[Athen] JAWS and Blackboard

[Wilson, Linda]

I would like to thank everyone for their responses. I'm going to contact
the instructors involved and ask about the curriculum for their class.
One is a music class and the other is Psychology. I think the major
problem will be if the discussion board in Blackboard is not accessible
with JAWS. I've found the most instructors use the discussion board
heavily.

 

Linda Wilson, B.S.

Math/Assistive Technology Specialist

Office for Students with Disabilities

Brevard Community College

3865 N. Wickham Road

Melbourne, FL 32935

(321) 433 - 5599

wilsonl at brevardcc.edu <mailto:wilsonl at brevardcc.edu> 

 

" In Mathematics, you never understand things, you just get used to
them."

 

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From: athen-bounces at athenpro.org [mailto:athen-bounces at athenpro.org] On
Behalf Of Prof Norm Coombs
Sent: Wednesday, June 07, 2006 10:24 AM
To: Access Technologists in Higher Education Network
Subject: Re: [Athen] JAWS and Blackboard

 

There are some problems.  It partly will depend on which features the
teacher will use most of the time.  It is horrible at the text chat and
the white board.  The discussion board can be very awkward but is
technically accessible.  As for course content, the major problem is how
the faculty member designs the content and what format is used. .
powerpoint, multimedia, text files, Word files etc.

If I can help further, let me know.  We teach courses using Blackboard
all the time.

Norman Coombs
EASI
http://easi.cc

<http://easi.cc/> At 05:44 AM 6/7/2006, you wrote:



Hello All,

        Does anyone have any experience using JAWS with Blackboard for
online classes? I have a blind student who uses JAWS 6.1 and is
interested in taking an online class where Blackboard 6 is used. Before
putting the student in the class, I'd like to be aware of any problems
that anyone has encountered.

        Thanks.

Linda Wilson, B.S.
Math/Assistive Technology Specialist
Office for Students with Disabilities
Brevard Community College
3695 N. Wickham Rd
Melbourne, FL 32935
321.433.5599
wilsonl at brevardcc.edu
 

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