[nabs] using blackboard

[Dornetta]

Laura, I am not sure when that key stroke became available but I just love 
it. The insert F7 key stroke only gives you a links list. Laura, can you 
access it with the version you are useing?
"Just because you are blind, does not mean you lack vision"-Stevie Wonder
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Rhonda Partain" <partain319 at bellsouth.net>
To: "Discussion list for NABS,National Alliance of Blind Students." 
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Sent: Wednesday, November 17, 2010 6:10 PM
Subject: Re: [nabs] using blackboard


> Insert f 7 will give you a list of links,  say for instance, course 
> content, my grades, discussion, announcements and so on. I make a place 
> marker to make it easy to find the links I use most.
> Here is a link for a tutorial for  blackboard and Jaws
> http://www.csupomona.edu/~ehelp/blackboard/accessibility/screen_reader_tutorial_version7.html
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Laura Glowacki" <orangebutterfly87 at gmail.com>
> To: "Discussion list for NABS,National Alliance of Blind Students." 
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> Sent: Wednesday, November 17, 2010 6:01 PM
> Subject: Re: [nabs] using blackboard
>
>
>> Oh wow, I'd never heard of that keystroke before!  Does anyone
>> know with which version this keystroke became available?
>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>> From: "Dornetta" <dornetta at gmail.com>
>> To: "Discussion list for NABS,National Alliance of Blind
>> Students." <nabs at acb.org>; "Ashley Bramlett"
>> <bookwormahb at earthlink.net>
>> Sent: Tuesday, November 16, 2010 10:42 PM
>> Subject: Re: [nabs] using blackboard
>>
>>
>> Hi Ashley,
>> My school currently uses Desire 2 Learn (D2L) which works
>> perfect. This past
>> summer one of my classes or instructors used blackboard feature
>> for my
>> sociology  class and I can say it was a pita (pain in the $$). It
>> was not
>> assessible and I was useing JAWS 11 point something.  I had to go
>> to the
>> I.T. department and have them to extract all of the course
>> materials that
>> used that feature in order for my to complete which was not bad
>> since when
>> they extracted it...it also gave me the answers so no complaints
>> from me
>> there. :-) It was the quizzes  which only had small point values
>> but helped
>> out a great deal with the major tests. :-)  I have an suggesstion
>> though,
>> have you tried useing the JAWS feature insert + F3 which will
>> give you a
>> list of html elements like block quotes list, buttons lists,
>> anchors list,
>> edit list, form fields list, etc... just hit B until you get to
>> button list,
>> and enter and a box will appear with all the buttons that are on
>> the page.
>> Hope this helps,
>> Netta
>> "Just because you are blind, does not mean you lack
>> vision"-Stevie Wonder
>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>> From: "NABS Student Advocate Editor"
>> <editor.acbstudents at gmail.com>
>> To: "Ashley Bramlett" <bookwormahb at earthlink.net>; "Discussion
>> list for
>> NABS,National Alliance of Blind Students." <nabs at acb.org>
>> Sent: Tuesday, November 16, 2010 12:21 PM
>> Subject: Re: [nabs] using blackboard
>>
>>
>>> Hi Ashley,
>>>   I graduated in May, so haven't used Blackboard since last
>>> fall or
>>> so (last semester of undergrad I did student teaching so had no
>>> reason
>>> for Blackboard). Anyway, I was always able to post on
>>> discussion
>>> boards and such; I think i had JAWS 8 on my computer though.
>>> So, as
>>> sometimes happens, maybe older versions do provide more
>>> accessibility.
>>> You could always give it a test run if you're concerned; try
>>> accessing
>>> the features from your other classes that used Blackboard and
>>> see if
>>> you have the same issues. Just a thought.
>>>
>>> - Caitlin
>>>
>>> On 11/16/10, Ashley  Bramlett <bookwormahb at earthlink.net>
>>> wrote:
>>>> Hi,
>>>> I use jaws 11 now but will soon have 12.  Do tests and
>>>> discussion forums
>>>> work alright on it?  Jaws could not click on the buttons in
>>>> the past.  My
>>>> limited use this semester to locate class assignments and
>>>> documents has
>>>> gone
>>>> alright.  But I have not used the other more interactive
>>>> features in this
>>>> version.
>>>>
>>>> Ashley
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