{"id":1832,"date":"2011-05-10T09:02:27","date_gmt":"2011-05-10T08:02:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.edgehill.ac.uk\/ls\/?p=1832"},"modified":"2012-10-18T08:29:10","modified_gmt":"2012-10-18T07:29:10","slug":"did-you-know-about-the-essential-tools-and-good-practice-guidelines-for-computer-users","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.edgehill.ac.uk\/ls\/2011\/05\/10\/did-you-know-about-the-essential-tools-and-good-practice-guidelines-for-computer-users\/","title":{"rendered":"Did you know&#8230;about the essential tools and good practice guidelines for computer users?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Whether you are developing teaching and learning content or professional documentation for your department or service, there is good practice guidance and software available which all users may add to their resource toolkit.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Inspiration\u00ae<\/strong> mind-mapping software creates\u00a0<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-1851\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.edgehill.ac.uk\/ls\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/62\/2011\/05\/Inspiration.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"142\" height=\"195\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.edgehill.ac.uk\/ls\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/62\/2011\/05\/Inspiration.png 142w, https:\/\/blogs.edgehill.ac.uk\/ls\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/62\/2011\/05\/Inspiration-109x150.png 109w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 142px) 100vw, 142px\" \/>visual representations\u00a0of plans \/ ideas or concepts in the form of a diagram or mind map. Inspiration can transform your visual map into a linear format at the touch of a button to suit all preferred learning styles. You can create your own map or use one of the many templates on offer.<\/p>\n<p>Inspiration is an excellent tool for any form of planning such as modules, presentations, lectures or seminars. Inspiration is used for scoping research activities and analysing key findings from both quantitative and qualitative data. The colour-coding, visual and diagrammatical aspects are helpful in linking key themes and formulating research analysis.<\/p>\n<p><strong>TextHelp Read and Write\u00ae<\/strong> allows you to <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-1848\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.edgehill.ac.uk\/ls\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/62\/2011\/05\/texthelp-read-write-10-207-p.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"138\" height=\"211\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.edgehill.ac.uk\/ls\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/62\/2011\/05\/texthelp-read-write-10-207-p.jpg 138w, https:\/\/blogs.edgehill.ac.uk\/ls\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/62\/2011\/05\/texthelp-read-write-10-207-p-98x150.jpg 98w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 138px) 100vw, 138px\" \/> access text in an auditory format and text is read aloud directly from your PC. TextHelp can assist when reading assignments for marking, proofreading and highlighting errors within written work. TextHelp highlights the text when reading and identifies grammatical, spelling and homophone errors with its advanced functions and has an in-built dictionary where definitions are read aloud.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Inspiration\u00ae <\/strong>and <strong>TextHelp\u00ae<\/strong>\u00a0incorporate their own training videos and\u00a0mini training guides are available from the Learning Services Wiki via <a href=\"https:\/\/go.edgehill.ac.uk\/wiki\/display\/ls\/Guides+-+Using+ICT\">Locate a User Guide and Using ICT.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>To access\u00a0<strong>Inspiration <\/strong>or <strong><strong>TextHelp <\/strong><\/strong>on the network: select <strong>Start \u2192Network Programs \u2192 Accessibility \u2192\u00a0<\/strong><strong>Inspiration <\/strong>or <strong>TextHelp<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<h3><strong>Good Practice <\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><strong>Accessibility Essentials Series <\/strong>by <strong>JISC Techdis. <\/strong>This series provides guidance\u00a0on creating accessible documents using a range of everyday applications that we access on the Edge Hill University network, such as Word, PowerPoint or via PDF files.\u00a0<strong>JISC Techdis <\/strong>guidelines are available via the <a href=\"https:\/\/go.edgehill.ac.uk\/wiki\/display\/hr\/Workbooks+and+Guides\">Staff Development wiki<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Guide to Accessible Documents for the VLE . <\/strong>This guide\u00a0is available from\u00a0the Learning Services wiki via\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/go.edgehill.ac.uk\/wiki\/display\/ls\/Guides+-+Using+ICT\">Locate a User Guide and Using ICT<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>For further advice or guidance please contact Julie Keen extension 4372 or via email to <a href=\"mailto:keenj@edgehill.ac.uk\">keenj@edgehill.ac.uk<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Whether you are developing teaching and learning content or professional documentation for your department or service, there is good practice guidance and software available which all users may add to their resource toolkit. 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