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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">I reviewed several Mindtap courses for an instructor using NVDA and JAWS. I am a screen reader user, so the only difficulty I had was when content was in the form of pictures.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">Several of the accounting assignments had pictures of spreadsheets, rather than spreadsheets to work with.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">So though content was an issue, the actual Mindtap interface was not a problem.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">If content is an issue, Pester the Cengage folks. They have done an excellent job describing charts and graphs in many of their courses. And if it’s a picture of a thing, rather than a thing, such as a piece
of software code in a CIS course, there’s no reason they cannot provide the real thing for the student to work with.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">The student should be very comfortable with using the Insert-F5 command to look at the various page elements as the interface is consistent. It could use more structure, but once you know how it is laid out,
it’s not a problem to navigate.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">If your student is new, remember there are many free voices now for NVDA. Many colleges unfortunately are still using Espeak because I don’t think they’ve figured out how to get the better voices installed.
Do a little homework, get those better voices working and your student’s experience will be much more pleasant!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>From:</b> athen-list <athen-list-bounces@mailman12.u.washington.edu>
<b>On Behalf Of </b>Kluesner, Bryon<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Thursday, August 27, 2020 11:49 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> 'athen-list@u.washington.edu' <athen-list@u.washington.edu><br>
<b>Subject:</b> [Athen] Cengage mindtap<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Hi all,<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Does anyone have any advise on working with NVDA and Cengage Mindtap?<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Thanks,<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Bryon<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Bryon Kluesner RhD, ATACP<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Adaptive Technology Coordinator<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Disability Resource Center<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">University of Tennessee at Chattanooga<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">615 McCallie Ave., Dept. 2953<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Chattanooga, TN 37403<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">423-425-5251<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Member of <a href="https://urldefense.com/v3/__https:/www.utc.edu/enrollment-management-student-affairs/__;!!A-B3JKCz!Vu1b8SlFWY0hukLoQopUuiBg5h1g1mh3cue71-scOlST1TDwF-RPBwzOitufowEDBAeHOQ$">
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