RE: Blackboard, anyone?
Cheers mike, in case you don't have it. My email address is si...@blinky-net.com if I can help I will -Original Message- From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com [mailto:macvisionar...@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Michael Busboom Sent: Thursday, 9 September 2010 4:05 a.m. To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: Blackboard, anyone? Hello Simon, Since I may need to use Blackboard with Windows, too, I will contact you off list. Best regards, Mike On 7,Sep,2010, at 11:33 AM, Simon Fogarty wrote: I can't say I've used blackboard with safari, but I have definitely used blackboard with both IE and firefox on a windows based platform. And can honestly say that very little of it is not accessible. However blackboard 9, you just reminded me, that I have been asked to check it out for accessibility for work, so Ii'll try it with safari also and see how I go, not that my safari skils are that good currently. -Original Message- From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com [mailto:macvisionar...@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Michael Busboom Sent: Tuesday, 7 September 2010 3:10 a.m. To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Subject: Blackboard, anyone? Hi listers, Blackboard is an e-learning platform that many universities use for online distribution of course material. Recently, the beta version of Blackboard 9.1 was introduced, and I was wondering if anyone has had any experience using it. Actually, I wouldn't mind getting feedback from people who have used earlier versions of this e-learning platform. In particular, I am wondering if anyone can give me tips on how to best use Blackboard with Safari. While it is not difficult to get to the part of the program where you can read your assignments and take tests, it is very difficult to participate in classroom discussions, e.g. following long threads. If anyone could point me to some good tutorial information on how to use Blackboard with Safari and Voice Over, I'd be more than grateful. If anyone would be willing to chat with me via Skype and help me go through the platform, I'd be even more grateful! Kindest regards to all, Mike -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionar...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionar...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionar...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionar...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en.
Re: Blackboard, anyone?
Hi, Greg, Your message is encouraging from the standpoint that you seem to be indicating that though difficult, the discussion threads can be more or less reliably navigated. Is this right? I would be interested in knowing the following: 1. What version of Blackboard is your institution using? 2. Which do you find more effective: Group Mode or DOM Mode? 3. Are you going to specific portions of the Blackboard platform by moving from frame to frame, or is there a different approach? Best regards and thank you! Mike On 6,Sep,2010, at 8:19 PM, Greg Aikens wrote: Hey Mike, I have just started using blackboard, safari, and voice over together. You're right tht the discussion threads are challenging to sort through but I haven't worked with them enough yet to give you any real tips. As I get more familiar with the platform maybe I can be of more help. -Greg On Sep 6, 2010, at 10:10 AM, Michael Busboom wrote: Hi listers, Blackboard is an e-learning platform that many universities use for online distribution of course material. Recently, the beta version of Blackboard 9.1 was introduced, and I was wondering if anyone has had any experience using it. Actually, I wouldn't mind getting feedback from people who have used earlier versions of this e-learning platform. In particular, I am wondering if anyone can give me tips on how to best use Blackboard with Safari. While it is not difficult to get to the part of the program where you can read your assignments and take tests, it is very difficult to participate in classroom discussions, e.g. following long threads. If anyone could point me to some good tutorial information on how to use Blackboard with Safari and Voice Over, I'd be more than grateful. If anyone would be willing to chat with me via Skype and help me go through the platform, I'd be even more grateful! Kindest regards to all, Mike -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionar...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionar...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionar...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en.
Re: Blackboard, anyone?
Hello Simon, Since I may need to use Blackboard with Windows, too, I will contact you off list. Best regards, Mike On 7,Sep,2010, at 11:33 AM, Simon Fogarty wrote: I can't say I've used blackboard with safari, but I have definitely used blackboard with both IE and firefox on a windows based platform. And can honestly say that very little of it is not accessible. However blackboard 9, you just reminded me, that I have been asked to check it out for accessibility for work, so Ii'll try it with safari also and see how I go, not that my safari skils are that good currently. -Original Message- From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com [mailto:macvisionar...@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Michael Busboom Sent: Tuesday, 7 September 2010 3:10 a.m. To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Subject: Blackboard, anyone? Hi listers, Blackboard is an e-learning platform that many universities use for online distribution of course material. Recently, the beta version of Blackboard 9.1 was introduced, and I was wondering if anyone has had any experience using it. Actually, I wouldn't mind getting feedback from people who have used earlier versions of this e-learning platform. In particular, I am wondering if anyone can give me tips on how to best use Blackboard with Safari. While it is not difficult to get to the part of the program where you can read your assignments and take tests, it is very difficult to participate in classroom discussions, e.g. following long threads. If anyone could point me to some good tutorial information on how to use Blackboard with Safari and Voice Over, I'd be more than grateful. If anyone would be willing to chat with me via Skype and help me go through the platform, I'd be even more grateful! Kindest regards to all, Mike -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionar...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionar...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionar...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en.
Re: Blackboard, anyone?
