[NABS-L] Camera Accommodations In Virtual College Classes?

[Sidney Horn]

Hi Nick,
So typically, I keep my camera on if they are asking me to. At least this
is how I've done it in the past and still do it today. I'm at a university,
doing in-person classes.
I would say, if you have a stand, you can prop your phone or iPad up on
that. And just have it to where the phone is straight up and down, with the
screen looking directly at you. If front facing view is toggled on, then
you should be good.
Hopefully this helps,


Sidney


On Sun, Aug 24, 2025 at 5:46 PM Nick Stover via NABS-L <nabs-l at nfbnet.org>
wrote:

> Hello all,
>
> My college career has been made entirely of virtual classes, with most
> professors being very laissez-faire as to whether one's camera was on or
> off. A professor this semester, however, is very avid for video this
> semester, complete with cameras. I'm totally blind, so setting up a camera
> is not the easiest thing in the world. Trying to feel out if there's a
> blind consensus for these situations: do you insist on accommodation of the
> camera being off which my DRC adviser has made clear I can do, or take it
> as learning opportunity because you will be expected to utiliz  similar
> set-ups in professional contexts? And for those of you who operate
> professionally, how valuable are these sorts of skills? Is this the sort of
> visual expectation you can subvert without much fuss, or have you had
> negative feedback/consequence from having your camera off at meetings?
> Warmly,
> Nick
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