[nabs-l] blackboard issues

[Greg Aikens]

Hi Ashley,
I am using JAWS 12 and Windows 7 and Firefox and am not having this issue.  When I click the file name, it automatically begins downloading it to the downloads folder.  I would give Firefox a try.  You could also check to see which version of blackboard your school is using.  If it is an older version, it might not work as well, although you said you were able to do this before….  

-Greg

-Greg


On Aug 30, 2012, at 6:35 PM, "Ashley Bramlett" <bookwormahb at earthlink.net> wrote:

> well that doesn't help. I paid a lot of money to use jaws.
> I thought nfb worked and was continuing to work with blackboard on this. I am really frustrated. Also, I do not know if it is a jaw issue. I  don't know how it could be. It reads the link and the name of the link, yet I cannot click on it. That is why I need someone to try with a mouse. Then, I will know it’s a jaws thing and can complain. I might also take it into school and have my professor guide me through how to use blackboard. With frames, you do not always see the links with jaws. They could tell me what to click on.
> 
> Well, I hope I can find a solution to this. I did not have this problem last two semesters. And I thought blackboard was supposed to be more accessible now!
> Ashley
> 
> -----Original Message----- From: Wasif, Zunaira
> Sent: Thursday, August 30, 2012 5:09 PM
> To: National Association of Blind Students mailing list
> Subject: Re: [nabs-l] blackboard issues
> 
> Supposedly, System access works really well with blackboard while JAWS is problematic. I heard this info second hand.
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: nabs-l-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:nabs-l-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Ashley Bramlett
> Sent: Thursday, August 30, 2012 1:22 PM
> To: National Association of Blind Students mailing list
> Subject: [nabs-l] blackboard issues
> 
> Hi all,
> 
> Well, my classes use blackboard. My professor for pr has posted most handouts which would help me because I got the paper copy in class but need an electronic copy. But, the problem is this. I go to blackboard and click the class, click course documents, and then cannot click on the file link to open and download the file. Gee. Anyone have this issue?
> I thought it was just this professor, but then I realized it happened for my second class too! I press  enter wich is the key for clicking usually. I then tried the application key, which is a right click, and still nothing. I am meerly taken to another screen with the same info.
> 
> Any ideas? I’ll ask a sighted person to try and  see if the same issue comes up with the mouse. But as far as I can tell, I cannot open these files with the keyboard. Note, I could last semester using the method I just described, by either pressing enter or right clicking on the document. FYI, I have windows 7 and internet explorer with jaws 13.
> 
> Any  ideas. thanks.
> Ashley
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