[NFBP-Talk] Question re accessibility of online courses

Thu Jul 23 00:27:18 UTC 2020

Jan,

It may be advisable to loop the NFB National Office into this matter.
Valerie Yingling, NFB Legal Program Coordinator, is a terrific person, and
I'm sure she would appreciate knowing about this problem. Regardless of
whether the issue is with the version of software used, the instructor
content, or the platform itself, the content is not accessible to the blind
student/user. Sussing out the reason for inaccessibility is important, but
we must always keep in focus the fact that the school has forced upon a
student inaccessible content.

Contact information for Valerie Yingling:
Valerie Yingling, NFB Legal Program Coordinator, 410-659-9314, extension
2440, or vyingling at nfb.org.

Carlton

Carlton Anne Cook Walker
Attorney at Law
BEAR--Blindness Education and Advocacy Resources
Teacher of Students with Blindness/Low Vision
President, National Organization of Parents of Blind Children (NOPBC)
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On Wed, Jul 22, 2020 at 7:52 PM Michelle McManus via NFBP-Talk <
nfbp-talk at nfbnet.org> wrote:

> Just to add to this: I didn’t want to type to much because I was on my
> phone.  I think it also depends on the features that are being used and how
> the instructor presents the content.  I agree with Joe Blackboard is much
> better than it has been in the past.
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> Michelle
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> *From:* NFBP-Talk <nfbp-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org> *On Behalf Of *ken Quinn
> via NFBP-Talk
> *Sent:* Wednesday, July 22, 2020 7:47 PM
> *To:* NFB of Pennsylvania Talk, state list <nfbp-talk at nfbnet.org>
> *Cc:* ken Quinn <cj3639 at hotmail.com>
> *Subject:* Re: [NFBP-Talk] Question re accessibility of online courses
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>  Hi,
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> When I last used blackboard with Jaws it worked well for me. I had some
> accessibility issues but it was because not of blackboard but because of an
> error that was in the college system. My tech department saw what it was
> and fixed it then there was no longer an issue.
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> Ken
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> On Jul 22, 2020, at 7:41 PM, Michelle McManus via NFBP-Talk <
> nfbp-talk at nfbnet.org> wrote:
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> Hi Jan,
> I know that blackboard does have some accessibility issues. Email me and
> we can talk about what I do know.
> Michelle
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> Sent from my iPhone
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> On Jul 22, 2020, at 7:35 PM, Jan Lattuca via NFBP-Talk <
> nfbp-talk at nfbnet.org> wrote:
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> Hi, all.  I spoke with a blind guy today who had been trying to
> complete a counseling course online, but the testing system, which he
> called Blackboard, appeared incompatible with his Zoom Text.
> Apparently BVS did attempt to help him, but without success.  I asked
> if he'd tried a screen reader such as NVDA, and he said he hadn't; but
> I'm wondering if any of you are aware of Blackboard and of its
> accessibility of lack thereof.
>
> Thanks for any input or suggestions.
>
> Jan Lattuca
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