[nabs-l] Blackboard

[Ashley Bramlett]

Hi Vejas,

You can use standard website navigation commands and standard reading 
commands on blackboard to navigate. I use jaws and I think you do too.

Yes  blackboard is generally accessible. You can
read the main stuff like documents and announcements, but I recommend 
downloading your documents since jaws reads them better that way off line.
So if the professor has powerpoints, download them first and change it to 
edit mode. Files from the internet download in a protected mode by default 
so you need to change that to edit mode which is in the file menu to read 
it.
You will need to first get in to blackboard and  go to the heading about 
your enrolled classes; you will see a list of your classes you have that use 
blackboard. Click the one you want to go to. Then, first  page you get to is 
your announcements. To get to the other folders, simply tab to the links and 
open them or  use the links list to go to  a link.

I've used blackboard and found the discussion board hard to use. I could not 
seem to read all messages in a discussion forum or create a thread. A few 
other qwerks about the blackboard experience such as the grading feature is 
hard to read. But generally its accessible.
No you should not need a separate account. My school always used my same 
user name and password to log in to all online services like student email 
and the database to see grades.

hth,
Ashley
-----Original Message----- 
From: Vejas Vasiliauskas via NABS-L
Sent: Wednesday, August 31, 2016 7:02 PM
To: nabs-l at nfbnet.org
Cc: Vejas Vasiliauskas
Subject: [nabs-l] Blackboard

Hi All,
I am just getting acquainted with the website Blackhard, which I
am using for one of my classes.  It doesn't seem the most
user-friendly and there is no "skip to main content" button so I
have go go through some junk on every page, but I am still hoping
that I can work with it.
Two questions:
1.  Is Blackboard generally accessible for blind people (reading
documents and using the discussion boards?)
2.  Do you need to create a Blackboard account with a username
and password if you are already in your course?
Thanks,
Vejas

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