Publication: Disability standards and guidelines for learning management systems: Evaluating accessibility
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ISBN: 978-1-60960-884-2 (hardcover)
ISBN: 978-1-60960-885-9 (ebook)
ISBN: 978-1-60960-886-6 (print & perpetual access)
UXXI: CO/0000005253
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2012
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Igi Global
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Currently, the great majority of institutions of higher education use Learning Content Management
Systems (LCMSs) and Learning Management Systems (LMS) as pedagogical tools. In order to make these
systems accessible to all students, it is important to take into account not only educational standards, but
also standards of accessibility. It is essential to have with procedures and well-established method for
evaluating these tools, so in this paper we propose a method for evaluating the accessibility of LCMSs
and LMS based on a consideration of particular accessibility standards and other technological and
human aspects.
The method application is for all LMS, in order to illustrate the effectiveness of the evaluation method,
we present a case study over the widely-used LMS Moodle1. In the case study, the accessibility of Moodle
is evaluated thoroughly from the point of view of visually-impaired persons. The results obtained from
the case study demonstrate that this LMS is partially accessible. The evaluation shows that the tool
provides poor support to the authors of accessible educational contents.
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Higher education institutions and learning management systems: Adoption and standardization. Babo, Rosalinda; Azevedo, Ana (editors). Igi Global, 2012, pp. 199-218