[nabs-l] A H instructor

[Justin Williams]

Not sure how much of a law suit that is.  Did it affect yoru grade?  You may
have an argument to be able to take the course over or something, or redo
assignments.
 Justin

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From: NABS-L [mailto:nabs-l-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Karl Martin
Adam via NABS-L
Sent: Saturday, August 26, 2017 5:00 PM
To: National Association of Blind Students mailing list <nabs-l at nfbnet.org>
Cc: Karl Martin Adam <kmaent1 at gmail.com>
Subject: Re: [nabs-l] A H instructor

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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