Category: Assistive Technology
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Essential Productivity Apps
From Postgraduate Purgatory, check out The Essential Productivity Apps for any student (featuring Flux, Zotero, and more.)
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Tile
Tile is a electronic lost and found system for people who may misplace important items. A small tracking beacon can be attached to the item so that if it gets lost, the location of the item is sent via Bluetooth to the Tile app installed on your mobile device. The app is currently available for…
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f.lux and Twilight
Research has suggested that nighttime exposure to the blue light from our various electronic devices can disrupt sleep or exacerbate existing sleep disorders. f.lux makes the colour of your device’s display adapt to the time of day: warm at night and like sunlight during the day. The program is free for Windows, Mac, and Linux. Android…
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Spritz and Readsy
Spritz is text streaming technology designed to remove the eye movement associated with traditional reading methods, thereby making reading more efficient: you spend less time moving your eyes and more time processing content. For more in-depth scientific explanations on how the technology works, consult the Spritz blog. Spritz now offers a number of ways to…
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Desire2Learn Accessibility
With the final phase of the Desire2Learn implementation plan scheduled to be completed by May 31, 2014 – at which time D2L will be the exclusive learning management system used at the University of Calgary – now is a good time to review the accessibility features of D2L. For students, the Desire2Learn Resource Centre provides…