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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link="#0563C1" vlink="#954F72"><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal>Good afternoon!<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>I share an office with our Instructional Technology Specialist, and we’ve been getting a lot of questions from faculty who teach online. They’re wanting educational technology tools that provide/support more interactivity, multimedia, games, etc. which are also free/inexpensive and look appealing. (No small order there! *<b>smile</b>*) We do not want to promote any tools that are not accessible. The other specialist and I have been compiling a list of technologies that range from definitely not accessible to somewhat accessible, but we’re not coming across many which offer full accessibility. <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>She’s willing to help instructors build interactive elements accessibly in our LMS, but those will definitely have limitations and not look as appealing. We’ve offered training on SoftChalk but few faculty have been interested and we have limited licenses available. Office Mix appears to be making a good effort in accessibility, but we’ve not developed training in that yet.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Have you discovered any tools you would recommend? <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><i><span style='font-size:24.0pt;font-family:"Lucida Handwriting"'>Liz Prickett<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Alternative Media Specialist<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Center for Academic & Professional Excellence (CAPE)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Victoria College<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>2200 E. Red River Street<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=ES-US style='font-size:12.0pt'>Victoria, TX 77901<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><a href="mailto:Elizabeth.Prickett@VictoriaCollege.edu"><span lang=ES-US>Elizabeth.Prickett@VictoriaCollege.edu</span></a></span><span lang=ES-US style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>(361) 573-3291, ext. 3243<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>