Teleconference Information
Date: 2005-12-05
Time: 1:30 PM
Agenda
Hello Everyone, As we discussed in the last teleconference, the next teleconference will be on next Monday. Please mark your calendar. Info about the next teleconference: Date: Monday December 5 2005 Time: 1:30 PM - 2:30 PM CST (Chicago Local Time) Phone: 217 265-6999 Suggested topics: 1. Update on proposed accessibility improvement 2. Multi language content (English/Arabic) 3. More accessibility improvement suggestions? Please send any relevant topics you would like to discuss at the telemconference. Thank you. Hadi
Minutes
Monday December 5 2005 Present Hadi Bargi Rangin, Chair Jon Gunderson, Scribe Robert Dumas, WebCT David Schwarte, Purdue Konstantinos Nikos Yfantis, UIUC Saroj Primlani, NCSU Kimerly J Wilcox, Minnesota Jodi Roberts, Mississippi State University Erin O'Driscoll, Excelsior College Kevin Price, Georgia Institute of Technology Update on Implementation RD: Development groups are working on accessibility improvements HR: Any questions from development team RD: Some questions, no major ones HR: When can we look at them RD: I will give a look frist, and then open up the server SP: I have access to web conferencing tools, I can setup a web conference RD: We can determine how we want to do it, it will up to what the testers want to work. HR: Anything by Christmas? RD: Probably not, developers have not say anything that they have a major problem with yet HR: I am going through SJ issues and I will add the information to the issues list HR: Probably in the next day Foreign Language Report RD: Faculty member was trying to create arabic instructional materials JG: Faculty member was using an older version of Office and forced to use images for arabic character sets JG: Hadi showed him how to use Office 2003 how to create arabic characters using the character set HR: There is a content module in WebCT that seems to support the Arabic character set HR: Frontpage can also be used to create Arabic character set HR: Currently no known problems with language changes *** Discussion of foreign language support in different authoring tools and assistive technologies *** DS: Vista 4 has expanding menus, does anyone have any experience HR: I didn't notice that, our webtech people are suppose to apply hot fix for language problem KY: Well I don't know which hot fix fixes that language problem, robert? RD: Let me see if i can find it. ** discussion of the accessibility of web conferencing systems ** RD: Version 3.0.6 probably has the language fix KY: I will check on the fix Developer Meeting at WebCT HR: Suggested to RD that I visit WebCT since I will be on the west coast RD: I think it would be great, but I have not heard back from Chloe, I will check with her. KP: What about the process, can I send this out to everyone in our region RD: Certainly anyone in the teleconbference, then more formal usability testing KP: I know some people at different usabilities, contact them JG: I think it would be good to contact people now, so they are ready when testing starts HR: I have 20 accounts RD: We can get as many accounts as we need KP: Any dates? RD: We do not have a specific date, it will depende on when a stable version is ready HR: I hope that the WebCT and Blackboard merger strengthens the accessibility KW: I sat in on the learning lasions at CIC and they are interested in accessibility of blackboard IT Accessibility Interest Groups JG: UIUC is sponsoring regional meetings on accessibility to develop other groups like the WebCT accessibility interest group KY: We are not going to install 3.06 until the holiday break Next Meeting, January 9th at 1:30
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