[nabs-l] Black board question

Wed Aug 22 16:49:55 UTC 2012

Dear Ashley,
You can also email me off list if you want. My email is troubleclark at gmail.com
Nathan

On 8/22/12, Koby Cox <kobycox at gmail.com> wrote:
> 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
> <nabs-l at nfbnet.org
> 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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