[nabs-l] Fwd: Taking on line classes and overcoming difficult situations

[justin williams]

The one thing I would tell you is to go at your own pace, and don't focus on
what anyone else is doing.  Give yourself some flexibility.  With our having
to ensure accessibility, and with a full time job, sometimes, you may take
less of a workload. Another trick I use is I may take a day to just set
everything up.  No school work, or nothing, just take an hour or two and
make sure everything is in place so the next time, you can begin your
assignment right away, so you can focus all your energy on the set up and
preparation and feel as if you accomplished something still. The next time,
your energy is focused on just completing the assignments. 



Justin.
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>> From: Carlos Montas <carlos.montas at gmail.com>
>> Date: August 19, 2015 at 7:38:42 AM EDT
>> To: "nabs-l at nfbnet.org" <nabs-l at nfbnet.org>
>> Subject: Taking on line classes and overcoming difficult situations
>> 
>> Good morning to all.  My name is Carlos Montas.  I have been a member of
this great organization for a long time now.  For those of you who do not
know I am a vocational rehabilitation counselor and I am also pursuing my
Masters in Rehabilitation Counseling through the online program at the
University of Kentucky.  I first started this process in the fall of 2013.
However as my caseload grew, and I ,began to experience accessability issues
with blackboard and  the like I became extremely frustrated. Now that I have
been on the job for 4 years now I have a better idea of what I am doing as a
counselor.  My question is as someone who is working full time and at the
same time going to school what kinds of suggestions would you give me as it
relates to time management and dealing with possible accessability issues?
The University of Kentucky has moved from Blackboard to a system called
Canvas.  I have spent this summer testing the system out with Jaws and
System Access as well as with my mac.  So far I have not had issues with
Canvas in the testing enviroment.  I withdrew and now I am going to attempt
to complete my Masters.  Any suggestions would be appreciated.  I start
class next week and because of my past I find my self feeling extremely
nervous.  I know that working and going to school is challenging but I know
it can be done I guess the challenge will be for me to put my past behind
me.  thanks for reading this post.  
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