bars. Important that users can differentiate these two important structures. a. Headers should indicate the major topics contained on the current page b. Navigation bars need to be eay to navigate to and allow people to identify the purpose of the navigation bar on the page. Issues related to having one or more than one navigation bar on the pages and the use of header markup to indicate the beginning of a navigation bar or to use markup like the MAP element to provide a means in markup and therefore user agents and ATs providing access. c. Discussion of TABINX as a means to control navigation order Actions: RD: I will check into making making a development server available for user testing and feedback 2. Discussion of marking up language changes in WebCT, especially quizes Lanny Arvan are reported that UIUC is in the process of porting Spanish language course materials and there is a small window of opportunity to make sure the language information is included in WebCT. Other participants reported this is a serious problem and there is know know solution in the current WebCT product. Actions: I will look into the status of the changes and see if there is a patch HR, PK, MT Action: Write up problem send to WebCT accessibility discussion list RD" WIll look into an availability of a patvh to provide a solution to the problem 3. Discussion of hidden link JAWS users seems to skip over some links. Actions: DS Action: This should be reported as a bug HRB: Send bug to Doug and Robert Dumas 4. Making Document Public and Recruiting more participant Actions JG: Send document URL to Lanny Arvan and he will send it to VP of WebCT 5. Next Meeting March 28th at 1:00pm Jon
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