[Nfbmo] Question about Blackboard

[Roger Crome]

Hi Holly,
Yes, it is very helpful.  I appreciate your feedback.  Hearing that Blackboard is available on the iPhone is great news as that is the only internet access I have out where I live.  I will certainly keep your information available and I sincerely appreciate the offer for help.

Roger

-----Original Message-----
From: Nfbmo [mailto:nfbmo-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Holly Carneal via Nfbmo
Sent: Tuesday, October 18, 2016 3:31 PM
To: NFB of Missouri Mailing List
Cc: Holly Carneal; Gary Wunder
Subject: Re: [Nfbmo] Question about Blackboard

Hi Roger,
My university uses Blackboard. It depends mostly on how your professors set up their Blackboard sites, but I have found it to be very JAWS friendly. I have taken a number of online courses and as long as they were set up where the professors posted all content directly to Blackboard and we didn't have to use an access card to get to some other learning site, the online courses were great. I did not have many that required the use of an  access card. There is also an accessable Blackboard iPhone application, and I'm sure the Android Platform has one as well. I believe Blackboard is responsive to accessibility feedback, as I have noticed some features become more accessable throughout my college career. 
If you have any spacific questions regarding certain features, feel free to email me. My email address is hollyc2013 at gmail.com 
 
I hope this information is helpful,
Holly Carneal

> On Oct 17, 2016, at 7:51 PM, Gary Wunder via Nfbmo <nfbmo at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> 
> Make sure they have the most up-to-date version since older versions 
> can be quite inaccessible.
> 
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Nfbmo [mailto:nfbmo-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Roger Crome 
> via Nfbmo
> Sent: Friday, September 09, 2016 8:53 PM
> To: NFB of Missouri Mailing List
> Cc: Roger Crome
> Subject: Re: [Nfbmo] Question about Blackboard
> 
> Ok, thank you Dave.   I am considering going back to school, and I was
> concerned about how well accessibility has been addressed.  It has 
> been 13 years since I was in college, and I wasn't sure since it's been a while.
> 
> Sent from my iPhone
> 
>> On Sep 9, 2016, at 7:09 PM, David Andrews via Nfbmo 
>> <nfbmo at nfbnet.org>
> wrote:
>> 
>> Blackboard is not a "format," it is an application used for on-line
> learning.  It can be used in many different ways, so there is no "yes" 
> or "no" answer to this question.  It depends in part on how your 
> university sets it up and configures it, how a professor uses it, how 
> she prepares materials etc.  However, having said all of that, the 
> Blackboard folks are aware of accessibility issues and have worked at 
> making everything as accessible as they can.
>> 
>> Dave
>> 
>> At 05:52 PM 9/9/2016, you wrote:
>>> Hello All,
>>> I have a quick question about the accessibility of the format called
> Blackbbbbbboard that many universities  use for their online course 
> work and tracking tools.  I am wondering how accessible it is when using JAWS?
>>> Thanks for any feedback you may have.
>>> Roger
>>> 
>>> Sent from my iPhone
>> 
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