[nabs-l] Black board question

[Koby Cox]

Ashley,
Can you email me off list? My email address Is as follthes:
kobycox%gmailcom   ----- Original Message -----
From: Ashley Coleman <amc05111 at gmail.com
To: National Association of Blind Students mailing list 
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Date sent: Wed, 22 Aug 2012 12:21:13 -0400
Subject: Re: [nabs-l] Black board question

Hi all,
I'd like to back up what Jewel had to say.

I've been using BlackBoard for several years now, and it's always 
been
eccessible.  If someone is having problems they might want to 
check
and see if their screen reader is updated.

Ashley C

On 8/22/12, Jewel <herekittykat2 at gmail.com> wrote:
 Dear list,
 I would like to back up what was said about Blackboard being
 accessible.  I have used it for over a year now (this is my 
third
 semester using it for all my classes), and the only problems I 
have
 had were not because of inaccessibility of Blackboard (such as 
.PDF
 files or inaccessible powerpoints).  I also just posted on the
 discussion forum for my literature class and using Insert + F7 
to find
 the links to create a new thread and submit, I had no problem! B 
The
 latest version of Blackboard, which my college has, is as close 
to
 accessible as you can get, and is even friendly with headings 
and
 links.  If Blackboard is not working for someone, it may be that 
the
 school has a previous version of Blackboard.  I believe the 
latest  is
 9.1? I happen to love Blackboard for my classes.  When a 
professor says
 "It's on Blackboard" I jump for joy, because it means I have 
access to
 the same things that other students can access.
 My two cents,
 Jewel Shuping
 Wake Technical Community College

 On 8/21/12, Nathan Clark <troubleclark at gmail.com> wrote:
 Dear all,
 Blackboard is user friendly to the blind.  I worked for my 
college's
 blackboard staff for almost two semesters and it is good.  The 
only
 part you may have problems is with the Discussion Board.  
However, I
 don't know exactly know what version my school is running but I 
like
 how Jaws navigates around the site.
 Sincerely,
 Nathan Clark

 On 8/21/12, Patrick Molloy <ptrck.molloy at gmail.com> wrote:
 Have they given a reason why they won't do that? If they are 
uploading
 things to Blackboard, then they already have electronic copies 
of the
 documents.  Maybe talk to your disabilities office and tell them 
what's
 going on.  They might be able to talk to the professors for you 
and
 solve the problem.

 On 8/21/12, Koby Cox <kobycox at gmail.com> wrote:
 Patrick,
 They are refusing to do so.
 Koby.

  ----- Original Message -----
 From: Patrick Molloy <ptrck.molloy at gmail.com
 To: National Association of Blind Students mailing list
 <nabs-l at nfbnet.org
 Date sent: Tue, 21 Aug 2012 11:54:43 -0400
 Subject: Re: [nabs-l] Black board question

 Koby,
 As far as I know, Blackboard isn't accessible with JAWS.  It can
 work,
 but it's difficult.  Newer versions of Blackboard are "better,"
 but
 that's not saying much.  On the other hand, Moodle, which is
 similar in
 nature to Blackboard, is more accessible.  The best workaround
 I've
 found is to just have your professors e-mail things.
 Patrick

 On 8/21/12, Koby Cox <kobycox at gmail.com> wrote:
  Hello all,
  Is blackboard accessible with JAWS? Is there a way to make it
  accessible with JAWS?
  Right back soon,
  Koby.

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