[nabs-l] Concerning Discussion boards on Blackboard

[Dave Wright]

Since my last post to this thread, I've managed to find the following on 
google which may help with accessing the discussion boards more 
consistently.



http://java.sun.com/javase/technologies/accessibility/accessbridge/index.jsp



As I'm even now attempting to post a reply, my browser locks up when I 
activate the "Reply" link.



After installing the Java access bridge, I still have no access to the 
powerpoint presentations. I've been notified by sighted individuals that 
there are buttons that I am unable to find after trying on 2 windows 
machines: Windows XP Home and Windows 7, running IE8.

Thus far, I've attempted to gain access using JAWS10, System Access, and 
Windoweyes 7.1.

My next course of action is to follow the steps presented on the following 
page:



http://cats.cdl.edu/cats-kb-wiki/tips-for-students-using-jaws-with-blackboardwebct-ce6/vista-4\



http://www.cod.edu/it/blackboard/



http://www.blackboard.com/company/accessibility.aspx



http://hightech.redwoods.edu/accessibility/blackboard.htm



At this point, probably the most frustrating aspect of this search is that 
none of this information was known by the UIC Disability Resource Center, 
DRC.



All thoughts welcome.



The reply link when activated has a hard time keeping focus when accessed 
with any known windows screenreader. I've realized that if I move my finger 
around the trackpad for a while, eventually my finger will land on the 
subject field, which when I left click on, causes the screenreader to again 
track focus. At this point, I can tab to the field for the message body 
where I paste in my reply text that I've had to type in a separate document.




Best Regards:
Dave Wright
Work Phone: 347-422-7085
Email:
dwrigh6 at gmail.com
WebPage:
http://www.knfbreader.com

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Hina" <haltaf at carrollu.edu>
To: "National Association of Blind Students mailing list" 
<nabs-l at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Tuesday, September 01, 2009 5:40 PM
Subject: Re: [nabs-l] Concerning Discussion boards on Blackboard


> hi dave,
> i used black board and had same problem. i had to change from jaws to pc 
> cursor and still it used to take me more then an hour to configure it 
> unless i had a sighted person around to click on the frame. the  frames 
> they added recently made this site even more inaccessible for screen 
> readers.
> hina.
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Dave Wright" <gymnastdave at sbcglobal.net>
> To: "National Association of Blind Students mailing list" 
> <nabs-l at nfbnet.org>
> Sent: Tuesday, September 01, 2009 4:34 PM
> Subject: [nabs-l] Concerning Discussion boards on Blackboard
>
>
> Good afternoon all,
> I'm currently attempting to access a discussion board on blackboard for a 
> number of my classes with minimal success. Although I can successfully 
> access the board threads, I'm not able to reply to any. When I activate 
> the reply to thread link, I'm presented with a security warning which I 
> cannot read. Although my blackboard session is still open, I'm not able to 
> navigate around the sight. Any thoughts would be much appreciated. I can't 
> imagine what security warning I would need to confirm in order to reply to 
> a discussion thread.
>
>
> Best Regards:
> Dave Wright
> Work Phone: 347-422-7085
> Email:
> dwrigh6 at gmail.com
> WebPage:
> http://www.knfbreader.com
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