[Athen] ReadSpeaker Building Block for Blackboard

[Chaves, Derek]

We have implemented readspeaker on moodle and  wordpress. It is great tool to increase the cognitive accessibility of an LMS. I think a better implementation would be with hardcode instead of using the block. We feel the best place for the plugin is as the last element in the header so the location is standardized through the entire LMS.  Our moodle implementation has ben taken down for the time being but you can see our wordpress version on our site http://neindex.org. Let me know if I can be of any further assistance.

Sincerely,

Derek Chaves
Director of Technology
UMass Medical School
E. K. Shriver Center
INDEX
55 Lake Avenue North, S3-WS9
Worcester, MA  01655
Ph:  774-455-4003
Derek.Chaves at umassmed.edu<mailto:Derek.Chaves at umassmed.edu>



From: athen-list [mailto:athen-list-bounces at mailman13.u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of Prickett, Elizabeth
Sent: Thursday, September 11, 2014 5:15 PM
To: athen-list at u.washington.edu; altmedia at htclistserv.htctu.fhda.edu
Subject: [Athen] ReadSpeaker Building Block for Blackboard

Good afternoon!

A representative from ReadSpeaker (http://www.readspeaker.com/) contacted our Distance Education Director about offering a building block for Blackboard. I've seen ReadSpeaker used with Cengage's MindTap application. Our students who are in developmental and student success courses are able to access their ebooks this way when they would like to hear them read out loud.

We're wondering if this building block is worth investigating. Has anyone implemented this with your LMS already?

Thanks for your feedback!


Liz Prickett
Alternative Media Specialist
Center for Academic & Professional Excellence (CAPE)
Victoria College
2200 E. Red River Street
Victoria, TX 77901
Elizabeth.Prickett at VictoriaCollege.edu<mailto:Elizabeth.Prickett at VictoriaCollege.edu>
(361) 573-3291, ext. 3243


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