[Athen] [EXTERNAL] JAWS access in Blackboard

[Eckelberry, Robin]

Hi Wink,

I don’t know about Blackboard, but if the student can download your docx file with comments, JAWS may be able to read where comments are and what you have said: Screen reader for comments in Word<https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/topic/use-a-screen-reader-to-add-read-and-delete-comments-in-word-c4648d50-4f7b-4795-b487-9e3141a5a596#PickTab=Windows>.

Sincerely,
Robin

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Rachel,

I'm the instructor. Grading the assignment within Blackboard on the student's uploaded docx file. Making corrections (inline) and leaving sidebar annotations. The student is using JAWS and reports JAWS cannot read my feedback. They have no problem if all the feedback is left in the INSTRUCTOR NOTES box in the grade box itself, only when the annotated instructor notes are left attached to the docx submission.

Before I go back into the file and do a massive 18 pages of cut and paste of all my annotations & put into a separate document for them to read (which would then be disconnected from any context I am referring to in the text), is there any keystroke combo she can use in JAWS to get it to read these comments in BB?

Thanks for jumping in!
Wink Harner
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The Foreign Type
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On Tue, Apr 20, 2021 at 10:25 AM Rachel Thompson <rsthompson2 at ua.edu<mailto:rsthompson2 at ua.edu>> wrote:
Hi, Wink.

Do you know if this was done within Bb’s Annotate tool used for inline grading of assignments native to Bb or in another tool, like Turnitin?

Rachel

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Subject: [EXTERNAL] [Athen] JAWS access in Blackboard

Hi all,

I have a student using JAWS and has reported to me they cannot read the sidebar comments I wrote on their written project submitted in BlackBoard.. Anyone know if this is a known glitch in BB or if in fact JAWS can access these instructor annotations, what is the key combo for the student to be able to access the feedback annotated notes?

Any advice or suggestions would be most helpful!

Thanks in advance.


Wink Harner
Accessibility Consultant/Alternative Text Production
The Foreign Type
Portland OR
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