[nabs-l] Accessibility of McGraw-Hill online products

Sat Sep 10 04:33:09 UTC 2016

Zach,
The best option I have come across, especially with a class like general chemistry is to work with your professor to come up with an alternate assignment that involves meeting with the professor and or tutor or TA of some sort while working on it.  Connect is not very accessible. And especially inaccessible with the material you will be looking at in this class.  It is entirely unfair that the students get to have an interactive learning environment on the site, get to work at it at their own time and pace.  And based on how your instructor set it up, students can usually get hints, tutorials, and direct access to relevant sections of the book when they are having trouble figuring out a question.  I tried doing this using a reader, but it was just too hard to keep a schedule for as much time as I needed.  So the best option, for me anyway, is to make sure to work with the professor to make sure you are getting similar assignments with similar interactive and tutorial possibilities while working on the assignment.  This is more work for the professor, however it is not your fault the department has chosen to use exclusive technology.

Anna E Givens

> On Sep 9, 2016, at 6:17 AM, Cazares, Gabe via NABS-L <nabs-l at nfbnet.org> wrote:
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> Hi Zach,
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> Unfortunately, your experience is not uncommon when it comes to McGraw-Hill products. All of the McGraw-Hill products that I encountered as a student, and that I have heard of in my current role, have presented significant accessibility barriers for blind students.
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> Let's touch base off-list to talk about the specifics of your current situation, and brainstorm some ideas on moving forward.
> Thanks,
> 
> ...Gabe
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> From: NABS-L [mailto:nabs-l-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Zachary N. Griego-Dreicer via NABS-L
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> Subject: [nabs-l] Accessibility of McGraw-Hill online products
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> Good morning fellow  federationists
>  I am in a general chemistry class this semester that requires online homework and exams through McGraw-Hill and I think the specific product is there connect plus. I am finding it impossible to answer the questions asked on the homework assignments so far, using a MacBook Pro 13 inch with the latest software and operating system OS X El Capitan. Has anyone on any operating system been able to use McGraw-Hill connect plus online interface to successfully complete homework and exams for class? As of that time I'm writing this, I am 100% reliant on a classmate to help me through these assignments, which is not in the least ideal. Except for the fact that it reinforces the material for him, I feel that I am not able to get as good an understanding of the material. If the product is not accessible, can someone in the list perhaps help me to communicate with McGraw-Hill about their software? Or is this strictly based on the instructor choosing questions?   
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> P.s. Thanks to those of you who answered my previous question about partying it up while in college, my host family took me to a party but it was not anything to do with my school. Maybe one day under the right circumstances I will go to a school party. 
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