Help with NVDA and Google Classroom
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ely.r@...
Morning All, I have a middle school student who’s school uses Google Classroom for all email and sharing of information. So, time for me to gain skills. Does anyone know of a good tutorial for doing this that does not involve changing to Google’s screen reader. If not I would love any suggestions from folks who use elements of Google’s suite of programs. Thanks for any help, Rick Dr. Rick Ely TVI, Vision Consultant 451 Rocky Hill Road Florence, MA 01062 &413() 727-3038
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John Isige
I'm not sure if we can help you. Google says:
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"After you sign in and set up your screen reader, you can get details on all features in the Classroom Help Center." About screen readers, it says: "You can access Classroom using a screen reader with any modern browser, such as Chrome, Mozilla® Firefox®, Microsoft® Internet Explorer®, or Apple® Safari®. See your browser instructions on how to set it up. For example, you can use ChromeVox with your Chromebook. On Macs, you can use VoiceOver, the built-in screen reader." That's for the web, here's what it says about mobile devices, in case anybody's using those, e.g. iOS, Android. "Android The Classroom mobile app works with TalkBack, a pre-installed screen reader which uses spoken feedback for interaction. For details, see Turn on TalkBack. iOS® The Classroom mobile app works with VoiceOver on iOS®. For details, see the accessibility settings for your device." So it sounds like you just log into Google Classroom, and all the accessibility help for using a screen reader is in there. All of this stuff about "once you get it set up" doesn't mean special instructions to set up a screen reader for Google Classroom, I think it just means getting your screen reader installed or activated on your mobile device or whatever, then you either go to the Classroom website and login and all, or set up the app if you're on a phone. Then once you're in, you go to their help center and they'll tell you about keyboard shortcuts or whatever they've got.
On 1/11/2018 10:40, ely.r@... wrote:
Help with NVDA and Google Classroom
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Iván Novegil
Hello.
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I’ve used Google classroom as student for around two years without problems. The web interface is mostly accesible, although you need to turn on the focus mode in certain dialogs to access some sections or to enhance the experience. Same for the iOS app: it is in certain things less accessible/usable/complete than the web interface, but can be used with VoiceOver without special difficulties. Note that classroom have certain of its aspects, specially those that involve file sharing, integrated with GoogleDrive, so probably the user will need also GDrive knowledge. regards. — Iván Novegil Cancelas
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El 11 ene 2018, a las 17:40, ely.r@... escribió: Morning All, I have a middle school student who’s school uses Google Classroom for all email and sharing of information. So, time for me to gain skills. Does anyone know of a good tutorial for doing this that does not involve changing to Google’s screen reader. If not I would love any suggestions from folks who use elements of Google’s suite of programs. Thanks for any help, Rick Dr. Rick Ely TVI, Vision Consultant 451 Rocky Hill Road Florence, MA 01062 &413() 727-3038
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ely.r@...
Iván Thanks for this. I started working with the suite this past week and found it easier than I had anticipated. Several years ago, I was at a AER conference and sitting with a very talented fellow blind user while she worked to check its screen reader accessibility. As she said, with three different screen readers used at different time, she could get about and do what she needed. That scared me enough to avoid it. Just goes to show that diving in to dark water is not always as dangerous as you think. Guessing too that Google and readers have shown some improvement. Best, Rick
Dr. Rick Ely TVI, Vision Consultant 451 Rocky Hill Road Florence, MA 01062 &413() 727-3038
From: nvda@nvda.groups.io [mailto:nvda@nvda.groups.io] On Behalf Of Iván Novegil
Sent: Saturday, January 13, 2018 12:23 PM To: nvda@nvda.groups.io Subject: Re: [nvda] Help with NVDA and Google Classroom
Hello.
I’ve used Google classroom as student for around two years without problems. The web interface is mostly accesible, although you need to turn on the focus mode in certain dialogs to access some sections or to enhance the experience. Same for the iOS app: it is in certain things less accessible/usable/complete than the web interface, but can be used with VoiceOver without special difficulties. Note that classroom have certain of its aspects, specially those that involve file sharing, integrated with GoogleDrive, so probably the user will need also GDrive knowledge.
regards. — Iván Novegil Cancelas
El 11 ene 2018, a las 17:40, ely.r@... escribió:
Morning All, I have a middle school student who’s school uses Google Classroom for all email and sharing of information. So, time for me to gain skills. Does anyone know of a good tutorial for doing this that does not involve changing to Google’s screen reader. If not I would love any suggestions from folks who use elements of Google’s suite of programs. Thanks for any help, Rick Dr. Rick Ely TVI, Vision Consultant 451 Rocky Hill Road Florence, MA 01062 &413() 727-3038
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John Isige
FYI you can toggle focus mode in NVDA with NVDA-space. Also, you might
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use single letter navigation toggle, NVDA-shift-space. See the user guide, Chap. 6. Some of the single letter commands can be really helpful depending on the specific website, e.g. navigating by separators might work better for some sites than headings.
On 1/13/2018 11:39, ely.r@... wrote:
Help with NVDA and Google Classroom
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