[NABS-L] Blackboard Collaborate

[Jorge Alejandro Paez]

Yeah, I’ve noticed that too.
Sites such as FB for example,  became unnnworkable in Safari but the IOS app improved tons, and that’s just one example of many.
That’s why I always try stuff on both platforms to see which one works better, although the IOS environment is a pain to write a discussion post in. Sure I could get a bluetooth keyboard, but that’s not something I can afford at the moment so I use dictation which works but it’s just a pain for long posts.




Jorge
> On Jun 15, 2020, at 16:30, nesma aly via NABS-L <nabs-l at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> 
> One of the other things I am gonna say about this, is it’s also important
> to think about what platform you are using with these things. For example,
> I found that a lot of my school apps are more accessible with Android then
> they are with iOS. I also found out that a lot of things are more
> accessible when using platforms like the iPhone and iPad then they are on
> using the computer. And I guess when I say it more accessible, I just mean
> that things are easier to navigate.
> 
> On Mon, Jun 15, 2020 at 15:39 Kendra Schaber via NABS-L <nabs-l at nfbnet.org>
> wrote:
> 
>> Hi!
>> I had to go online this spring as well. I personally think Blackboard is
>> pretty accessible overall. There are some features I don’t like. I find
>> that embedded links and other visual information that gets linked to some
>> of the courses to be totally inaccessible. The discussion board that’s on
>> there is accessible to screen readers via being able to read the screen
>> itself. On the other hand, it’s not fully accessible when you include user
>> friendlyness, and work flow equality because it’s very clunky and doesn’t
>> allow blind people to work it in an equivelant work flow when compared to
>> sighted students who also use it too. There might be some technical tricks
>> that are on there that I don’t know about, conciddering I’m middle of the
>> road with my tech skills. But I think it takes longer for blind students
>> than sighted students to work the discussion board, even when blindness
>> related technique is taken into account. There are also websites, videos,
>> documents and the like that are posted that are not accessible. Also, keep
>> in mind that websites such as the one to your school’s library might have
>> issues with accessibility or that post inaccessible content. Usually, I
>> have run into both problems with my school’s library website. So, be sure
>> to explore your whole school’s website and look out for all accessibility
>> barriers including work flow issues that are caused by accessibility issues
>> such as inaccessible buttons that allow for you to make the website
>> function with your screen reader along with the ability to read posted
>> materials and/or being able to perform all tasks in an equivelant manor to
>> your fellow sighted class mates.
>> 
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>> Paez via NABS-L <nabs-l at nfbnet.org>
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>> Cc: Jorge Alejandro Paez
>> Subject: [NABS-L] Blackboard Collaborate
>> 
>> Hello everyone.
>> My name is Jorge ALejandro Paez, from South Florida, and I”m currently
>> finishing my Associate of Arts degree.
>> Because of the virus, my college has switched the on campus classes to
>> online, however we now have 2 online campuses.
>> One is the traditional online campus with discussion questions, quizs etc.
>> and the other one is the online version of the on-campus experience, using
>> BlackBoard Collaborate for everything.
>> I know there have been issues with their accessibility before, I was in
>> Dallas during the 2010 convention for all that, however I was in highschool
>> at the time and the college I’m in now never used Collaborate before this
>> point.
>> Can anyone fill me in on the accessibility of the platform with VoiceOver?
>> 
>> Thanks,
>> 
>> Jorge
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