blackboard is usable but as mentiond interacting with three or four frames at a time to get where you need to go is the problem

On 13 Oct 2008, at 11:08, Scott Howell wrote:

Thank you and yes, I believe I'll have to use my employers laptop for this adventure. I checked out APUS which is another online university and that didn't seem to work well with Safari either. The Phoenix site is not all that swift on windows, but on the Mac using Safari, it's beyond ugly.
THanks for confirming this for me.

On Oct 12, 2008, at 3:05 PM, Larry Wanger wrote:

Scott,

As you can tell, I'm weeks behind in my email and am trying to catch up.

I attended University of Phoenix for a few years and experienced significant difficulties in accessibility with their online classroom setting and the Mac.

To start with, as of February 2007 when I finished, they didn't even support Safari as an optional browser. That could have changed but I don't know for sure.

Beyond this though, I found you could work online in Safari but the design and structure of their site is really a pain in the neck.

I know nothing about Blackboard so can't comment on that. Just thought I'd offer my insights and experiences. While at U of P online I kept my Windows PC up and running but believe me, the day I finished I went 100 percent to the Mac.

On Sep 23, 2008, at 3:35 PM, Scott Howell wrote:

Great, thanks. If that's the worst I'd have to deal with, it won't be to bad. Well ok, I should say won't be to bad as long as the screen isn't laid out in some insane way that navigating it is illogical. :) The Phoenix courses are a bit shorter at five weeks verses 8 with APU, but the advantage is that Blackboard is at least aware of accessibility and I believe they actually work hard to make their products accessible. Phoenix I gather has their own homebrew setup and when I looked at it when my co-worker was attending, it wasn't impossible, but it wasn't painless either and I suspect with Safari it wouldn't be possible. I always have my employers windows laptop to fall back on at least.

On Sep 23, 2008, at 5:40 PM, Babcock, Michael Alex wrote:

hi;
it's doable, but you have to interact with a lot of frames, it can be a pain but can be done
On Sep 23, 2008, at 1:32 PM, Scott Howell wrote:






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