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

[Ryan Silveira]

Hello,

Thank you for your e-mail.  I am currently on vacation and will return on the 7th of September, 2015.  I will periodically check my e-mail, but please do not expect an immediate response.  Thank you very much.


Ryan L. Silveira
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On Aug 19, 2015, at 7:00 AM, justin williams via nabs-l <nabs-l at nfbnet.org> wrote:

> 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.
> -----Original Message-----
> From: nabs-l [mailto:nabs-l-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Carlos Montas
> via nabs-l
> Sent: Wednesday, August 19, 2015 9:28 AM
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> Cc: Carlos Montas <carlos.montas at att.net>
> Subject: [nabs-l] Fwd: Taking on line classes and overcoming difficult
> situations
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> 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
> 
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> Sent from my iPhone
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> 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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