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
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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!
Sponsoring MootIEUK20!
ALT Virtual Summer Summit 2020! This week, we attended ALT’s first virtual Summer Summit. The two day online event was hosted by the Association for Learning Technology, an independent charity and leading professional body for Learning Technology in the UK. Brickfield Education Labs sponsored the event held on 26-27 August.… Read More »ALT Virtual Summer Summit 2020!
ALT Virtual Summer Summit 2020!
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!
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 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: 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: 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
Key Accessibility Tips: Links
Key Accessibility Tips: Text 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. Colour Contrast How important is colour contrast? It is not until there is poor lighting and sight issues that colour contrast becomes… Read More »Key Accessibility Tips: Text
Key Accessibility Tips: Text
Key Accessibility Tips: Multimedia 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. N.B. Deliver via accessible media player! Always provide users with controls to stop, pause and replay media. Closed Captions (CC), Subtitles and… Read More »Key Accessibility Tips: Multimedia