[nabs-l] A H instructor

[Karl Martin Adam]

It is not the job of instructors to provide technical support or 
to teach you how to use course management systems.  Suing the 
college because an instructor doesn't do something that they know 
nothing about and that is not part of their job is completely 
inappropriate.  You need to contact your school's IT department 
if you're having trouble with technology, and they may well end 
up sending you to the accessibility people at Blackboard and the 
other company you mentioned.  If after doing all that it turns 
out the system isn't accessible, then it would be time to ask for 
an accommodation like submitting your work through e-mail or 
having a reader help you with the system.

HTH,
Karl

 ----- Original Message -----
From: Bryan Schulz via NABS-L <nabs-l at nfbnet.org
To: <nabs-l at nfbnet.org
Date sent: Sat, 26 Aug 2017 15:26:25 -0500
Subject: [nabs-l] A H instructor

Hi,

I'd like opinions when would you mention the l word to a college.
That would be lawsuit.

Say you are brand new to using blackboard and mindtap that are 
mildly
accessible and you ask an instructor where to find the 
assignments and
quizzes in mindtap and the AH says figure it out for yourself!

The blackboard program turns out to be easy to navigate with jaws 
after you
get used to it but time is not a luxury with an eight week class.
When an instructor loads their blackboard on Saturday and class 
starts on
Monday and a major task is due on Wednesday and someone using 
jaws to
navigate the screens was only an after-thought, one can get 
behind from day
one.

Many hours wouldn't have been wasted if someone could have 
provided a crash
course for blackboard and days were wasted fumbling around in 
mindtap.
One course works well within mindtap and I found a list of 
assignments and
quizzes which we are required to complete but another course 
can't even be
started due to the mindtap screens and an instructor saying try 
another
browser and it works fine on my end, it must be your computer.

Thanks,
Bryan

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