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

[Arielle Silverman]

Hi Carlos. Your questions are fairly general so I'm not quite sure how
to advise. Could you maybe share a specific accessibility challenge
you've had and we could brainstorm some solutions? As far as time
management goes I think the best thing to think about is just how you
can break down your course assignments into manageable daily work
chunks, and then to designate a certain number of minutes each day to
work on those assignments (when you are not at your job). For example,
if you work 9-5, you might designate 6-8 p.m. each weekday and 1-5
p.m. each weekend day to working on school stuff. Then figure out how
much time you have to complete each assignment and divide that up into
daily allocations of work. For example if the class requires 40 pages
of reading and a quiz each week you might plan to do 5 pages of
reading each weeknight and the remaining 15 pages of reading on the
weekend and then take the quiz each Sunday afternoon. Another strategy
is to build an extra day into your schedule each week for "catch-up"
and use that time to meet with a reader and go over anything
inaccessible or just get caught up on work for that week. These are
just general guidelines so if you want to share more specific details
I may be able to help more.
Best, Arielle

On 8/23/15, Carlos Montas via nabs-l <nabs-l at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> Good afternoon I wanted to repost the following message because I wanted
> some more feedback on some of the questions that I've asked. Thank you so
> much and may you all have a wonderful start to the semester.
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
> Begin forwarded message:
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>> From: Carlos Montas via nabs-l <nabs-l at nfbnet.org>
>> Date: August 19, 2015 at 9:28:13 AM EDT
>> To: National Association of Blind Students mailing list
>> <nabs-l at nfbnet.org>
>> Cc: Carlos Montas <carlos.montas at att.net>
>> Subject: [nabs-l] Fwd: Taking on line classes and overcoming difficult
>> situations
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>>
>> Sent from my iPhone
>>
>> Begin forwarded message:
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>>> From: Carlos Montas <carlos.montas at gmail.com>
>>> Date: August 19, 2015 at 9:24:00 AM EDT
>>> To: Carlos Montas <carlos.montas at att.net>
>>> Subject: Fwd: Taking on line classes and overcoming difficult situations
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Sent from my iPhone
>>>
>>> Begin forwarded message:
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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.
>>>>
>>>> Sent from my iPhone
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