[nabs-l] Black board question

[Gloria G]

Hi,
I am sorry my post was wrong. I was asking about blackboard not powerpoint. 
I figured out what I needed to get though. Thanks and sorry for the 
confusion
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Ashley Bramlett" <bookwormahb at earthlink.net>
To: "National Association of Blind Students mailing list" 
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Sent: Thursday, August 23, 2012 9:26 AM
Subject: Re: [nabs-l] Black board question


> 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"
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> 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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