Hi Holly, I am a JAWS user and use Moodle quite a bit, as it is the LMS we use here at the University of Montana. I have also been a member of the Moodle Accessibility Collaboration Group<http://collaborate.athenpro.org/group/moodle/> for the past several years.
Moodle is highly customizable at the course level, so there are a lot of ways that the accessibility of the course can be affected by an instructor. Moodle also has no control over any documents (word, powerpoint, pdf) that are uploaded into the course. That being said, Moodle itself is by default pretty accessible with JAWS. There are some features, such as the standard forums, which still pose issues to JAWS users - however there are usually alternatives (such as the accessible Advanced Forum plugin) that can help users get around these issues. Feel free to email me off-list if you want to discuss this further or if you have any specific Moodle questions. Regards, Aaron M. Page, B.S. EIT Accessibility Specialist Accessible Technology Services, University of Montana Phone: (406) 243-2082 E-mail: [email protected] [Title: JAWS Certified, 2015 - Description:]<http://www.freedomscientific.com/certification> From: Holly Guinan [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Monday, February 29, 2016 3:42 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Moodle with JAWS - nice combo? Hi List, I'm new. I called Freedom Scientific tech support to check, before enrolling my 11th grade braille-using student in online chemistry, if JAWS played nicely with the underlying platform upon which the online course is offered, Moodle. John at FS tech support had never heard of Moodle, and couldn't offer any advice about JAWS ability to interact with it. Has anyone here ever taken a Moodle-based online course using JAWS? Thanks for any opinion. -Holly, a newbie Holly Guinan, TVI Teacher of the Blind and Visually Impaired New Cell: 604-704-5832
