[nabs-l] introduction, and a few questions

Wed Dec 9 19:38:39 UTC 2009

Kerri,
You can also ask your professors to email you copies of the  powerpoints.

Domonique

On 12/9/09, Cindy Bennett <clb5590 at gmail.com> wrote:
> I don't know if your blackboard works the same as mine, but from the
> beginning, it looked quite inaccessible, but i discovered the link,
> creat a printable view, and it brings up a page with check boxes
> beside all of the options, for example, my professor would have for
> each chapter, the class notes, and any handouts. I would check these
> boxes, and it would bring up a printable view which is then
> accessible.
>
> Again, i don't know if all Blackboard runs the same, but i found that
> to be quite helpful.
>
> In biology, it helped me to braille out the punnett squares on my own
> time after class, once you get the hang of it though, you will be able
> to do small ones in your head, but when they get to be three by three
> or four by four, writing them out in whatever format you use
> definitely helps.
>
> Cindy
>
> On 12/9/09, Darian Smith <dsmithnfb at gmail.com> wrote:
>> Hi kerri,
>>   Welcome to the list.
>>   My name  is Darian Smith, I am a  board member  with the national
>> association of blind students and a student at city college of san
>> francisco.
>>     Please don't feel like any question you ask here is a "dumb
>> question", as  we are all students and  learning  about school,
>> blindness and life.
>>   i would have to agree with what everyone's been saying in regards to
>> accomidations.  I've had instructors that have either  E-mailed  me
>> the  handouts, or I've gotten the handouts to scan myself.  I use a
>> braille note to  take notesin class and that works just fine for me
>> and I also have a  digital recorder that I baught from radio shack and
>> it has worked rather well in some situations for getting the lecture
>> down for me to refer back to  it and note take.
>>   I know I am probably not going to be able to answer all of your
>> questions, but I hope i've answered some.  Just  know that  there is
>> always a way to tackle  a situation; some ways people suggeston how to
>> go about things may work for you, others may not and that's all fine.
>>  Just know that you have  options and tools, and now a whole group of
>> successful blind students just like yourself who are here and happy to
>> be of assistance, as you yourself will be to other students.
>>   Again, welcome and thank you  so much for your questions!
>>  Please don't be a  stranger and post as frequent as you like!
>>  Best,
>>   Darian
>>
>>
>>
>> On 12/8/09, Ben Peters <myangelblessings at hotmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>> Hi Keri, welcome to the list. I'm Ben, and I just graduated with my
>>> associates and am now going to be working on my BA in psychology.
>>>
>>> It is very reasonable and appropriate to ask professors for handouts to
>>> be
>>> emailed. I do this all the time, and try to have them emailed before
>>> class
>>> so I'm on the same page. I had one professor willing to email everything
>>> including exams at one time, but he was the only one that went to that
>>> extreme.
>>>
>>> I take notes on a braille note. I don't get everything, but I try to make
>>> up
>>> for this by doing a few things. 1. I record the lecture. 2. I take notes
>>> when reading the book jotting down definitions etc that are important. 3.
>>> I
>>> team up with a friend or someone I know in the class so I can always ask
>>> them questions (or vise vera) about stuff I didn't get written down. 4. I
>>> ask the professor about specific definitions or whatever. 5. I will
>>> google
>>> it. I don't do all this at once, I use what I think is useful at the
>>> time.
>>>
>>> In regards to the powerpoint slides, talk to your professor and explain
>>> the
>>> situation. Ask him or her to provide them in blackboard or to you
>>> privately
>>> in a different format like PDF or word. Generally I've found these
>>> formats
>>> to work better than powerpoints. Just make the case for it. I had a
>>> professor last semester go out of his way (thankfully for me) to provide
>>> me
>>> word files of all the matterial posted to blackboard while the other
>>> students got the regular format. If the professor won't assist, consider
>>> talking to your disability services office and see what they suggest.
>>> They
>>> might be able to reformat them for you. But you should have the same
>>> access
>>> to the powerpoints as everyone else.
>>>
>>> I'm sorry, but I can't help with your biology question.
>>>
>>> Ben
>>>
>>> myangelblessings at hotmail.com
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Join me
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>  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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