Hi again.  Actually, that first URL I sent is Blackboard's accessibility
overview page.  Here's the page with the explanation of how Blackboard
stacks up against the 508 requirements:
http://products.blackboard.com/cp/bb5/access/bb508.cgi - Jon

-----Original Message-----
From: Charlie Jordan [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
Sent: Thursday, August 23, 2001 4:41 PM
To: * EASI: Equal Access to Software & Information
Cc: Steuerwalt, Jon C.
Subject: Re: "Blackboard" software


Jon,

I've been clicking away, but haven't yet found the "explanation"...would you
mind pointing to the exact URL?

Thanks.

Charlie Jordan
ASU West

 -----Original Message-----
From: Steuerwalt, Jon C. [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
Sent: Thursday, August 23, 2001 1:22 PM
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Re: "Blackboard" software


Hi John and other listers.  Thanks for the posts about Blackboard.  I'm not
sure how this will all work out, but I am very hopeful that my friend will
get the assistance she needs from Blackboard to access the class.

I would like to comment that on the Blackboard web site (www.blackboard.com)
there is what appears to be a candid explanation of how the Blackboard
product does and does not comply with the requirements of the 508
regulations, and the offer of assistance to those who must use the