[stylist] Using Blackboard

[Brenda]

Hi Bridgit
Glad to hear that blackboard works for you.  I will do some checking 
with Window Eyes users, but usually if you can do something with Jaws, 
Window eyes will work as well,just different keystrokes.  I'm glad I 
started with ed2go through Kent State as it is cheaper, but will also 
revisit Writersdigest.comand see if they will refund my money if I can't 
get BB to work properly, but that is a in the future.

Brenda


On 9/23/2011 12:44 PM, Bridgit Pollpeter wrote:
> Brenda,
>
> Blackboard should be accessible. I am still using MS Office 2002 and
> JAWS 10, and Blackboard has never been a problem. Not only have I used
> BB frequently through the past four years, but in my experience, unless
> people have directly worked with JAWS, they have no idea how it works or
> what to do with it. My university is a pretty big state school, and the
> I T people are exceptionally smart and knowledgeable about most computer
> programs and software, but when it comes to JAWS, they were always at a
> loss as to what to do. Twice, I used university computers that had JAWS
> installed on them, and both times, JAWS wasn't working. The only answer
> the IT people had was to keep reinstalling it, which didn't solve
> anything. The second time, I got permission to have my own person come
> to fix it. After this, I only used my laptop unless it was for text, in
> which I had to use a university computer in its testing center. This has
> been my experience in all situations where I had to deal with geek
> squads who hadn't worked with JAWS before. I can't imagine BB would not
> work for you since I've been using it with very few problems, and my
> husband, also a JAWS user, uses it solely for his grad program.
>
> Sincerely,
> Bridgit Kuenning-Pollpeter
> Read my blog at:
> http://blogs.livewellnebraska.com/author/bpollpeter/
>
> "History is not what happened; history is what was written down."
> The Expected One- Kathleen McGowan
>
> Message: 6
> Date: Wed, 21 Sep 2011 17:13:59 -0400
> From: Brenda<bjnite at windstream.net>
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> Hi Jacqueline
> FYI When I checked with writersdigest.com this week, they said they use
> blackboard and said it is not accessible to people using screen readers.
> Brenda
>
>
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