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Personalising Your Web Browsing Experience Accessibility Adjustments.
As you will no doubt be aware a web browser is a program that allows us to view web content on the internet, covered recently by John Langford in his blog ‘Demystifying Web Browsers’.
However, more often students want to do more than just view online content, they want to view it in a way that suites them.
So, and as you would expect, technologists have come-up with ways to help you, by finding solutions that have a positive impact on your browsing experience.
With the recent improvements to Edge Hill University’s website and the availability of ICT across campus, Learning Services recognise that our students may want to personalise the way they see, hear and interact with the information provided and to improve access to it.
Through a series of guides, Learning Services is pleased to assist students as they study and so they can begin to customising their browser settings in such a way that makes viewing web pages easier.Other guides are being produced and will be made available so that all students can start to discover for themselves other ways to interact with websites and web content.
The first of these quick guides are now available on eShare click on the links below to learn more.
http://www.eshare.edgehill.ac.uk/1327/1/LTD5009.pdf
http://www.eshare.edgehill.ac.uk/1327/http://www.eshare.edgehill.ac.uk/1329/1/LTD5010.pdf
http://www.eshare.edgehill.ac.uk/1329/Leave a comment let us know your thoughts on these and similar resources you would like to see.
Martin Baxter
Learning Technology Development
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Flexible help in the University Library….we’ll come to you!
Did you know that the University Library has introduced a new ‘roving’ member of staff? These staff are out on the floors and available to support you with any IT and library issues. The staff can help with everything from logging in queries, to support with printing and copying, to help with microsoft packages.
No need to come to the desk! Look out for the signs at each of the print/copy stations, pick up the phone, and a member of staff will come to you. It couldn’t be easier!
Helen Jamieson, Customer Services Manager
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Today is World Book Day! 1st March 2012
To celebrate World Book Day – 1st March 2012 – the University Library is running a number of activities:
- Demonstration of Discover More – a fantastic search tool for library print and electronic resources.
http://www.edgehill.ac.uk/ls/resources/general/
(10am, ASK desk, first floor)
- Subject librarians and skills advisors will be on hand from 10am to 5pm to answer any of your resource or skills questions.
- Come and have a chat to one of our student assistants. They can advise on everything from referencing to accessing resources online. They are students too!
- Library tours will be leaving from the ASK desk on the hour at 11am, 12, 1pm
- World Book Day competition;
http://surveys.edgehill.ac.uk/bookday/
- Special offer at Book Ends cafe – buy a ‘bean to cup’ coffee and get a cake half price
- Take part in our Book Swap at the ASK desk – donate a book, and pick up one that you haven’t read!
Helen Jamieson, Customer Services Manager
