[Athen] [EXT] Accessibility of "Eli Review"?

[ELIZABETH KILLINGER via athen-list]

With the new EITA rules going into affect all public schools are required
to have VPATs on file for each software being used. That should help.

*Elizabeth Killinger*
*Associate Coordinator*

*FIT-ABLE | Office of Disability ServicesFashion Institute of Technology*
David Dubinsky Student Center, A570
Phone: 212.217.4090
Website: fitnyc.edu/fitable

On Wed, Oct 1, 2025, 10:54 PM Deborah Armstrong via athen-list <
athen-list at u.washington.edu> wrote:


> My blind student struggling with Perusal  told me she has to also use “Eli

> Review” another online tool integrated in to her online class that she says

> requires highlighting and “clicking on stuff”.

>

> I got access to her course, but it’s a subscription thing so I’m not

> signing up just to test it.

>

> Anyone know anything about this tool and if it is screen reader friendly?

>

> I have to rant a bit: it seems like every quarter some instructor comes up

> with yet another online (third-party) tool that I’m asked to look at for

> accessibility. In the good old days, instructors just had discussion

> forums; now they’ve dispensed with it and have all these online learning

> labs that may or may not be accessible and even when they are, require

> advanced level computer skills. And they cost money too! I wish they would

> vet these things before adopting them.

>

> Plus I’m seeing more and more students with limited computer skills; they

> do everything on their phone. This goes for both blind and LD students. But

> you need to use a computer for most of these tools.

>

> And in high school, they all got personal human Aides instead of learning

> independence skills.

>

> So the trend seems to be more and more students with minimal computer

> skills and more and more web-based apps that require them!

>

> --Debee

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