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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Dear Colleagues:<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Verdana><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Verdana'>A student who is blind is currently taking an online course
in C++ during our Summer Term. The student was a DOS –based programmer
many years ago before losing his eyesight. Through responses by members of
Athen to a previous inquiry we were able to locate some JAWS scripts for Visual
Studio that helped a great deal. To date the student is passing the C++
course, albeit with a great deal of assistance by the Division of Blind
Services, a DBS rehab engineer who has set up a new computer at the student’s
home and written some JAWS scripts, contracted technical support paid by DBS and
support by our office with respect to producing accessible on-line course
material of various types. The student often expresses frustration over
the number of steps he must remember to navigate the learning management system
and the Visual Studio application. He still has some difficulty
navigating the learning management system without assistance. It is my
understanding that until he undertook the C++ course he used JAWS primarily to
read and write emails, access some web sites and use the word processor. I
have made him aware of several JAWS commands he had never used that are
necessary for access. The textbook for the C++ course has been in
production since December, 2007 and is only now nearing completion. The student,
assuming he passes the C++ course, plans to next take COP2551-OBJECT ORIENT PROGRAMMING
1.<b><span style='font-weight:bold'> </span></b></span></font><font
size=2 face=Verdana><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana'>The
course description is as follows:<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Verdana><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Verdana'>This course covers the fundamentals of data structures
using the Microsoft Visual Studio.NET platform. The student is introduced to object-oriented
programming using encapsulation, inheritance and polymorphism. Fundamental
Windows GUI programming will be introduced using an application-driven
approach. Students will learn concepts such as visual programming, GUI
components, multimedia, file processing, database processing, and exception
handling. Prerequisite: COP1000 with a grade of C or better.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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font-family:Verdana'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Verdana><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Verdana'>We have some anxiety about how to accommodate the highly
visual components of this next course, secure necessary JAWS scripts for the VISUAL
C# 2005 application, and quickly obtain or produce the textbook in an
accessible format. Any suggestions you are willing to give on
accommodating this student will be greatly appreciated. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=4 face=Garamond><span style='font-size:13.5pt;
font-family:Garamond'>Larry Kiser</span></font><font face=Garamond><span
style='font-family:Garamond'>,</span></font><font face="Freestyle Script"><span
style='font-family:"Freestyle Script"'> </span></font><font face=Garamond><span
style='font-family:Garamond'>Counselor</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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College</st1:PlaceType></span></font></st1:place><o:p></o:p></p>
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face=Garamond><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Garamond'>Gainesville</span></font></st1:City><font
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