[NFBCS] Code HS Python Course

[Ryan Mann]

Unless I am not thinking about this right, it seems to me that these assignments are not accessible for a person who is blind.  Could you talk to your instructor about alternative assignments?  An alternative assignment I can think of would be to write a program to ask a question.  If somebody answers a question one way, one thing could be printed to the screen.  If the person answers another way, something else could be printed to the screen.
An example question would be:
Do you like Python?
If the person answers no, the program could output “Oh, that’s too bad.”
If the person answers yes, the program could output “Oh, that’s awesome.”
If the instructor insists on a person who is blind doing these assignments, it seems like you would need to be allowed to work with somebody who is sighted. 

Ryan Mann
Certified Assistive Technology Instructional Specialist
rmann0581 at gmail.com
386-383-5175


> On Apr 24, 2023, at 3:08 PM, dana mohsen via NFBCS <nfbcs at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> 
> 
> Hello all,
> I hope all is well.
> I am taking a computer science course in high school, and we are using a platform called Code HS to learn python.
> The problem with the assignments of this course is that we learn python visually, meaning we have to create a code that draws certain shapes on a 400-by-400 grid. For example, we can create a program that draws a happy face if the user answers a question in a certain way.
> Has anyone had experience with these types of assignments/programs?
> The most difficult part is that when I run the code, I don't know the shape that I drew really looks like, since it only appears on the screen.
> Would love to hear other people's experience.
> Thank you.
> Best,
> Dana
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