[Athen] Accessibility with Blackboard and Secure Exam Browser

Mike Gibson mikegibson at boisestate.edu
Tue Mar 27 11:06:28 PDT 2012


Afternoon all,

The testing center on our campus is finally willing to consider providing
accessible testing accomodations to ZoomText and JAWS users, (something I
have been pushing to move out of the DRC for quite awhile). They are using
Secure Exam Browser for all Blackboard exams. This basically locks down the
computer so the only thing that can be done is log into Blackboard and take
the exam and nothing else. As a part of the lock down it also locks out most
keyboard shortcuts A JAWS user would find essential like insert+F7, alt+F4,
just to name a couple. Has anyone successfully implemented JAWS access via
this browser? What contortions did you have to go through in order to make
it acessible? Are there any acceptable alternatives to Secure Exam Browser?
My first impulse is to tell them to dump the browser when it comes to
accessible testing, but I want to at least demonstrate a good faith efert of
finding a solution.

Thanks in advance.

Mike


Mike Gibson
Assistive Technology Coordinator
Boise State University
Disability Resource Center
1910 University Dr.
Boise, ID 83725-1375
O: (208) 426-1583
F: (208) 426-3785
Email: mikegibson at boisestate.edu



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