Hmm, I never encountered Flash on our school's site, but perhaps I didn't look hard enough. :) Mike On 7,Sep,2010, at 9:36 PM, Justin Ekis wrote: My college still uses blackboard 7.1 and it doesn't use flash at all anywhere. It's very accessible on the Mac, though as someone pointed out the discussion forums are slightly tricky. If they have started requiring flash in newer versions, that will be very bad news. I absolutely hope that this is incorrect. Where did you hear that blackboard requires flash? - Original Message - From: Chris Blouch cblo...@aol.com To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Sent: Tuesday, September 07, 2010 11:30 AM Subject: Re: Blackboard, anyone? Last I heard Flash was still a requirement for Blackboard and Adobe has not enabled accessibility on the Mac platform. So I would assume it will not work very well with voiceover, depending on which parts they use Flash to implement. CB On 9/7/10 5:33 AM, Simon Fogarty wrote: I can't say I've used blackboard with safari, but I have definitely used blackboard with both IE and firefox on a windows based platform. And can honestly say that very little of it is not accessible. However blackboard 9, you just reminded me, that I have been asked to check it out for accessibility for work, so Ii'll try it with safari also and see how I go, not that my safari skils are that good currently. -Original Message- From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com [mailto:macvisionar...@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Michael Busboom Sent: Tuesday, 7 September 2010 3:10 a.m. To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Subject: Blackboard, anyone? Hi listers, Blackboard is an e-learning platform that many universities use for online distribution of course material. Recently, the beta version of Blackboard 9.1 was introduced, and I was wondering if anyone has had any experience using it. Actually, I wouldn't mind getting feedback from people who have used earlier versions of this e-learning platform. In particular, I am wondering if anyone can give me tips on how to best use Blackboard with Safari. While it is not difficult to get to the part of the program where you can read your assignments and take tests, it is very difficult to participate in classroom discussions, e.g. following long threads. If anyone could point me to some good tutorial information on how to use Blackboard with Safari and Voice Over, I'd be more than grateful. If anyone would be willing to chat with me via Skype and help me go through the platform, I'd be even more grateful! Kindest regards to all, Mike -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionar...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionar...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionar...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en.
RE: Blackboard, anyone?
I can't say I've used blackboard with safari, but I have definitely used blackboard with both IE and firefox on a windows based platform. And can honestly say that very little of it is not accessible. However blackboard 9, you just reminded me, that I have been asked to check it out for accessibility for work, so Ii'll try it with safari also and see how I go, not that my safari skils are that good currently. -Original Message- From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com [mailto:macvisionar...@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Michael Busboom Sent: Tuesday, 7 September 2010 3:10 a.m. To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Subject: Blackboard, anyone? Hi listers, Blackboard is an e-learning platform that many universities use for online distribution of course material. Recently, the beta version of Blackboard 9.1 was introduced, and I was wondering if anyone has had any experience using it. Actually, I wouldn't mind getting feedback from people who have used earlier versions of this e-learning platform. In particular, I am wondering if anyone can give me tips on how to best use Blackboard with Safari. While it is not difficult to get to the part of the program where you can read your assignments and take tests, it is very difficult to participate in classroom discussions, e.g. following long threads. If anyone could point me to some good tutorial information on how to use Blackboard with Safari and Voice Over, I'd be more than grateful. If anyone would be willing to chat with me via Skype and help me go through the platform, I'd be even more grateful! Kindest regards to all, Mike -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionar...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionar...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en.
Re: Blackboard, anyone?
Last I heard Flash was still a requirement for Blackboard and Adobe has not enabled accessibility on the Mac platform. So I would assume it will not work very well with voiceover, depending on which parts they use Flash to implement. CB On 9/7/10 5:33 AM, Simon Fogarty wrote: I can't say I've used blackboard with safari, but I have definitely used blackboard with both IE and firefox on a windows based platform. And can honestly say that very little of it is not accessible. However blackboard 9, you just reminded me, that I have been asked to check it out for accessibility for work, so Ii'll try it with safari also and see how I go, not that my safari skils are that good currently. -Original Message- From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com [mailto:macvisionar...@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Michael Busboom Sent: Tuesday, 7 September 2010 3:10 a.m. To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Subject: Blackboard, anyone? Hi listers, Blackboard is an e-learning platform that many universities use for online distribution of course material. Recently, the beta version of Blackboard 9.1 was introduced, and I was wondering if anyone has had any experience using it. Actually, I wouldn't mind getting feedback from people who have used earlier versions of this e-learning platform. In particular, I am wondering if anyone can give me tips on how to best use Blackboard with Safari. While it is not difficult to get to the part of the program where you can read your assignments and take tests, it is very difficult to participate in classroom discussions, e.g. following long threads. If anyone could point me to some good tutorial information on how to use Blackboard with Safari and Voice Over, I'd be more than grateful. If anyone would be willing to chat with me via Skype and help me go through the platform, I'd be even more grateful! Kindest regards to all, Mike -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionar...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en.
