[NFBCS] Accessibility of CompTia and Cyber Security Courses and Certifications

[Eric Mandell]

Hi All,

The Eyes On Success podcast recently interviewed Kirk Adams who talked
about something called The Apex Program. It's a 10 week long online
course designed for visually impaired people to prepare them for the
CompTIA Network+ and CompTIA Security+ certification exams. The
website is theapexprogram.com

It looks promising. It could be worth checking out. Has anyone on the
list been through the program and can talk about their experience?

Cheers,
Eric



On 6/28/23, Bryan Schulz via NFBCS <nfbcs at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> Hi Linda,
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> The only one I've tried was coursera, it was about 80% accessible at best.
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> The way to go for A+ was buying a book with the same comptia number you
> want
> to pass.
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> Figure out who to contact as you will have no chance of passing without a
> reader assistant from certiport.
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> You are correct about courses from a community college not being
> accessible.
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> I believe the cisco networking program where you drag/drop hardware devices
> & choose wires to connect was cisco packet tracer and was completely
> inaccessible without a visual assistant in the class.
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> If talking about Microsoft office certifications with prometric, those also
> require arranging an assistant if you want to pass as the normal office
> programs are captured in the top two thirds of an inaccessible program that
> records your steps/answers and time used.
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> I admit some of these facts may have changed since 2018 but there was zero
> interest of the cs division addressing these problems before or since 2018!
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> Bryan Schulz
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> From: NFBCS <nfbcs-bounces at nfbnet.org> On Behalf Of Linda Coccovizzo via
> NFBCS
> Sent: Wednesday, June 28, 2023 11:34 AM
> To: 'NFB in Computer Science Mailing List' <nfbcs at nfbnet.org>
> Cc: linda at coccovizzo.com
> Subject: [NFBCS] Accessibility of CompTia and Cyber Security Courses and
> Certifications
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> Hi all. Would any of you have information on whether or not courses offered
> by places like Udemy, Coursera, or uCertify are accessible with screen
> readers? What would any of you who have worked through these networking and
> cyber security certifications recommend a screen reader user go for the
> most
> accessible experience? I have watched many people attempt to obtain
> certifications through their community colleges, and constantly run into
> accessibility barriers. Some manage to push through, but most get
> frustrated, and change employment goals. All three of the sites I
> mentioned,
> offering courses and test prep, claim accessibility with screen readers. I
> have a couple of students who have expressed interest, so any information
> from those of you who have experienced any of these or others accessibly,
> would be greatly appreciated.
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> Thank you.
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> Linda C.
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