[nabs-l] Accessibility of Blackboard?

Tue Dec 4 02:00:24 UTC 2012

Thank you Arielle.  I will definitely try these options out.
Lily

On 12/2/12, Arielle Silverman <arielle71 at gmail.com> wrote:
> Professors like to post image files because they can just scan printed
> documents and put the scanned images directly up on Blackboard. For
> older documents, it's usually a lot easier to get a print copy than it
> is to get an electronic copy that was generated directly in Adobe, and
> mainstream scanners just take a picture of the print without
> converting it to text. However, the suggestions I gave earlier for
> converting these files with RoboBraille or an OCR package should work.
> Arielle
>
> On 12/2/12, Ashley Bramlett <bookwormahb at earthlink.net> wrote:
>> Liliya,
>> Oh are you at george mason? if so what is your major? When do you
>> graduate?
>> I recall when I went to gmu before I transferred that they were just
>> starting to use blackboard.
>>
>> I wanted to know the current state of accessibility; do you get textbooks
>> on
>>
>> time and in a usable format?
>> Please write me off list and share your experiences if you are a current
>> or
>>
>> recent student. Yep, I heard professors love to put up files. Thankfully
>> last semester I attended they use blackboard minimally; mainly to post
>> announcements and grades, not documents. The issues I ran into back then
>> like 7 years ago was the  group chat feature and submission of
>> assignments
>> was not accessible; and when I went to marymount, it still was not
>> accessible.
>>
>> I hate those inaccessible files.
>> Ashley
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Liliya Asadullina
>> Sent: Sunday, December 02, 2012 5:11 PM
>> To: National Association of Blind Students mailing list
>> Subject: Re: [nabs-l] Accessibility of Blackboard?
>>
>> Hey Everett,
>> As Brandon says, blackboard is just okay.
>> George mason University love to post their assignments on there all
>> the time.  I have ran into the same issues with opening and
>> downloading the PDF files.  My professors like to use image text files
>> for PDF.  I'm not sure how to convert the imaged text documents into
>> word without sighted assistance.   If I were you, I'd contact your CSU
>> professors ahead of time and ask if any of the stuff that they are
>> planning to post on blackboard are image jet peg PDF files.  Also, I
>> found out that using the Jaws cursor on blackboard helps me navigate
>> throughout my assignments more eficiently as well.
>>
>> Let me know if you need editional help and I'll see what I could find
>> out.
>> All the best,
>> Lily
>>
>> On 12/2/12, Brandon Keith Biggs <brandonkeithbiggs at gmail.com> wrote:
>>> Hello,
>>> Blackboard is OK, it takes a little poking around to find things, but
>>> there
>>>
>>> is very little I have found that can't be found with persistence. I'm
>>> not
>>> sure why they don't switch to Etudes, because Blackboard is extremely
>>> limited, but that is another topic.
>>> The only difficulty I've had is downloading all the PDFs my teacher
>>> uploads
>>>
>>> there, it takes for ever and one or two are not accessible from the get
>>> go,
>>>
>>> so I have to pull out all my technology.
>>> Thanks,
>>>
>>> Brandon Keith Biggs
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: Everett Gavel
>>> Sent: Sunday, December 02, 2012 11:34 AM
>>> To: nabs-l at nfbnet.org
>>> Subject: [nabs-l] Accessibility of Blackboard?
>>>
>>> Hello Again, All,
>>>
>>> Can any of you tell me good or bad points on using
>>> Blackboard? I remember that the 2010 (?) national
>>> NFB convention had a presentation on the
>>> accessibility of Blackboard. However, I've heard a
>>> few times that the upgrade(s) since then are less
>>> accessible, and that even that supposedly
>>> accessible version wasn't totally accessible. Can
>>> anyone clarify, or point me to some discussions or
>>> articles explaining such details, please? I'm
>>> thinking of switching from ashford to Colorado
>>> State U Online, and right now Ashford U is very
>>> accessible. But Ashford uses the Constellation
>>> classroom system, and CSU uses Blackboard.
>>>
>>> Thanks for any help with this.
>>>
>>>
>>> Strive On!
>>> Everett
>>> everett at everettgavel.com
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
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