Re: Blackboard, anyone?
My college still uses blackboard 7.1 and it doesn't use flash at all anywhere. It's very accessible on the Mac, though as someone pointed out the discussion forums are slightly tricky. If they have started requiring flash in newer versions, that will be very bad news. I absolutely hope that this is incorrect. Where did you hear that blackboard requires flash? - Original Message - From: Chris Blouch cblo...@aol.com To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Sent: Tuesday, September 07, 2010 11:30 AM Subject: Re: Blackboard, anyone? Last I heard Flash was still a requirement for Blackboard and Adobe has not enabled accessibility on the Mac platform. So I would assume it will not work very well with voiceover, depending on which parts they use Flash to implement. CB On 9/7/10 5:33 AM, Simon Fogarty wrote: I can't say I've used blackboard with safari, but I have definitely used blackboard with both IE and firefox on a windows based platform. And can honestly say that very little of it is not accessible. However blackboard 9, you just reminded me, that I have been asked to check it out for accessibility for work, so Ii'll try it with safari also and see how I go, not that my safari skils are that good currently. -Original Message- From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com [mailto:macvisionar...@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Michael Busboom Sent: Tuesday, 7 September 2010 3:10 a.m. To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Subject: Blackboard, anyone? Hi listers, Blackboard is an e-learning platform that many universities use for online distribution of course material. Recently, the beta version of Blackboard 9.1 was introduced, and I was wondering if anyone has had any experience using it. Actually, I wouldn't mind getting feedback from people who have used earlier versions of this e-learning platform. In particular, I am wondering if anyone can give me tips on how to best use Blackboard with Safari. While it is not difficult to get to the part of the program where you can read your assignments and take tests, it is very difficult to participate in classroom discussions, e.g. following long threads. If anyone could point me to some good tutorial information on how to use Blackboard with Safari and Voice Over, I'd be more than grateful. If anyone would be willing to chat with me via Skype and help me go through the platform, I'd be even more grateful! Kindest regards to all, Mike -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionar...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionar...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en.
Re: Blackboard, anyone?
I haven't encountered a flash issue and my school is using blackboard 9.1. When I said using blackboard was tricky I just meant it takes some getting used to. Learning to navigate between the different frames and lists and menus can be somewhat cumbersome. A lot of that is my lack of ability with VO too though. I have not encountered anything I could not access yet though. Greg On Sep 7, 2010, at 3:18 PM, Chris Blouch wrote: As I said, it may depend on what they are using Flash for. If they are just using it for audio/video and have implemented keyboard controls or links to start/stop etc then the Flash would be fine. If they implement any controls in the Flash widget itself then Mac accessibility will be compromised. These days there really isn't a good reason to implement controls in Flash when HTML can do the same thing with less compatibility issues. I got the requirements from here: http://www.icc.edu/innovation/blackboard/browsercheck.html CB On 9/7/10 3:36 PM, Justin Ekis wrote: My college still uses blackboard 7.1 and it doesn't use flash at all anywhere. It's very accessible on the Mac, though as someone pointed out the discussion forums are slightly tricky. If they have started requiring flash in newer versions, that will be very bad news. I absolutely hope that this is incorrect. Where did you hear that blackboard requires flash? - Original Message - From: Chris Blouch cblo...@aol.com To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Sent: Tuesday, September 07, 2010 11:30 AM Subject: Re: Blackboard, anyone? Last I heard Flash was still a requirement for Blackboard and Adobe has not enabled accessibility on the Mac platform. So I would assume it will not work very well with voiceover, depending on which parts they use Flash to implement. CB On 9/7/10 5:33 AM, Simon Fogarty wrote: I can't say I've used blackboard with safari, but I have definitely used blackboard with both IE and firefox on a windows based platform. And can honestly say that very little of it is not accessible. However blackboard 9, you just reminded me, that I have been asked to check it out for accessibility for work, so Ii'll try it with safari also and see how I go, not that my safari skils are that good currently. -Original Message- From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com [mailto:macvisionar...@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Michael Busboom Sent: Tuesday, 7 September 2010 3:10 a.m. To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Subject: Blackboard, anyone? Hi listers, Blackboard is an e-learning platform that many universities use for online distribution of course material. Recently, the beta version of Blackboard 9.1 was introduced, and I was wondering if anyone has had any experience using it. Actually, I wouldn't mind getting feedback from people who have used earlier versions of this e-learning platform. In particular, I am wondering if anyone can give me tips on how to best use Blackboard with Safari. While it is not difficult to get to the part of the program where you can read your assignments and take tests, it is very difficult to participate in classroom discussions, e.g. following long threads. If anyone could point me to some good tutorial information on how to use Blackboard with Safari and Voice Over, I'd be more than grateful. If anyone would be willing to chat with me via Skype and help me go through the platform, I'd be even more grateful! Kindest regards to all, Mike -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionar...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionar...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionar...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en.
