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Navigating to and Using Elearning Dropboxes with JAWS

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Navigating to your dropboxes

Enter your classroom

  1. Begin at My Home Page
  2. Press Insert + F7 to bring up the links list dialog.
  3. Arrow Down until you hear the course you want and press enter. (If the course isn’t listed individually, you must click on view all courses and press enter.)
  4. Type class name or number or tab or Down Arrow until you hear the name of the course you want. (It will say the name of the course three times, the second and third times are to unpin or pin the course.) If you’ve gone too far, press the Shift + Tab.

Learn how to "pin" your course to your Elearning homepage My Courses Pane

Navigate to all dropboxes using the ‘Assessments’ menu

  1. Press B to bring up the button list and listen for Assessment. (You can also tab until you hear Assessments.)
  2. When you hear Assessments press Enter.
  3. Arrow Down until you hear Dropbox and press Enter or Spacebar.
  4. Press Enter again to expand Assessments. (Dropbox must be selected twice.)
  5. Arrow Down until you hear Dropbox and press Enter or Spacebar.
  6. Press Insert + F7 and Arrow Down until you hear the Dropbox assignment name. (You can also tab until you hear the Dropbox assignment link and press enter.)
  7. Tab to Add a file and press Enter.
  8. Tab to My Computer.
  9. Tab to Upload file and press Enter.
  10. Type file name desired and press Enter.
  11. Tab to Add file and press Enter.
  12. Tab to Submit and press Enter.
  13. Tab to Done and press Enter.

Navigate to a dropbox linked in a specific module using the ‘Content’ page

  1. Press Insert + F7 to bring up the links list dialog.
  2. Press C for Content or arrow down until you hear Content and press Enter.
  3. Arrow Down until you hear Dropbox and press enter.
  4. Tab to Dropbox assignment link and press Enter.
  5. Tab to Add a file and press enter.
  6. Tab to My Computer.
  7. Tab to Upload file and press Enter.
  8. Type file name desired and press Enter.
  9. Tab to Add file and press Enter.
  10. Tap to Submit and press Enter.
  11. Tab to Done and press Enter.