by Mendi Benigni | Mar 4, 2020 | Accessibility, Presentation
I just learned that PowerPoint now has the capability to create live (real-time) captions for your audience members who may need them. When you’re presenting, you can turn on the captions and Microsoft automatically transcribes what you are saying. While...
by Mendi Benigni | Jun 28, 2019 | Accessibility, Best Practices, instructional technology
Did you know that the College has purchased a site license for Read&Write from TextHelp (thanks Disability Services). Read&Write is a toolbar for your computer or web browser that allows the users to increase their literacy. This toolbar works in any...
by Mendi Benigni | Oct 8, 2018 | Accessibility, Google
One of the sessions at this year’s ISTE Conference was on “Google Tools for Struggling Students.” From the resources posted I found a list of wonderful Google Chrome browser extensions, by Eric Curts, that could be really useful for ANYONE, not just...
by Jessica Smith | Oct 23, 2017 | Accessibility, Best Practices, Small Teaching Tip, Teaching Advice
A couple years ago, I had a startling wake-up call as an instructor. While wandering the aisles at Target, I received an email from one of my students informing me that she is blind and may need accommodations in my class. I leaned against my cart and realized I had...
by leea5 | Nov 15, 2016 | Accessibility, Accounts, Mobile, social networking
Are you tired of trying to remember every password you have or worried about using the same one over and over? Try 1Password! 1Password is an app that stores all of your passwords in one area, locked securely by one main password. You enter this one password and it...
by Laura Plotts | Oct 25, 2016 | Accessibility, iPad, Mobile, TLT
What is ? Take a photo of a document then Prizmo converts it to text and then allows you to hear it read aloud or save/export as a searchable PDF. Price: $ 9.99 Platform: iOS also for Mac supporting OS X 10.10 or higher for $49.99 Android users – see the...