[nabs-l] course compass

[Beth]

Cindy, to answer your question, I did Course Compass once, had the
same problem, and hired a prite tutor through the Office for Disabled
Students.  She walked me through the stuff I had to know.  I at first
had a girl who had no idea what to do, then I got bad grades on the
tests, then another lady toom over, and the grades improved.  Sad,
isn't that?
Beth

On 1/12/09, Arielle Silverman <arielle71 at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi Cindy,
>
> I don't know a thing about Course Compass, but your situation
> definitely sounds frustrating and unfortunate. If a lot of NABS
> members are having problems this might be an issue we'll want to
> address as an organization with Course Compass and/or JAWS (for
> scripting, etc.)
>
> The most equitable solution is probably to hire either a reader or a
> private tutor depending on how much help you think you'll need with
> learning the material. If you are understanding the concepts pretty
> well from the lectures a reader to simply tell you what is on the
> screen may be all you need, but if you want to get more conceptual
> assistance a tutor (either paid or volunteer through your academic
> support center) may be more appropriate.
>
> Alternatively, if you're short on funds and it's not easy to secure
> reader money from rehab, you can see if your professor would be
> willing to send you the homework questions in an MS-Word file, and
> then meet with your prof or TA (if there is one) during their office
> hours to go over conceptual issues. Most professors love to work with
> students one-on-one and professor office hours are generally an
> underused resource. You  probably won't be able to use your professor
> as a reader for every assignment, but if the prof can send you the
> questions and then be there to provide instruction should you  need
> it, this can be very workable.
>
> Teaching assistants are another overlooked source of assistance.
> Usually TA's are graduate students in the field they teach (in this
> case, math) who get paid by the department to help students and take
> care of administrative details. They also hold office hours and are
> getting compensated to help students with things, so you won't
> inconvenience your TA unduly if you make an appointment with him/her
> to go over material. TA's may also be willing to convert the homework
> assignments into formats you  can use. When I took advanced statistics
> at the undergrad level, my TA helped me with learning computer
> programs and converting tables from the textbook into a format that I
> could use. Many TA's are happy to help not just because it's their
> job, but because it gives them more experience with teaching.
>
> This isn't directly related to Cindy's question, but sometimes TA's
> can also serve as good readers for exams if you're having trouble
> getting permission to use your own readers. TA's have to be around on
> test day, but often have nothing really to do during the test itself,
> making them available to read. The good thing about using a TA as a
> reader is that the TA is familiar with the material and can describe
> diagrams, charts, etc. accurately. Yet it's often not as
> nerve-wracking as using the professor as a reader especially if the TA
> isn't grading your test.
>
> Arielle
>
> On 1/12/09, Cindy Bennett <passionflower505 at yahoo.com> wrote:
>> This semester, all of the homework for my college algebra class is done
>> online through a website generated by the company that publishes the book.
>> It is called course compass. Today i attempted my first assignment. I
>> first
>> downloaded the necissary software, and i attempted to read the questions,
>> but so far, Jaws version 9 has not read any of it. My room mate confirmed
>> the fact that the questions are vissibly there, but it is, in fact, that
>> jaws is just not reading them. Have any of you worked with course compass
>> while using a screen reader?
>>
>> I would really like to hear what you guys have done when online components
>> did not work. Should i just get another assignment? Something out of the
>> book? One of the purposes of the online homework is to provide access to
>> help. There are links that walk students through difficult problems step
>> by
>> step, and if i don't have access to the site, then i would be missing out
>> on
>> a lot of help. There is a learning center on campus, but sessions for the
>> course that i am in generally meet as a group. Should i request to have a
>> private tutor since i might not have access to all of the online help?
>>
>> It is disapointing to me, because so far, i have had access to everything
>> having to do with the school and even blackboard, but this is different.
>> Thanks
>> Cindy
>>
>>
>>
>>
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