This link isn't purely related to accessibility, but for those looking to assess aspects of a variety of aspects of their online courses it could be useful: * learner support and resource * online organisation and design * instructional design and delivery * assessment and evaluation of student learning * innovative teaching with technology * faculty use of student feedback Rubric for online instruction http://www.csuchico.edu/celt/roi/ Fiona _____ From: Virtual Learning Environments [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Tony Delahunty Sent: 06 February 2008 16:09 To: [log in to unmask] Subject: [VLES] VLE Accessibility standard wanted Is there an accessibility standard we can point to as our benchmark to aspire to for our VLE? We'd like to find or create a standard that we can run checks against every so often and thereby measure our ongoing compliance. There's the Moodle Accessibility Specification (under development) that the OU is leading on - http://docs.moodle.org/en/Moodle_Accessibility_Specification : we can try to use that or elements of it, but it doesn't seem to have been updated for some while now, and nor does it seem to have the benefits of simplicity. There's the W3C's own HTML markup checker - http://validator.w3.org/ - and the validator which I note moodle.org refers itself to, which gives an instant compliance report. Any other standards, tools or validators any of you are using or can recommend? Anyone know if there's convergence on standards other large websites can point to? Regards, Tony ____________________________________________ Tony Delahunty E-Learning Development Coordinator College of North West London 020 8208 5200 [log in to unmask] <mailto:[log in to unmask]> W - GG08 ____________________________________________ Tony Delahunty E-Learning Development Coordinator College of North West London 020 8208 5200 [log in to unmask] <mailto:[log in to unmask]> W - GG08 ***************** List information: ***************** Remember - replies go by default to the entire list. Access the list via the web on http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/lists/vle.html To unsubscribe, email [log in to unmask] with the message: leave vle ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ IMPORTANT: This email and its attachments are intended for the addressee only and may be confidential. If they have come to you in error you must take no action based on them nor must you copy or show them to anyone. The contents represent the views of the sender and are not necessarily representative of the views of Easton College. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ***************** List information: ***************** Remember - replies go by default to the entire list. Access the list via the web on http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/lists/vle.html To unsubscribe, email [log in to unmask] with the message: leave vle