{"id":124,"date":"2012-03-20T22:51:00","date_gmt":"2012-03-20T22:51:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/abilitytools.org\/blog\/?p=124"},"modified":"2014-07-16T22:26:50","modified_gmt":"2014-07-16T22:26:50","slug":"accessible-course-management-courtesy-of-moodle","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/abilitytools.org\/blog\/accessible-course-management-courtesy-of-moodle\/","title":{"rendered":"Accessible Course Management courtesy of Moodle"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\"><i>by Rosemarie Punzalan, CFILC&#8217;s Training Specialist<\/i><\/p>\n<p>The CSUN&#8217;s 27th Annual International Technology and Persons with Disabilities Conference was held in San Diego from February 27 &#8211; March 3, 2012.  I had the opportunity to attend Thursday sessions as well as network with professionals, especially the vendors. The session that interested me the most was:  Creating Accessible Online Learning Content: Learn how to create Accessible Online Learning Content using the Moodle LMS to Deliver your Courses Online. <\/p>\n<p>Moodle LMS (Learning Management System) is a course management system designed for educators who want to create quality online courses.  It is a free and open source software that is used by universities, schools, companies and independent teachers.  Moodle is not 100% accessible. Some built-in Moodle features are barriers like the multimedia filters and the &#8220;File Picker&#8221; widget. <\/p>\n<p>Luckily, there is a solution. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.carroll.org\/\">Carroll Center for the Blind<\/a>&nbsp;has created an <a href=\"http:\/\/moodle2.carrolltech.org\/\">online course<\/a> that instructs curriculum developers on how to create accessible course materials using Moodle. Their solutions include: <br \/><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\">Configure Moodle to create the most accessible framework for delivering courses.&nbsp;<\/span><\/li>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\"><\/p>\n<li>Provide effective and easy-to-use tools and filters to make it easy for content creators to embed rich media into their curriculum.&nbsp;<\/li>\n<li>Instruct course creators in the use of Markdown, a lightweight markup language, designed to reduce the learning curve required to publish semantic, standards compliant HTML instead of a WYSIWYG.&nbsp;<\/li>\n<li>Create a system of best practices and clearly define and illustrate them to content creators.&nbsp;<\/li>\n<li>Introduce accessibility and usability concepts by interweaving them with concepts already familiar to content creators.&nbsp;<\/li>\n<p><\/span><\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\">In the past I created a quick AT Network Moodle as a test for the Training Program and did not complete it because there were some accessibility challenges.  With the above solutions I am thinking of spending some time creating an AT Network Training Program that consists of Self-Paced Trainings and Archived Trainings. <\/p>\n<p>Have you heard of Moodle LMS?  If so, have you used it and what for? Let us know in the comment box below.<\/p>\n<p>Resources: <\/p>\n<p>Presentation in Markdown (text) format (good for screen reader access) &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/media.carrolltech.org\/csun2012\/presentation.txt\">http:\/\/media.carrolltech.org\/csun2012\/presentation.txt<\/a> <\/p>\n<p>Presentation in HTML (best for screen reader access) &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/media.carrolltech.org\/csun2012\/presentation.html\">http:\/\/media.carrolltech.org\/csun2012\/presentation.html<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>by Rosemarie Punzalan, CFILC&#8217;s Training Specialist The CSUN&#8217;s 27th Annual International Technology and Persons with Disabilities Conference was held in San Diego from February 27 &#8211; March 3, 2012. I had the opportunity to attend Thursday sessions as well as network with professionals, especially the vendors. 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