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Blackboard CollaborateTM Assistive Technology

Being accessible enables people with disabilities to fully engage and participate in the teaching and learning experience. Here’s a summary of how Blackboard Collaborate removes the barriers to universal access.

For those who are blind or have low vision

  • Inherited user-defined operating system color/contrast schemes
  • Customizable user interface with personalized settings remembered from session to session
  • Whiteboard content scalable by both moderators and participants
  • Audible notifications of key events in session (raised hand, participant joined/left, incoming chat message, etc.)
  • Full screen reader support throughout main interface
  • Activity Window with text "timeline" of all session activities, including text from PPT slides for screen read access

For those who are deaf or hard of hearing

  • Activity Window with text timeline of all session activities
  • Text messaging area
  • Integrated closed captioning
    • Multi-stream
    • Ability to save by all participants
    • Captured live and in archives
    • Manual or voice-recognition input of captions
    • Ability to enlarge font
    • Ability to relocate, resize closed captioning window

For those who have mobility challenges

  • Full-keyboard navigation throughout main interface and all secondary windows
  • F6 navigation between major modules (participants window, chat, audio, whiteboard)
  • Shortcut/accelerator keys for key functions/interactions (complete list available in help section)
  • Command-line interface in Activity Window to type commands (example: /hand up to raise hand)

For those who have learning disabilities

  • Activity Window consolidates what's happening in session to help focus
  • Ability to provide additional time to read slide presentation
  • Ability to explain visual content using VOIP or telephony to students who have difficulty reading
  • Breakout Rooms available for one-on-one time, additional practice, tutoring
  • Ability to respond verbally with microphone/phone or by typing in chat window
  • Fully interactive recordings for repeating class/content as often as needed
  • Ability to save whiteboard material for further review outside of class
  • Ability for instructor to file transfer notes to aid in studying
 
 

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