[Important Information for Employees] A great new tool is available in Brightspace!

[Information Technology Services CIO Office]

Campus Community,

In our continued effort to improve digital accessibility and student
learning, we have added ReadSpeaker, text-to speech technology, to our
Brightspace Learning Management System.

The ReadSpeaker Suite of Learning Tools extends the reach of online content
by instantly creating an audio version in line with Universal Design for
Learning concepts.

All Brightspace users, not only those with reading and learning
difficulties can benefit. With the ReadSpeaker Suite of Learning Tools, you
can customize your interaction with text-based content to your learning
style preference.

Please refer to the attached PDF for basic instructions or use the link
below to access a playlist of related "how2" YouTube videos. At the moment,
not *everything* on Brightspace can be read by ReadSpeaker, but the Web
pages within the LMS, Quizzes, Discussion posts, and any PDF, Word, Excel,
Powerpoint, ePub documents included on a Brightspace course site can be.

Please see the attached PDF, and follow this Youtube link
<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ySnMaFhCGEU&list=PLVqWGX39IRjWh4DM83_V6OQbb2jlHcHra&index=1>
so
you can start benefiting asap.

For more information, email technologyenhancedlearning at plattsburgh.edu or
our ITS helpdesk at helpdesk at plattsburgh.edu.

Have a good evening.

-- 

*TJ Myers*

Director & Chief Information Officer

Information Technology Services

215 Feinberg

101 Broad Street
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Plattsburgh, NY 12901
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(o) 518-564- <(518)%20564-2449>5180

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*plattsburgh.edu <http://plattsburgh.edu/>*
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