Info For those in the pursuit for elearning.<br><br>Kind Regards,<br><br>---------- Forwarded message ----------<br><span class="gmail_quote">From: <b class="gmail_sendername">Priti Rohra</b> <<a href="mailto:priti.rohra@n-syst.com">priti.rohra@n-syst.com</a>><br>
Date: Jan 7, 2009 10:25 AM<br>Subject: Beta Testers Needed for BCAT<br>To: <a href="mailto:w3c-wai-ig@w3.org">w3c-wai-ig@w3.org</a><br><br></span>
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<div><font size="2" face="Arial">Hello All,</font></div>
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<div><font size="2" face="Arial">Right to education is universal. Education has
evolved from blackboard to keyboard. Elearning has broken the geographical
barriers and made it possible<br>for people to access knowledge with ease and
convenience.</font></div>
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<div><font size="2" face="Arial">Despite the benefits offered by Elearning, it is
not possible for students with special needs to access Elearning courses.
Students using assistive technologies<br>can with little ease access HTML based
elearning but are deprived of the rich learning experience provided by
technologies such as Flash. The common myth<br>that prevails is that 'Flash
cannot be made accessible' Its time that we over come this myth and change the
mind set to 'Flash can be made Accessible'</font></div>
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<div><font size="2" face="Arial">Net Systems Informatics & BarrierBreak
Technologies have taken the initiative to break this myth and have launched the
Beta version of "BarrierBreak Course<br>Authoring Tool (BCAT)". BCAT is designed
and developed to assist teachers/authors in creating accessible Flash based
Elearning courses. BCAT is an easy<br>to use tool with in-built keyboard and
screen reader support enabling students with disabilities to experience the
power of Elearning!</font></div>
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<div><font size="2" face="Arial">BCAT comprises of two main components, Course
Authoring Tool based on Moodle Learning Management System and Flash Architecture
to access the course contents. In addition, the teacher/author can add various
accessibility options to the course such as: Alternate Text, Captions, and
Transcripts.</font></div>
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<div><font size="2" face="Arial">Once the course is published, the contents are
generated in to XML and users can access the course using a Flash player. The
Flash course thus created provides<br>users with an "Accessibility Panel" to
meet their needs:</font></div>
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<li><font size="2" face="Arial">Show/Hide Captions</font>
</li><li><font size="2" face="Arial">Audio Transcript</font>
</li><li><font size="2" face="Arial">Change Themes</font>
</li><li><font size="2" face="Arial">Small/Large Icons</font>
</li><li><font size="2" face="Arial">Show/Hide Labels</font>
</li><li><font size="2" face="Arial">Change Text Size</font></li></ul>
<div><font size="2" face="Arial">We invite users with disabilities,
teachers/authors, accessibility community at large to access BCAT and provide
their valuable feedback and suggestions<br>to make BCAT a tool for inclusive
education.</font></div>
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<div><font size="2" face="Arial">To access Beta version of BCAT, visit:<br><a href="http://www.n-syst.com/lms/login/signup.php" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)">http://www.n-syst.com/lms/login/signup.php</a>.</font></div>
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<div><font size="2" face="Arial">Once you sign up, you will receive an email
including further instructions. Along with the email, you will receive a ReadMe
file, documentation for creating<br>a course, documentation for using the course
and bug report file.</font></div>
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<div><font size="2" face="Arial">The Beta Test Run is open until 20th January 2009.
All suggestions are highly appreciated and will help us to make BCAT more
user-friendly and accessible<br>for all.</font></div>
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<div><font size="2" face="Arial">Thanks & Regards,</font></div>
<div><font size="2" face="Arial">Net Systems Informatics & BarrierBreak
Technologies Team</font></div>
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<div><font size="2" face="Arial">Thanks & Regards,<br>Priti
Rohra<br>Accessibility Tester<br>Net Systems Informatics (India) Pvt.
Ltd.<br>Web: <a href="http://www.n-syst.com" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)">www.n-syst.com</a>|<a href="http://www.barrierbreak.com" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)">www.barrierbreak.com</a><br>
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