Category: Interactive

Adobe finds its Voice?

Adobe recently released Voice, a storytelling app currently available only on the iPad.  It allows a user to create presentations by narrating images, using either stock images from Adobe or from the iPad’s own Camera Roll.  The user can also select a “soundtrack” for their presentation from a library of royalty free songs provided by …

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SMART Podium Demo at the FCTT

We at the FCTT were very excited to demonstrate a SMART Podium for the Math Department and The College of Business and Entrepreneurship at A&M-Commerce. Dr. KaSai Un and Dr. Pamela Webster from the Math Department were already knowledgeable with the SMART Notebook software, so it came as no surprise that they adapted to the …

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6 Things You Need to Know about NBC Learn

Texas A&M University-Commerce has an incredible opportunity to take advantage of the resource tool, NBC Learn.  Click on this FCTT white paper, “6 Things You Need to Know about NBC Learn” to consider how you can use this resource tool to enhance your course(s). You can also read more by going to the FCTT’s webpage and clicking …

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Online Accessibility for Students with Disabilities

Synopsis of “How to Session” for Accessibility. Hardware, software, and techniques to use in creating an online course were discussed. The technologies presented were: Screen Readers: Kurzweil 3000 JAWS-PC Voice Over-Mac Speech to Text Dragon Naturally Speaking-PC Dragon Dictate-Mac Screen Magnification and Color Contrast Zoom Text-PC Mac Screen Magnification Braille Reader/Writer Accessibility Techniques: 1. Alt …

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The Newest iPad

Apple announced at a press conference last week that the newest version of it’s iPad will be coming out this Friday. Some of the highlights of the new version include an even better display, increased processing power, full HD recording capability via a new camera, and fast 4G LTE network connectivity. If you’re interested in the …

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