The library offers a range of helpful services. All of our appointments are free of charge and confidential.
Google Drive integrates seamlessly with Docs, Sheets, Slides, and all other cloud-native apps that enable your team to collaborate effectively in real-time. Create and share content with your team on Day 1, with no need to migrate from existing tools.
Google Drive is an open source tool and free for anyone to use.
For screen reader users, select the "new" Google Drive instead of the classic view. For the best results with a screen reader, or if you are experiencing difficulty with the browser interface, you can download Google Drive onto your desktop.
Source: Google - Accessibility of Google Drive, Office of Information Technology, University of Colorado Boulder
Padlet is a collaborative web platform where users can upload, organze and share content on a bulletin board called a padlet. Choose between different styles of bulletin boards, including map, timeline, grid or shelf.
Create a free account to access 3 padlets. Students can join and participate on a padlet without needing to create an account.
Padlet admits that the tool needs some improvements in order to be WCAG 2.1 level AA compliant.
Source: Accessibility and Padlet
Lino is an online stickies service that offers stickies and canvases to organize notes and brainstorming. Post personal notes, pictures, videos and memos.
Lino is an open source tool and free for anyone to use.
Because of the visual nature of this tool, it is not accessible. It does not provide features that would produce an accessible object in the end either.
Flipgrid is a social learning platform that allows educators to ask a question, then the students respond in a video. Students are then able to respond to one another, creating a “web” of video discussion.
Flipgrid is free for all educators and learners.
There appears to be a concerted effort to make Flipgrid accessible by providing a number of features. However, a number of them have to be turned on.
Source: Flipgrid and Accessibility
Jamboard is an interactive, browser based whiteboard developed by Google. The interface is pretty simple, and people can participate in the Jamboard without an account. Students can contribute anonymously, adding sticky notes, images and text, or using the draw tool like a real whiteboard and then erase and start again. Creators can add multiple pages and share via email or direct link.
Source: Online Tools for Teaching & Learning, University of Massachusetts Amherst
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