[NABS-L] Blackboard versus Canvas

Mon Jun 3 23:35:35 UTC 2024

Hi again
I am using a Mac with voiceover, so that’s why I need help with canvas. Thanks, Becky Sabo.
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On Jun 3, 2024, at 6:04 PM, Kelsey Nicolay via NABS-L <nabs-l at nfbnet.org> wrote:

I am very strongly considering Ashland because they are offering me a discount for being an alumni which is knocking $4,000 off the program cost. they use BlackBoard as I previously mentioned, so if I needed scripting to make BlackBoard more accessible with JAWS, is the college required to pay for that or is that my responsibility? I did my undergraduate studies on campus ′they had online classes, but I just never did any′, so all of this is new to me in terms of accommodations for online learning.  
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> On Jun 3, 2024, at 12:30 PM, nesma aly via NABS-L <nabs-l at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> 
> I used canvas for a while. I found that It’s more accessible with Firefox.
> 
>> On Mon, Jun 3, 2024 at 11:06 Rebecca Sabo via NABS-L <nabs-l at nfbnet.org>
>> wrote:
>> 
>> Hi ,
>> I am using canvas for my school.  Some reason I am having trouble using
>> the discussion board and how to move around on certain pages on it .  Is
>> there anyone who could help me with canvas?
>> Becky Sabo
>> 
>>> On May 30, 2024, at 10:36 PM, Alisha Geary via NABS-L <nabs-l at nfbnet.org>
>> wrote:
>>> 
>>> I love Canvas! I used to go to a school that used D2L and it had rather
>> messy accessibility at best and broken useless accessibility at worst.
>> Canvas is superior to D2L for sure. I’ve never used Blackboard though.
>>> Sent from my iPhone
>>> 
>>>> On May 30, 2024, at 9:34 PM, kim drudge via NABS-L <nabs-l at nfbnet.org
>> <mailto:nabs-l at nfbnet.org>> wrote:
>>>> 
>>>> Hi,
>>>> Definitely use Canvas -- it's more accessible!
>>>> I've never used Blackboard, but Canvas is mostly very accessible. I go
>> to a
>>>> community college, and it's mostly up to the professor to make things
>>>> accessible. Just tell the professor what you need and they'll make it
>>>> accessible to the best of their abilities.
>>>> However, I have a friend who uses Blackboard, and it's ok for her. But
>> I'd
>>>> definitely go for Canvas.
>>>> Thanks,
>>>> Kim
>>>> 
>>>>> On Thu, May 30, 2024 at 7:42 PM Kelsey Nicolay via NABS-L <
>> nabs-l at nfbnet.org>
>>>>> wrote:
>>>>> 
>>>>> Hello all
>>>>> Hoping you all can help out here. I am looking into going back for a
>>>>> Master's degree in Human Resources or an MBA in Human Resources. I did
>> my
>>>>> undergraduate studies at Ashland on campus and liked it, but I will
>> need to
>>>>> do the Master's online due to working full time. Ashland offers a
>> tuition
>>>>> discount for alumni, so I'm really leaning toward them. However, they
>> use
>>>>> BlackBoard for their course content which I have heard is not very
>>>>> accessible with JAWS, so that concerns me a bit. They also use Webex
>> for
>>>>> live sessions and require all students to have their video on at all
>> times
>>>>> which can be tricky for someone who is blind due to having to position
>> the
>>>>> camera properly. I have also heard commercials for Franklin University
>> and
>>>>> also like their program. They are using Canvas and they encourage
>> univers at l
>>>>> course design by faculty. from an assistive technology perspective,
>> which
>>>>> of the two systems would be more accessible? I know neither BlackBoard
>> nor
>>>>> Canvas are 100 percent accessible with JAWS, but I don't want lack of
>>>>> accessibility to be a barrier, so I would love some insight on which of
>>>>> these systems would cause less frustration in the long run.
>>>>> Sent from Kelsey Nicolay’s iPhone
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>>>> Kim Drudge
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