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National Federation of the Blind and Blackboard to
Demonstrate New Accessibility Features at CSUN



Blackboard Learn Platform Brings Accessibility Enhancements for 
the Blind



San Diego, California (March 25, 2010): The
National Federation of the Blind (NFB), the
nation’s leading advocate for equal education for
blind students, and Blackboard Inc., will present
and demonstrate the new accessibility features of
the Blackboard Learn™ platform at the California
State University, Northridge, (CSUN) 25th annual
International Technology & Persons with
Disabilities conference, held in San Diego, CA,
March 22–27.  The presentation of Blackboard’s
improved and more accessible experience will be
held on March 25 at 4:20 p.m.  Pacific Time.



Blackboard Learn, an online learning platform, is
used by thousands of institutions to provide
online education, course materials, discussion
boards, assignment submissions, electronic
grading, and numerous other components intended
to enhance the learning experience or to provide
distance education.  Previously, blind students
encountered a number of accessibility barriers
when using the Blackboard platform with nonvisual
screen access technology.  Blackboard Learn,
Release 9,  showed great improvement over prior
releases, and during the past year, Blackboard
has invested further in a range of enhancements
to Blackboard Learn that represent significant
improvements to the usability of Blackboard for blind users

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