[nabs-l] Black board question

[Ashley Bramlett]

Gloria,
No, you have to purchase either the powerpoint application or the full 
office suite. your school bookstore probably offers a discount on microsoft 
suite products.

-----Original Message----- 
From: Gloria G
Sent: Thursday, August 23, 2012 9:09 AM
To: National Association of Blind Students mailing list
Subject: Re: [nabs-l] Black board question

Hi,
How would I get the latest version of powerpoint? Is it just a matter of
downloading it when I go to the page? Thanks
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Jewel" <herekittykat2 at gmail.com>
To: "National Association of Blind Students mailing list"
<nabs-l at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Wednesday, August 22, 2012 10:01 AM
Subject: Re: [nabs-l] Black board question


> 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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