[nabs-l] Accessibility of Blackboard?

[Arielle Silverman]

If Blackboard lets you download the inaccessible PDF documents, you
can make them accessible by sending them as  attachments to
convert at robobraille.org
 and putting "doc" in the subject line. This service is free and very
good. You can also run the PDF through a program such as Open Book  or
Kurzweil.
Arielle

On 12/2/12, Liliya Asadullina <lily2011a at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hey Everett,
> As Brandon says, blackboard is just okay.
> George mason University love to post their assignments on there all
> the time.  I have ran into the same issues with opening and
> downloading the PDF files.  My professors like to use image text files
> for PDF.  I'm not sure how to convert the imaged text documents into
> word without sighted assistance.   If I were you, I'd contact your CSU
> professors ahead of time and ask if any of the stuff that they are
> planning to post on blackboard are image jet peg PDF files.  Also, I
> found out that using the Jaws cursor on blackboard helps me navigate
> throughout my assignments more eficiently as well.
>
> Let me know if you need editional help and I'll see what I could find out.
> All the best,
> Lily
>
> On 12/2/12, Brandon Keith Biggs <brandonkeithbiggs at gmail.com> wrote:
>> Hello,
>> Blackboard is OK, it takes a little poking around to find things, but
>> there
>>
>> is very little I have found that can't be found with persistence. I'm not
>> sure why they don't switch to Etudes, because Blackboard is extremely
>> limited, but that is another topic.
>> The only difficulty I've had is downloading all the PDFs my teacher
>> uploads
>>
>> there, it takes for ever and one or two are not accessible from the get
>> go,
>>
>> so I have to pull out all my technology.
>> Thanks,
>>
>> Brandon Keith Biggs
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Everett Gavel
>> Sent: Sunday, December 02, 2012 11:34 AM
>> To: nabs-l at nfbnet.org
>> Subject: [nabs-l] Accessibility of Blackboard?
>>
>> Hello Again, All,
>>
>> Can any of you tell me good or bad points on using
>> Blackboard? I remember that the 2010 (?) national
>> NFB convention had a presentation on the
>> accessibility of Blackboard. However, I've heard a
>> few times that the upgrade(s) since then are less
>> accessible, and that even that supposedly
>> accessible version wasn't totally accessible. Can
>> anyone clarify, or point me to some discussions or
>> articles explaining such details, please? I'm
>> thinking of switching from ashford to Colorado
>> State U Online, and right now Ashford U is very
>> accessible. But Ashford uses the Constellation
>> classroom system, and CSU uses Blackboard.
>>
>> Thanks for any help with this.
>>
>>
>> Strive On!
>> Everett
>> everett at everettgavel.com
>>
>>
>>
>>
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