[nabs-l] introduction, and a few questions

[Sarah Jevnikar]

Hi Kerri,
Welcome to the list! These are not dumb questions at all.
You might consider buying an audio recorder for your lectures. You'll need
to ask permission from the profs to record their lectures for your own
personal use, but if you have that stipulation put into your list of
official accommodations (assuming you have been working with your school's
department for students with disabilities) then they are less likely to say
no.
I hope all goes well and feel free to ask any more questions you might have.

Just a note to JAWS users: make sure you're spelling people's names right.
Kerri's name is spelled k e r r i and even though you might give good advice
your negligence in checking how someone spells their name is inconsiderate
and mildly insulting. I'm a JAWS user too and I know how easy it is not to
think twice about homonyms but it is extremely important nonetheless.

Have a good one,
Sarah



-----Original Message-----
From: nabs-l-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:nabs-l-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf
Of alena roberts
Sent: Tuesday, December 08, 2009 10:45 PM
To: National Association of Blind Students mailing list
Subject: Re: [nabs-l] introductionn, and a few questions

Carey,

Welcome to the list. As far as your questions. I don't think asking for
electronic copies is unreasonable. Also, for notes you should ask your
disability services office for a notetaker, and if you want to read the
notes on blackboard, you need to ask your prof to change the format so that
they're a pdf file rather than power point. That worked for me at least. Let
me know if you have any other questions.

Alena
On Dec 8, 2009, at 5:50 PM, Kerri Kosten wrote:

> Hi All:
> 
> I am new to the list. I just recently joined the NFB after listening
> to the convention in July.
> 
> My name is Kerri Kosten. I am a student at West Virginia University
> majoring in Journalism. I also work at a local radio station, doing
> the sports page for one of the stations websites among other things.
> 
> I had a couple of questions. I wasn't taught very well in high school
> about college, so I hope these aren't dumb questions.
> 
> First, if a professor hands out material in print, is it appropriate
> to ask for them to email you an electronic copy? I have Kurzweil at
> home, but my scanner is really big so haven't set it up in my
> apartment yet. I use and love the Iphone so don't really want to have
> to switch to a Nokia just for the KNFB reader, so that's not really an
> option so I've been just asking the professors to email a copy of the
> handout but wanted to make sure this is appropriate and okay, and not
> asking too much.
> 
> How do you handle taking notes from powerpoint lectures? At WVU, the
> professors always use powerpoints up on a screen so the other students
> can copy the notes down from the powerpoints. They post the
> powerpoints on Blackboard after the class, but I haven't found them to
> be accessible from the Blackboard's website unless I am doing
> something wrong.
> I have been just listening for key things the professor says and
> writing stuff down that way that I think is noteworthy but if the
> professor gives a really long definition sometimes I forget part of
> the definition. The other students can of course look at the
> powerpoints to make sure they have copied the notes correctly...so I
> was wondering how you guys handled that.
> 
> I am also going to take a class next semester in Biology. When we
> study genetics, how did you do the whole punnett square thing to
> understand genetics?
> 
> Thanks so much, and like I said I hope these aren't dumb questions.
> 
> Kerri
> 
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