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<p class="MsoNormal">I’m with Susan on this one. We also use Accommodate. It has the ability for students to requests alt texts for the semester, but it does not synch to the student’s new semester class schedule until the week before the semester begins. Due
to the number of students who I accommodate for alt texts, this is not conducive for me. I usually begin the alt text process during the summer for fall, so I do not fall behind. It would not be timely to begin the process the week before the semester.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Just my 2 cents.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>From:</b> athen-list <athen-list-bounces@mailman12.u.washington.edu>
<b>On Behalf Of </b>Susan Kelmer<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Thursday, August 25, 2022 10:36 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> Access Technology Higher Education Network <athen-list@u.washington.edu><br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [Athen] Tracking alternate format services and technology inventory in Accommodate Symplicity database<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">We have Accommodate. I do not use the alternate format module, as it does not fit our needs. Impossible to track, emails don’t always get sent to me if a student requests a book through the accommodate portal,
etc. I know some other campuses are using it, but it just does not fit our process at ALL, so I’ve refused to use the module.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">Alternate Format Production Program Manager<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>From:</b> athen-list <<a href="mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman12.u.washington.edu">athen-list-bounces@mailman12.u.washington.edu</a>>
<b>On Behalf Of </b>Russell Solowoniuk<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, August 24, 2022 4:02 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> Access Technology Higher Education Network (<a href="mailto:athen-list@u.washington.edu">athen-list@u.washington.edu</a>) <<a href="mailto:athen-list@u.washington.edu">athen-list@u.washington.edu</a>><br>
<b>Subject:</b> [Athen] Tracking alternate format services and technology inventory in Accommodate Symplicity database<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Hi everyone,<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Hope you all had a wonderful summer.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">We currently use a proprietary database to track all our disability services, accommodations, exams, technology, alt format, etc. For the alternate format piece, students complete an online request form with the information for the book
they want in an alternate format: Title, Edition, Author, ISBN, Publisher, and include the course, term, instructor, date of textbook purchase and price paid. When they submit this online form, the information gets populated in our database. If we already
have the requested alt format on file, there is a field that will show, “Item in inventory”. We have the ability to run a number of reports in the database, for example, we can run a report to show all the requests received for any given term and year, a report
to show all the requests made by a specific student, and much more.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">We are looking at perhaps moving to Accommodate by Symplicity as our database. I recall asking on this list last January if anyone was using Accommodate, and it appeared that none of you were. I am hoping that perhaps things have changed
since then.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">So, if anyone is using Accommodate, can you tell me how the alternate format module works? Do you have the ability to run reports and pull out specific information? Is there a front end where students can enter their alt format requests?
Does it have the ability to show whether or not the requested alt format is one that you already have? Does it work well?<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Also, can you track technology in Accommodate? We have loaner equipment that students borrow, and we need a way to track what technology students have out on loan, and what technology is left in inventory.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">If there are still no Accommodate users out there, I would appreciate it if anyone using any of the commercially available databases could answer my questions above.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Many thanks, and hope you all have a great fall term.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Best regards,<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Russell<o:p></o:p></p>
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