Enhancing Learning Management Systems Utility for Blind Students: A Task-Oriented, User-Centered, Multi-Method Evaluation Technique.
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...Prior research (Babu & Singh, 2013; Clark, 2006; Di Blas et al., 2004; Leuthold, Bargas-Avila & Opwis, 2008) has consistently shown that while these supports are necessary for technical accessibility, they do not fully account for the differing abilities, needs, and challenges of BVI users in…...
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...The Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) (W3C, 2005) addressed Web page interoperability with the SR. WCAG compliance is necessary but not sufficient to create a blind-friendly digital environment (Babu and Singh, 2013)....
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...The sight-centred design of digital resources presents challenges in SR-mediated interaction (Babu and Singh, 2013)....
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...WCAG compliance is necessary but not sufficient to create a blind-friendly digital environment (Babu and Singh, 2013)....
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...However, many users prefer listening to the page in chunks, rather than this continuous audio stream (Babu and Singh, 2013)....
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...…2004; Lazar et al., 2012; Ramayah, Jaafar, & Yatim, 2013; Yoon, Newberry, Hulscher, & Dols, 2013), non-descriptive links (AbuDoush et al., 2013; R. Babu & Singh, 2013a; Brebner & Parkinson, 2006; Byerley & Beth Chambers, 2002; Disability Rights Commission, 2004; Federici et al., 2005; André…...
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...Its hallmark is a combination user-centered and task-based approach, [15] with verbal protocol analysis, [5] an integrated problemsolving framework [11] and design standards analysis [12] for an in-depth, contextually-situated and experiential understanding of the problem....
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...Design standard analysis [12] identified design errors responsible and potential remedial measures....
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...Babu and Singh [12] employed design standards analysis to determine the accessibility and usability character of an interaction challenge....
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...[5] Babu, Singh and Ganesh [15] adapted VPA for a closer examination of blind users’ actions in completing online tasks....
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...Participants work on a task and concurrently verbalize whatever they are thinking (Ericsson & Simon, 1984; Todd & Benbasat, 1987)....
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...Existing standards-based evaluation approaches are necessary but not sufficient for an accurate assessment of Web accessibility and usability (Clark, 2006; Di Blas et al., 2004; Mankoff et al., 2005)....
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