[nabs-l] accessibility of blackboard

[Jewel S.]

I tried to use the discussion boards on Blackboard 9.1 (using JAWS
11), and could not post. I could read others' posts, but there was
literally no edit box for my post for me to post a reply or my own
topic. I don't know if this was just me, but I found it very
problematic. The chat is also not accessible, if I remember right.

Everything else, as far as I saw, was fully accessible. Grades,
handouts, quizzes (taking a quiz on Blackboard is easy!), and so on.

Not all schools have updated to Blackboard 9.1, however, so check
which version your school has and encourage them to update if they
don't have 9.1, the most accessible version.

On 11/17/10, David Andrews <dandrews at visi.com> wrote:
> It was announced this past summer, at NFB Convention that Version 9.1
> of Blackboard was fully accessible.  I would guess you would also
> need a recent version of your screen reader to have the most success.
>
> Dave
>
> At 10:10 AM 11/16/2010, you wrote:
>>Hi All,
>>
>>Is Blackboard more accessible now?  What about the discussion
>>boards?  In the past I could not write on the board and post my
>>assignments because I could not find the button with jaws. I'll be
>>taking an online class or two that uses black board and hope there's
>>no access issues.
>>
>>I use jaws.
>
>
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