[d2l-consortium] D2L AIG teleconference, Friday, January 9, 11 Eastern

[Kyle Mackie]

Hey There,

I'm starting to work with Sandra on a proposal for a presentation on
"Creating Accessible Courses in an LMS", for the Guelph Accessibility
Conference.  I'm thinking about submitting a similar proposal for FUSION '09
and EDUCAUSE '09.  I'd love to put a group together to present this, so, if
anyone on this list is keen on participating, give me a shout.



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Kyle Mackie
Manager, Courseware Services
Teaching Support Services | 217 Day Hall | University of Guelph
http://www.tss.uoguelph.ca | v 519.824.4120 x52936




On Wed, Jan 7, 2009 at 4:06 PM, Ken Petri <petri.1 at osu.edu> wrote:

> Hi All,
>
> We will meet via teleconference:
>
> Date: Friday, January 9.
> Time: 11:00 to 12:00 Eastern
> Location: (01) 614-247-6424, id number: 0490#
>
> Agenda and To Do:
> * Set goals for 2009.
> * Writing a letter to the broader consortium to gain partipation, a
> survey letter to the group. Sandra will generate initial list of
> questions and send to regular participants. This will go out early in
> new year. Ken will generate a draft survey in SurveyGizmo from
> quesitons.
> * Discussion of help features of accessibility features within the
> system. Further discussion of restructuring of help documentation.
>
> Previous Meeting Notes (December 12 teleconference):
>
> Participants: Sandra Earl (D2L), Dave Lockhart (D2L) , Marek Oledzki
> (NTU), Hadi Rangin (UIUC), Kyle Mackie (Guelph), Ken Petri (OSU,
> scribe).
>
> Next meeting Jan. 9:
>
> Sandra: AHG, NTU reports, working with Kyle for Guelph.
>
> AHG: How did it go?: Well, positive experience, though didn't get to
> as much as wanted, due to time constraints. Tasks coming out: more up
> to date end user plans, accessiblity end user guides (should be
> specific tips for specific disabilities: will go in 8.4 release),
> possibility of webinar in new year opening up to clients for wider
> participation, content team to rewrite accessibility pages.
>
> Got NTU accessibility report: Couple of global issues:
>        * Skip links should be own issue, not just part of navigation bar.
> Question about whether or not on-focus visible is adequate, dependant
> on particular standards (NTU's audit on older version of D2L flagged
> this as an issue.) Reframing as a new global issue.
>        * Breaking out the TinyMCE/editor issue into keyboard and screen
> reader accessibility as two different issues.
>        * Create global issue for support for creation of accessible
> content:
> overlaps with improvement to editor.
>        * Fieldsets should be used for grouping in forms.
>        * Refocus originator/opener on closing of modal dialog.
>        * Breadcrumbs issue as part of global issues.
>        * Discussion message ratings (star ranking) not accessible.
>
> Others:
> * Option to have plain text version and specify minimum font size for
> incoming emails (possible issue)
> Ken: Should we create a list of research initiatives/issues for
> investigation. May be a need for two sorts of issues: research
> questions/current issues (global, interface-specific). Note that there
> is potential non-disclosure agreement issues with new development.
> Hadi: Will be a way on the new D2L Consortium site to protect
> information.
>
> Guelph conference: Kyle, possible title:
> "Aiming for Accessibility: Creating Barrier Free Information," an
> internal conference at Guelph, hopefully yearly.
>
> Talk to you Friday. Welcome back in the new year.
>
> Best,
> ken
> -------------------------------------------------------
>  Ken Petri
>  Program Director
>  OSU Web Accessibility Center
>  102D Pomerene Hall
>  1760 Neil Avenue
>  Columbus, Ohio  43210
>  Phone: (614) 292-1760
>  Fax: (614) 292-4190
>  mailto:petri.1 at osu.edu
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