[nabs-l] blackboard issues

[Ashley Coleman]

Hey,
 I don't know if this will help.  I have not experienced this problem
with BlackBoard though I use JAWS 12, but you could try a JAWS screen
Refresh, insert plus excape after you press enter.

Let me know if this helps.
Ashley

On 8/30/12, Ashley Bramlett <bookwormahb at earthlink.net> wrote:
> well that doesn't help. I paid a lot of money to use jaws.
> I thought nfb worked and was continuing to work with blackboard on this. I
> am really frustrated. Also, I do not know if it is a jaw issue. I  don't
> know how it could be. It reads the link and the name of the link, yet I
> cannot click on it. That is why I need someone to try with a mouse. Then, I
> will know it’s a jaws thing and can complain. I might also take it into
> school and have my professor guide me through how to use blackboard. With
> frames, you do not always see the links with jaws. They could tell me what
> to click on.
>
> Well, I hope I can find a solution to this. I did not have this problem last
> two semesters. And I thought blackboard was supposed to be more accessible
> now!
> Ashley
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Wasif, Zunaira
> Sent: Thursday, August 30, 2012 5:09 PM
> To: National Association of Blind Students mailing list
> Subject: Re: [nabs-l] blackboard issues
>
> Supposedly, System access works really well with blackboard while JAWS is
> problematic. I heard this info second hand.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: nabs-l-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:nabs-l-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf
> Of Ashley Bramlett
> Sent: Thursday, August 30, 2012 1:22 PM
> To: National Association of Blind Students mailing list
> Subject: [nabs-l] blackboard issues
>
> Hi all,
>
> Well, my classes use blackboard. My professor for pr has posted most
> handouts which would help me because I got the paper copy in class but need
> an electronic copy. But, the problem is this. I go to blackboard and click
> the class, click course documents, and then cannot click on the file link to
> open and download the file. Gee. Anyone have this issue?
> I thought it was just this professor, but then I realized it happened for my
> second class too! I press  enter wich is the key for clicking usually. I
> then tried the application key, which is a right click, and still nothing.
> I am meerly taken to another screen with the same info.
>
> Any ideas? I’ll ask a sighted person to try and  see if the same issue comes
> up with the mouse. But as far as I can tell, I cannot open these files with
> the keyboard. Note, I could last semester using the method I just described,
> by either pressing enter or right clicking on the document. FYI, I have
> windows 7 and internet explorer with jaws 13.
>
> Any  ideas. thanks.
> Ashley
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