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Pinterest as an ITS Tool
Presenting a visual way to organize web information is something Pinterest does beautifully. Pinterest successfully made this type of information organization mainstream by appealing to people in a way … Continue reading Pinterest as an ITS Tool
Supporting Literacy Among Deaf Children – an E-Book Project
“We’re trying to promote this for deaf children, because 96% of deaf children are born into hearing families who didn’t expect to have a deaf child and they are not signers themselves. So it becomes an issue of how … Continue reading Supporting Literacy Among Deaf Children – an E-Book Project
Zoom Updates
Over the past several months there have been some exciting upgrades to Zoom which contain new features, enhancements and minor bug fixes. Read more about the new features below. Zoom Moodle Integration Zoom can now be integrated into your Moodle … Continue reading Zoom Updates
R, R Studio and DataCamp
Learning Together On June 6th & 7th group of ten faculty, five staff and five student research assistants all participated together in a two-day workshop on “R.” R is an open source integrated suite of software facilities for data manipulation, calculation … Continue reading R, R Studio and DataCamp
SPEED Project Updates
SPEED awards from ITS and the Libraries provide dedicated support from software developers, librarians, academic technologists, and student interns for an eight-week period of project development. Our four SPEED student interns have made great progress on their projects and we are … Continue reading SPEED Project Updates
What is a screen reader?
A screen reader is a piece of software which reads web pages and documents out loud. Originally developed for persons who were visually impaired, it is now often used for a multitude of other reasons. Many who may have learning challenges, concussion syndrome, or those who simply want to listen to their email or a web page while they do something else use screen readers. All Apple products have VoiceOver built in – from iPhones to Mac desktops. Some Android devices have TalkBack. Windows users often use tools like JAWS (available on our public machines), and NVDA. If you are … Continue reading What is a screen reader?