Welcome with Sander Bangma As the host of Brickfield Education Lab’s first accessibility conference, Gavin welcomed all attendees and speakers in this session and then introduced Sander Bangma. Sander kicked off the event by highlighting Moodle’s approach to accessibility and the Moodle journey to achieving accessibility accreditation. About the speaker… Read More »Welcome with Sander Bangma
Accessibility for your LMS (Global Moodlemoot Reflection) This post is based on the blog post ‘Tips to make your LMS content accessible’, published by Moodle on January 12th, 2021. “We believe that accessibility is crucial; only a learning management system that supports learners with diverse needs can provide true quality… Read More »Accessibility for your LMS
Sponsoring MootIEUK20! This week we sponsored the 2020 UK & Ireland Moodlemoot, taking place online from Monday, September 28th to Wednesday, September 30th. We were disappointed not to be welcoming everyone to sunny Dublin, but adapted to the new hybrid-online event. We were delighted to attend the first online UK… Read More »Sponsoring MootIEUK20!
Mountain Moot – What we got up to! We were delighted to attend the 2020 Mountain Moot as a sponsor last week. The Mountain Moot, usually located in Helena, Montana took place online this year. During the event, Gavin Henrick, co-founder of Brickfield, hosted Thursday morning’s breakout session: ‘Accessibility Basics’.… Read More »Mountain Moot – What we got up to!
This blog post is an extract from our GAAD webinar which focuses on layers of accessibility and online learning. Think of all users doing tasks or reading content on Moodle. There are a number of different layers in this cake (as shown above) that need to be considered. Initially, there… Read More »Key Layers of Accessibility
Key Accessibility Tips: Equations This blog post is an extract from our GAAD webinar. Here is one of Gavin’s 7 tips for improving accessibility in your Moodle courses. Usings equations in a course is an excellent way to help learners. However, when displaying equations, avoid using images of equations! It… Read More »Key Accessibility Tips: Equations
Key Accessibility Tips: Tables This blog post is an extract from our GAAD webinar. Here is one of Gavin’s 7 tips for improving accessibility in your Moodle courses. Make sure to use tabular data only. Stop using tables for layout, please! Add captions to introduce your table contents, unless the… Read More »Key Accessibility Tips: Tables
Key Accessibility Tips: Links This blog post is an extract from our GAAD webinar. Here is one of Gavin’s 7 tips for improving accessibility in your Moodle courses. Hyperlinks are a powerful accessibility feature of online learning. They enable tutors to provide alternative routes, alternative explanations and alternative media. Links… Read More »Key Accessibility Tips: Links
Consejos clave de accesibilidad: Multimedia Esta entrada es un extracto de nuestro seminario web GAAD. Aquí tienes uno de los 7 consejos de Gavin para mejorar la accesibilidad en tus cursos de Moodle. Importante: ¡Distribuye los contenidos a través de un reproductor multimedia accesible!Proporciona siempre a los usuarios controles para… Read More »Consejos clave de accesibilidad: Multimedia
Consejos clave de accesibilidad: Enlaces Esta entrada es un extracto de nuestro webinar GAAD. Aquí tienes uno de los 7 consejos de Gavin para mejorar la accesibilidad en tus cursos de Moodle. Los hipervínculos son una potente característica de accesibilidad del aprendizaje en línea. Permiten a los tutores ofrecer rutas… Read More »Consejos clave de accesibilidad: Enlaces