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Accessibility Tools in Office 365

Microsoft Word with the Review tab exapnded - Read Aloud, Check Accessibility, and Translator tools are visible

Working with academic technology on the UP campus, I spend a lot of time immersed in both Office 365 and in accessibility issues around our use of technology and digital media. Office is at the core of our digital 21st-century teaching and learning – nearly everyone on campus depends on it to communicate, research, write,…Continue Reading Accessibility Tools in Office 365

There Has Never Been a Better Time to Try Digital Notes

When I first began using digital notes, I was seriously impressed with the positive impact on my work and learning. You see, I have always been a poor organizer of paper notes. Even if I carefully wrote down key points or things I needed to remember, information invariably ends up lost, crumpled up, and forgotten….Continue Reading There Has Never Been a Better Time to Try Digital Notes

#UPTechTip: Re-Use PowerPoint Slides

This week’s tip is a simple time-saver: Did you know you can re-use existing slides in any PowerPoint deck? Imagine a scenario where you are teaching a new course, or even simply re-structuring an existing lesson. As you create learning materials you may want to leverage content you have already spent time creating. Of course you…Continue Reading #UPTechTip: Re-Use PowerPoint Slides

UP Tech Tip: Introducing Office Forms (New to Office 365 1/2)

This week in #uptechtips I want to focus on a few new tools available to UP faculty through Office 365. The theme you will find with these tools is that they are easy, simple and designed to work online and on mobile devices. First up is Forms. You will find this tool by logging in…Continue Reading UP Tech Tip: Introducing Office Forms (New to Office 365 1/2)