[visionrehabtherapist] Re: Blackboard on-line classroom question
- From: Caitlin Snyder <caitlin1snyder@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: brink-chaneym@xxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Wed, 24 Nov 2010 10:27:53 -0500
Hi,
I've used Blackboard with JAWS, and it can be difficult to use the
discussion part. The cursor does in fact jump to the top, so I always
had to use tab or the arrow keys to navigate. Another problem can
occur when someone posts an article that's in PDF form. I don't know
why this is but even if the PDF had the OCR process done to it before
it was posted onto Blackboard, JAWS sometimes cannot read the file.
What I'd then have to do is download the PDF. Don't just click the
"view" feature. Download and then use Adobe's OCR function. Another
option is to e-mail yourself the PDF to your Gmail account if you have
one because Gmail has this neat feature which allows you to read PDF
items as html.
I hope this helps. Another option is to have the person or
instructor, who has posted something, to copy you to your e-mail
address.
Caitlin,
On 11/24/10, Brink-Chaney, Marcie (DELEG) <brink-chaneym@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Hi Bert,
>
> I used it quite a few years ago when I was a speaker for some one online
> through that system. I didn't have a lot of trouble with it but it wasn't
> the easiest thing in the world to use. It was accessible but not overly
> blind user friendly. I hope someone else can be of more help to you that I
> am.
>
>
> Marcie Brink-Chaney CVRT
> Michigan Commission for the Blind
> Detroit Office
> E-mail: brink-chaneym@xxxxxxxxxxxx
> Phone: (313)456-1643
> Fax: (313)456-1645
>
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> Roberta (DELEG)
> Sent: Tuesday, November 23, 2010 6:26 PM
> To: 'visionrehabtherapist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx'
> Subject: [visionrehabtherapist] Blackboard on-line classroom question
>
> Hi all,
>
>
>
> Does anyone have experience with the Blackboard on-line classroom?
> Specifically, I am interested in anyone's experiences and/or accessibility
> suggestions with the feature called "threaded conversations" or "threaded
> discussions". I will be checking this out with my professor next week, but
> I am looking for input from others and what issues occurred and how they
> were handled.
>
>
>
> I was told that the threaded discussion feature has a problem when new items
> are posted because the cursor jumps to the top of the page every time a new
> post occurs thus making it difficult to read through the posts that are
> already on the discussion board.
>
>
>
> Any comments would be appreciated.
>
>
>
> Happy Thanksgiving to you all!
>
>
>
> Roberta McCall, CVRT
>
> 517-335-7231
>
> mccallr@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>
>
>
>
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