Skip to main content
Sign in

Adding/Pinning a Course to the My Courses Pane Using JAWS

  • Updated

Pinning your courses to your homepage Courses Pane in Elearning using Jaws has three options:

Option 1: How to add a course to the My Courses pane while using JAWS 

  1. On the WMU Elearning home page press Tab three times until you hear the following dialog, “Select the course dot dot dot button menu.”
  2. Press the Spacebar or Enter to select the menu. You will then hear a list of how many active classes you have.
  3. Press Tab or Down Arrow until you hear a course that you would like to pin.
  4. Press Tab after you hear the course you would like to pin. JAWS will read you the word Pin followed by the course name.
  5. Press Enter and now your course has now been pinned.
  6. Press Ctrl + R to refresh the page. Your class will now be displayed in the Pinned Window Pane. 

Option 2: How to add a course to the My Courses pane while using JAWS 

  1. On the WMU Elearning home page press Insert + F7. This will bring up the Links List dialog box.
  2. Press the Down Arrow until you reach the View All Courses option. Press Enter. This will bring up an All Courses Window. Your cursor will populate in the search bar.
  3. Press the Tab button 5 times or until you hear the name of the course you are looking for.
  4. Press Tab after you hear the course name. You will be directed to a button that will state the course name followed by the words, “settings button menu.”
  5. Press Enter and then you will hear the word, “expanded.”
  6. Press Tab again, and you will have the option to select Pin.
  7. Press Enter and your class is now pinned.
  8. Press Escape twice, and you will now be at the WMU Elearning home page.

Option 3: How to add a course to the My Courses pane while using JAWS 

  1. On the WMU Elearning home page press tab until you reach the Pinned courses tab.
  2. Press the Left Arrow to read the All button.
  3. Press Enter on the All button and then all of your courses will appear.
  4. Press Tab until you reach the All courses button.
  5. Press the Tab button 5 times or until you hear the name of the course you are looking for.
  6. Press Tab after you hear the course name. You will be directed to a button that will state the course name followed by the words, “settings button menu.”
  7. Press Enter and then you will hear the word, “expanded.”
  8. Press Tab again, and you will have the option to select Pin.
  9. Press Enter and your class is now pinned.
  10. Press Escape twice, and you will now be at the WMU Elearning home page.

Related articles