Blackboard is not a site, it is a system used by universities. Cindy
-----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Terri Pannett Sent: Wednesday, December 06, 2006 1:51 PM To: Braillenote List Subject: the BN and blackboard was Re: [Braillenote] braille note on testing Is the blackboard site user-friendly to the BN? I once tried to look at the blackboard site using my PC and I couldn't make head nor tail of it. Terri Amateur Radio call sign KF6CA. Army MARS call sign AAT9PX ----- Original Message ----- From: "slery" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Braillenote List" <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, December 05, 2006 9:36 PM Subject: RE: [Braillenote] braille note on testing >I would also like to point out that more and more tests are via the >computer > on blackboard. This is the way the universities are moving so YES our > sighted peers are definitely using computers for tests. Universities now > days are pushing professors toward the digital age. In fact, this past > year > we had two professors use podcasts in their class as well as having more > activities online. This was not a distance education course either. > > There also new devices being used across the country that are similar to a > tv remote that are being used to conduct in-class quizzes and pose > questions > when in a big lecture hall. Blind students need as many advantages as > they > can come up with. Using the BN for tests is only the tip of the ice berg. > > Cindy > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of david > Sent: Monday, December 04, 2006 6:04 PM > To: Braillenote List > Subject: Re: [Braillenote] braille note on testing > > > One more point. Sighted people usually don't use cell phones or pdas for > tests or any kind of schoolwork. They usually use the plain old pencil and > pen. > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Karyn Campbell" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "'Braillenote List'" <[email protected]> > Sent: Monday, December 04, 2006 8:49 AM > Subject: RE: [Braillenote] braille note on testing > > >> Mike, you still have the cheating factor as well as the fact that sighted >> students are not allowed to use computers, calculators or PDAs for >> testing. >> That being the case, we should not be allowed either. Case closed. >> >> Take care. >> >> **All outgoing messages scanned using Norton Antivirus 2006. >> >> Karyn Campbell, Illinois USA, [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> >> >> >> >> ___ >> To leave the BrailleNote list, send a blank message to >> [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> To view the list archives or change your preferences, visit >> http://list.humanware.com/mailman/listinfo/braillenote >> >> > > > ___ > To leave the BrailleNote list, send a blank message to > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > To view the list archives or change your preferences, visit > http://list.humanware.com/mailman/listinfo/braillenote > > > ___ > To leave the BrailleNote list, send a blank message to > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > To view the list archives or change your preferences, visit > http://list.humanware.com/mailman/listinfo/braillenote > > > __________ NOD32 1904 (20061206) Information __________ > > This message was checked by NOD32 antivirus system. > http://www.eset.com > > ___ To leave the BrailleNote list, send a blank message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To view the list archives or change your preferences, visit http://list.humanware.com/mailman/listinfo/braillenote ___ To leave the BrailleNote list, send a blank message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To view the list archives or change your preferences, visit http://list.humanware.com/mailman/listinfo/braillenote
