According to the folks at WebCT, the current "Campus Edition"
is fully W3C, Level A compliant.  So, that means that the stuff on
the screen *can* be accessible, but it is up to the author of a
page to make it so.  Chat is a major problem for speech, not
just in WebCT, but in all Chat applications that I know about, but
content pages can certainly be accessible.

What sort of problems are you talking about?  It could be that
more specific issues with accessibility would let us give more
specific feedback.

Denis Anson

On Thu, 14 Mar 2002 08:50:01 -0500 Jim Leja wrote:

> This question may have already been dealt with and so I
apologize if
> I missed it, but has anyone had difficulty with WebCT and
> accessibility specifically related to screen reading programs?
Most
> of the faculty at my institution that are using WebCT are not
making
> their online courses accessible. My IT folks say that WebCT is
not
> too speech friendly.  Can anyone provide me with any
suggestions on
> how to either make WebCT more easily accessible or
suggest other
> products?
>
> James A. Leja, Rh.D.
> Associate Dean of Graduate and International Studies
> College of Health and Human Services
> Acting Director, School of Community Health Services
> Acting Director,  Ph.D. Program in Interdisciplinary Health
> Studies
> Western Michigan University
> 1903 West Michigan Ave.
> Kalamazoo, MI 49008
>
> Ph.  616-387-2645
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