[Trainer-Talk] JAWS Drag and Drop feature with video of directions

[Dr Denise M Robinson]

Here is a video with directions: Drag n Drop with Jaws
<https://youtu.be/ZtIfXvN1udE>

*Denise Robinson*
Denise M Robinson, TVI, PhD, CEO
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On Fri, Dec 11, 2020 at 10:46 AM Wayne Merritt via Trainer-Talk <
trainer-talk at nfbnet.org> wrote:

> Greetings. I have a low vision student who is transitioning to JAWS.
> She is using JAWS in my classes. She is taking some Blackboard classes
> through the local community college. These classes use workbooks where
> she has to drag and drop items for assignments. Her solution up to
> this point has been to unload JAWS and use the mouse, and then load
> JAWS again. This is not an acceptable solution since she should be
> using JAWS for everything. Normally if someone asked me how to use
> drag and drop, I would redirect them to clipboard commands, since
> those do the same thing. However, in this student's situation, she has
> to use the JAWS Drag and Drop commands to do the exercises in the
> workbooks. She has exercises she needs to complete for the current
> courses, but she has been highly recommended to advocate for more
> accessible solutions going forward. I have researched the commands in
> the JAWS Command Search and passed them onto a colleague who covered a
> class for me. He tried to use these commands and reported mixed
> success. He also reported the second command locked the left mouse
> button and caused JAWS to not give any feedback. Below I will paste
> what I found in the JAWS Command search. I modified the wording of the
> commands to make them more understandable.  I am wondering if these
> are reliable commands to use, or if anyone can offer any additional
> thoughts.
> The first time this keystroke is pressed, the JAWS cursor must be
> positioned on the object to be dragged. Next, move the JAWS or PC
> Cursor to the location where you want to move the object and then
> press this keystroke again to complete the drag and drop action.
> Shift JAWS Key 8: drag and drop an object
> Control Shift Num pad Slash: drag and drop other things
>
> Be well,
> Wayne Merritt
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