[NABS-L] SimNet by McGraw Hill

[Sidney Horn]

I have never used this platform before. I am no help. Haha! I'm sorry about that...
Can your professor give you an alternative or something if this doesn't pan out?
Sidney


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From: NABS-L <nabs-l-bounces at nfbnet.org> on behalf of Kelsey Nicolay via NABS-L <nabs-l at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Saturday, January 18, 2025 9:59:16 AM
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Cc: Kelsey Nicolay <piano.girl0299 at gmail.com>
Subject: Re: [NABS-L] SimNet by McGraw Hill

Hello,
have not experiencedwith yet, I am now nervous for what I might have to deal with when I go for my MBA since I will probably have to take a computer course. alth I
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> On Jan 18, 2025, at 10:24 AM, Merlyn Hileman via NABS-L <nabs-l at nfbnet.org> wrote:
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> Good morning, I am taking a course called Business Computer Applications this semester at my community college. Some of the assignments require us to do simulated labs working with Microsoft Office concepts. The lab assignments and quizzes use the SimNet platform from McGraw Hill. As my disability services office and I discovered yesterday, SimNet does not work with JAWS. It seems to literally simulate an Excel spreadsheet or Access database on the screen, with places highlighted visually depending on the question/task. The student is expected t        o click with their mouse on the correct area of the screen. We also have lab projects, which are thankfully completed on our own computers using the actual MS Office suite. SimNet seems to only be a guide or introduction to show students what the programs look like. The problem for screen reader users is that normal keyboard navigation is not supported in SimNet. When I attempted my first pre-assessment, pressing the arrow keys to read the data on screen resulted in the question being marked incorrect. SimNet registered my keystrokes as an attempt to give an answer. It seems McGraw Hill is aware that this product is not accessible. Before starting the test, I got a message stating that SimNet is not designed for screen readers. And according to my DDS office, previous students have had issues with it in other courses. There is even apparently a document on the publisher's website with tips for instructors to modify their SimNet curriculum to make it usable by people with screen readers. Has anyone taken a course requiring SimNet? How did you and your instructor work through the accessibility issues? I have never heard of SimNet before this course, and my instructor has never had a blind student, so we are both kind of at a loss. Any help would be greatly appreciated! Merlyn
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