Blackboard Grade Center - Accessibility
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To make the Grade Center accessible to as many people as possible, the Grade Center
has two different modes: Interactive View and Screen Reader View.
Manually changing to Screen Reader View
Step 1: Click the Action link for the main Grade Center heading at the top of the page
to access the contextual menu.
Step 2: Select Turn Screen Reader Mode on.
The Interactive View is the Grade Center default setting.
The columns can be frozen and grades can be typed directly in the cells. This is called
inline editing.
In the Screen Reader View, Grade Center data appears in a simplified grid.
The table is static and grades can be typed on the Grade Details page...accessed by selecting
the table cell for the grade.
You cannot freeze columns or edit inline...making it easier to navigate by keystroke and to
accommodate screen readers.
In both views, you can do the following:
Move the mouse pointer from column to column using the Tab key.
Navigate cells within the Grade Center by using the Up, Down, Left, and Right arrows
on a standard keyboard.
Please note that this setting is not saved across sessions.
It will last only as long as the current session.
Once the browser is closed, the view will default back to Interactive.
For additional resources and information about using Blackboard at LLCC, please see the Instructional
Technology & Distance Education website.
